[BUG] Terminal scrolls to the top after each response
Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 4 comments · opened Nov 17, 2025 · closed Nov 17, 2025
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
- Terminal scrolls to top after each response
- You have to manually scroll down to read the output
- Your OS: macOS (Darwin 25.1.0)
What Should Happen?
Stop trying to show all history before displaying the response. Simply just display the response.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
open up any terminal window, try to do anything with claude cli. you end up at the top of the window every time and have to scroll to the bottom to see the response.
Claude Model
Sonnet (default)
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.0.42
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
_No response_
4 Comments
Found 3 possible duplicate issues:
This issue will be automatically closed as a duplicate in 3 days.
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Indeed, this is a duplicate of #826 and can be closed out.
We are closing this, although Its not quite a duplicate, this happens right out of the box, and doesn't require a large context. It's just all context windows of any size for us.
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