anthropics
[Bug] Chat output rendering corrupted with missing text lines
Bug Description The text output in the chat is corrupted and some lines render as blank (nothing). Only certain lines are visible. This only happens with text written by claude to the chat. Restaring claude has no effect.
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: windows-terminal
- Version: 2.0.73
- Feedback ID: bb8da39e-58f6-41c6-9b16-193f6cb172bb
Errors
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Extra info: I am using GitBash.
This happens for me in PowerShell 7.5.4 in Windows Terminal on Windows 11 Pro, also.
I downgraded to 2.0.72 and it works again. Disabled automatic updates first.
Same for me since version 2.0.73. The output is completely unreadable and missing major parts of the content. It looks unstructured and leaves a lot of huge gaps between the output text.
Same on Windows 11 26200.7462
# uninstall problemmatic verion
npm uninstall @anthropic-ai/claude-code -g
# install older version
npm install @anthropic-ai/[email protected] -g
# Check version
@ Should output: 2.0.72 (Claude Code)
claude --version
$ Disable automatic updates
set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1
work around for Windows:
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/[email protected]
in a bat/cmd:
set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1 && claude
Does anyone know if there is any statement by Anthropic on this? From the issue it seems nobody's even looking at it. However, I find it to be a fairly critical mishap.
Same issue here, looks like this a new bug since today? Text is being aligned center terminal and some text is being cut off.
Would like a patch as soon as possible... I can't work with Claude like this
Decided to install to WSL instead, maybe that's the best approach anyway rather than use the powershell terminal.
Very interesting @rubrical-studios and @shailensukul I have tried versions 2.0.74, 2.0.73, 2.0.72, and 2.0.70 and i still get the same whitespaces and etc.
After some playing around: I was using Claude Code Extension and set it to those specific versions and same error. Installing version 2.0.72 globally works in terminal.
Same on Windows 11 26200.7462
# uninstall problemmatic verion npm uninstall @anthropic-ai/claude-code -g # install older version npm install @anthropic-ai/[email protected] -g # Check version @ Should output: 2.0.72 (Claude Code) claude --version
It will auto-update unless you block it. Turns out there may be other bugs for "settings" that should but do not block the auto-update feature. This approach works:
in a bat/cmd:
set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1 && claude
For Powershell reverting the native install temporarily with this command works (until autoupdate happens again if not disabled):
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s 2.0.72
I downgraded to 2.0.72 and it works again. Disabled automatic updates first.
Confirmed working. Use npm install -g @anthropic-ai/[email protected] in powershell to downgrade. setx CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE 1 in powershell to disable autoupdate.
Experiencing the same issue. In my case, I see excessive blank lines/gaps between output sections rather than completely missing text.
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: PowerShell 5.1, PowerShell 7.5.4
- Version: 2.0.73
- Node.js: v25.2.1
A different workaround for those too lazy to downgrade the version is to ask it to write the final summary to a file or to post into the PR or Issue it is about (if any).
