[BUG] Claude Code Terminal Refreshes / Sends me to the top of terminal session every 15 seconds

Same here, WSL1 ubuntu 22 and windows terminal, very annoying. Only seems to happen when I'm partially scrolled and looking at diffs. Just started today.

Not WSL, but sometimes when the "refresh spam" happens to me, I can hit "ctrl+r" or even just the up-arrow, and then it stops. I can hit ctrl+r to exit the freeze-frame or hit "down" again as needed at that point.

Same see #826

Same.
Ubuntu 24.04.2 on WSL

Same here on Ubuntu 22.04 WSL2

also got the issue on macos 15.5 (24F74) in iterm2 or ghostty

Mative ubuntu 22 and get this issue.

This is a really severe issue guys, it isn't the same problem as when it would rescroll the history and get slower and slower, it makes it so you can't read diffs. Anyone found a workaround (like running it inside tmux or something)?

Also, Claude code constantly flickers when it is updating progress etc, but that has been an issue longer.

Fix needed! Seeing this on macOS 14.7 + Ghostty.

Resets my scroll position in the buffer, most annoying. Sometimes whole screen flickers (swaps content rapidly) for several seconds before it calms down, usually after long MCP responses (> 1 screen height).

This is a really severe issue guys, it isn't the same problem as when it would rescroll the history and get slower and slower, it makes it so you can't read diffs. Anyone found a workaround (like running it inside tmux or something)? Also, Claude code constantly flickers when it is updating progress etc, but that has been an issue longer.

I've been running Claude Code in tmux because of this. The copy mode is essentially a "paused" view of the scrollback buffer, so the issue of jumping while trying to read diffs doesn't happen there. (mentioned here already: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/826#issuecomment-2928038872)

Apparently this might be fixed by the recent update? Also mentioned in the other issue.

Apparently, upgrading from 1.0.4 to 1.0.9 restored the former behaviour for me and made it usable again (occasional flicker).

Same here with tmux/kitty - already reported a while back at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/947 - this should be super high priority as it directly impacts the usability of the tool especially now that it's no longer in Research Preview beta mode as before!

Massive problem and makes the cpu run hot

I haven't seen this happen lately fwiw. However, the terminal still flickers like crazy in the lower half while claude is working on stuff, so it seems it isn't handling terminal rewrites correctly. A huge block of text flickers even though only the spinner and token count is updating.

The scrollback issue still happens sometimes but not as bad as before

I have this issue too, on macOS/Kitty.

same here

Same here Ubuntu 22

Same on Debian WSL2

Happens on windows as well still

same here

happening to me in real ubuntu (popos) , not even WSL

Happens _way_ too often.
Having the display bug out every time I type a letter or move the cursor makes it unusable.

Powershell, Win10-64,
v2.0.22

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It's still an issue

Jap, sadly this still happens. Cant read diffs. Annoying.

Claude Code v2.0.64, Ubuntu 24.04LTS

I get this too and it really breaks the vscode terminal

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Still happens, should not be closed...

Still happens for me. It was never fixed to this day and is still
super annoying…

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+1

The hell is this not planned?
@claude fix this crap.

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