[BUG] Truncated shell command in ctrl+b background tasks

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Nov 29, 2025 by fsc-eriker Closed Dec 2, 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?

When Claude runs a command in the background, it allows you to check the running command(s) with ctrl-B; but the listing doesn't reveal the full list of commands. Often it would be useful to see the full command list, and the display pane already takes up multiple lines of the screen; could it not list the full command, either by wrapping it, or by allowing me to scroll the text?

What Should Happen?

Show the full command with all its arguments and any redirections etc at the end of the command line.

Error Messages/Logs

╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Shell details                                                                │
│                                                                              │
│ Status: killed                                                               │
│ Runtime: 52h 14m 54s                                                         │
│ Command: grep -vE "(docusign\.com|amazon\.com|dropbox\.com|google\.com|micr… │
│                                                                              │
│ Stdout:                                                                      │
│ No stdout output available                                                   │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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Steps to Reproduce

  1. Order or manipulate Claude Code into running a command line with more than some 66 characters in it in the background.
  2. Attempt to see what it's doing by pressing ctrl-B and selecting this particular background task to see its "details".

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.55 (Claude Code)

Platform

AWS Bedrock

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

If these are "details" I think it might be pertinent to note when exactly it was started, too, and perhaps how much user and system CPU it used.

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