[Bug] Claude Code freezes with token consumption but no task progress

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Nov 24, 2025 by vinayvobbili Closed Dec 1, 2025

Bug Description
It keeps freezing up. The seconds and minutes pass by, the tokens get eaten up in hundreds and thousands, but the task doesn't progress!

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: pycharm
  • Version: 2.0.50
  • Feedback ID: 36330d23-e237-4953-b4d0-0fa1437cd50c

Errors

[{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (26701 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at d02 (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1509:41089)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1518:963)\n    at async pb5 (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2204:26123)","timestamp":"2025-11-23T17:17:28.867Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth token has expired. Please obtain a new token or refresh your existing token.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CVRncho9jg8HcWjw3xXN3\"}\n    at H9.generate (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:397:36468)\n    at WT.makeStatusError (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:2195)\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:5419)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async j41.model (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3838:14446)\n    at async j41 (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2081:1872)\n    at async oW9 (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3838:14598)\n    at async file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3838:7946\n    at async us1 (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1468:1971)\n    at async VIA (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3838:7916)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T00:43:15.970Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at wo._createMessage (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:401:3151)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T00:59:05.279Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at wo._createMessage (file:///Users/vvobbilichetty/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:401:3151)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T01:05:26.428Z"}]

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