[Bug] Response text truncated and misaligned on Windows terminals

[pierceSander]

Bug Description URGENT!!
Response text centered and ~90 of content missing/truncated. Claude code responses display incorrectly - text appears centered of left-aligned, and approximately 90% of response content is missing. Only fragments of sentences are visible. OS: Windows. Terminals tested: Windows PowerShell, CMD, Windows Terminal (wt), Cursor integrated Terminal. All terminals show the same issue. Attempted: Reinstalled Claude Code, cleared cache, upgraded to latest version. Tried multiple terminals. Tried /clear command. Tried fresh project folder.

Environment Info

• Platform: win32
• Terminal: cursor
• Version: 2.0.73
• Feedback ID: ad664167-6272-44da-9814-b0c84750aa85

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at u0A._createMessage (file:///C:/Users/merts/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:503:3157)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-12-19T04:20:06.101Z"}]

[SherlockianAsh]

I'm having this issue too

[github-actions[bot]]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14581
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14555
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14554

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[BlueOcean223]

I've also encountered this issue. My current workaround is to downgrade it to 2.0.72. npm install -g @anthropic-ai/[email protected]

[Froredion]

I've also encountered this issue and migrated to 2.0.72

[rdfitted]

I'm seeing this issue in 2.0.73

[cryptophil85]

Same. System:

Version: Claude Code v2.0.73 OS: Windows (MINGW64_NT-10.0-26200) Previous working version: v2.0.72

[Apollo1113]

I also see this issue. Looks like there are many duplicate issues in claude-code repo for this same thing - v2.0.73

[kkhdev1]

It seems necessary to roll back the version until the issue is resolved. If the auto-update feature is enabled, you need to disable it. export DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1

Npm: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/[email protected]

Native (Specifying the version didn't work. Rolling back with the 'stable' tag defaults to version 2.0.65) macOS, Linux, WSL: curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s stable Windows PowerShell: & ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1))) stable Windows CMD: curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.cmd -o install.cmd && install.cmd stable && del install.cmd

[3HMonkey]

Same issue with latest version on Powershell.

[Ozzian]

Same issue with latest version on Powershell.

same here.

[Ctariy]

Same issue, impossible to work

Claude Code v2.0.73 Opus 4.5 · Claude Max

[colin-campbell-vectorsolutions]

I played around with this this morning too.

Console output is broken in: PowerShell in Windows terminal CMD in Windows terminal Git Bash in Windows terminal Git Bash in Git Bash window

Console output works just fine in: Ubuntu WSL in Windows terminal

I think it it's a POSIX compliant shell regression in a recent version of Claude. I'm on 2.0.73

[RegiosOrg]

same issue on Windows 11 and Claude Code 2.0.73. it's highly annoying and basically destroyed all normal workflow.

[deadeuzesse]

Same, in 2.0.73 also Downgraded to 2.0.71 as a workaround

[19Ash82]

Same issue in Powershell. Downgraded to 2.0.72. Thanks everyone for the fix

[Niels-LNS-Research]

Same thing here, Claude Code is now completely useless, at least when used from PowerShell (both in and outside PowerShell). Please make it a high priority to fix.

[skayjay01]

this is real truncation lol

[elfenlieds7]

Confirmed: downgrading to 2.0.72 fixes the issue.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/[email protected]

Also set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=true environment variable to prevent auto-upgrade back to 2.0.73.

[assaflau]

i have the same issue also

[Kevvie250]

Same. Asked Claude to only output in structured code blocks and seems to work with 2.0.73

[ant-kurt]

We're working on a fix for this - for the meantime, revert to 2.0.72.

EDIT: to prevent auto-updates, set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER env var, see https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings#environment-variables.

[BootstrapPendragon]

We're working on a fix for this - for the meantime, revert to 2.0.72.

Might want to mention how to revert and how to keep it from auto-updating. I reverted and then it updated by itself.

[ant-kurt]

Should be working better in 2.0.74.

[mysehyunhope]

same issues. it seems the developers in Anthropic loves Mac too much. even /statusline doesnt shows broken terminal for inputs and outputs.

[thameraltoimi]

hello, issue is fixed for me on 2.0.74, windows 11 (windows terminal)

[ken-swyfft]

It's fixed for me as well. Thanks.

[Apollo1113]

2.0.74 fixed

[PlayerLin00]

same issue still not fixed

[ant-kurt]

To anyone still running into this - please ensure you're running 2.0.74 or higher. If you're still seeing this, please post info requested in https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15034 to help us investigate the particular terminal / shell configurations that still have this issue.