[BUG] Claude CLI 2.0.73 - Response Text Cutoff/Missing Characters Issue

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14574
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14555
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14586

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same issue

Same issue here, looks like this a new bug since today?
Text is being aligned center terminal and some text is being cut off.

Would like a patch as soon as possible...
I can't work with Claude like this

Same here. Downgrading for now:

npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

Add or edit ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "autoUpdates": false
}

Same here.. CLI keeps clipping output.

If using the native method you can pass a $TARGET param to specifically install 2.0.72 for now 🙂
Also having this issue. Downgrading an reopening the chat though fixed it - so it's not corrupted output from the Claude session at least.

Additional Confirmation: Windows Git Bash Environment

Environment:

• OS: Windows (win32)
• Terminal: Git Bash
• Claude CLI Version: 2.0.73 (buggy) → 2.0.72 (fixed)
• Date: 2025-12-19

Symptoms Experienced:

• Random blank spaces and missing characters in responses
• Gaps appearing throughout output (not just at edges)
• Intermittent corruption across multiple sessions
• Tried restricting terminal height/width - did not help

Resolution:
Downgrading from 2.0.73 to 2.0.72 immediately resolved the issue.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

Impact:
This was a blocking issue preventing productive work. Downgrade restored full functionality.

Can confirm this bug is specific to version 2.0.73 and affects Windows Git Bash environments.

Same for me

Downgrading helped.

Also just randomly started having this issue, was fine last night woke up to garbage.

If you are using it in VSCode with extension, disabling the Use Terminal / Launch Claude in the terminal instead of the native UI. setting will fix it but you need to use the native ui... Maybe downgrading is better option for now.

same issue here.

I'm seeing this as well. It is very likely a bug introduced in 2.0.73.

Experiencing the same issue with Traditional Chinese (zh_TW).

Environment:

• Windows 11 + PowerShell
• WSL Ubuntu
• Claude Code CLI v2.0.73

Symptoms:

• Interactive mode (claude chat) produces heavily fragmented output
• Chinese characters are split across lines with large blank gaps
• Non-interactive usage (stdin → stdout) works normally

Tried:

• TERM / NO_COLOR / LANG / LC_ALL
• External terminals
• Clean reinstall and config reset

This appears to be an interactive/streaming output handling issue.
It makes Claude Code effectively unusable for Chinese workflows.

Hope this helps with prioritization.

Will add my 5 pennies with this one: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/14589, may be makes sense to resolve duplicates

Same issue.

Same issue with version 2.0.73. Downgraded to 2.0.72 and now it works

I have the same problem ! Please help me !

I am facing the same issue, it started on 11/12/25 afternoon. Its really annoying.

<img width="1878" height="636" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/423c7d82-bd59-4284-a019-6486cef2a82a" />

The downgrade helped temporarily but then went back to having issues

The downgrade helped temporarily but then went back to having issues

Add or edit ~/.claude/settings.json:

json{
  "autoUpdates": false
}

Experiencing the same issue as well.

+1 with the same bug

Confirming this bug

Environment:

• Claude Code version: 2.0.74 (also broken in 2.0.73)
• OS: Windows 11
• Terminals tested: PyCharm 2024.3.6 terminal, PowerShell, Windows Terminal
• Issue: Text not rendering in real-time

Symptoms:

• Output appears blank/invisible during execution
• Affects Claude Code output specifically (other commands like echo work fine)
• Persists across multiple repos and terminal types

Fix confirmed:
Downgrading to version 2.0.72 completely resolved the issue.

npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

Impact:
Lost full day of productivity troubleshooting what appeared to be PyCharm/config issue before discovering it was a Claude Code regression.

Same thing here. Makes the whole thing unusable.

This is 100% a new issue since yesterday

Why is this closed? it's still broken

Yep still broken. Downgrading worked.

Fix confirmed:
Downgrading to version 2.0.72 completely resolved the issue.

npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

I have the same issue as well

Problem persist also in new versio 2.0.75 ...

Sample of broken output:

 Great! Now let me finalize the todos and create a summary report:

                                                           :



  I've successfully executed the /speckit.plan workflow for the MES Operator Main Interface feature. Here's what was accomplished:



                                  Plan (specs/001-interfaccia-principale-mes/plan.md)




















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                                                        onents)




                                                       ain tests
                                                         (TDD)
                                                           b
                                                      bUnit tests



                                                  rity, documentation




                                    data-model.md, contracts/, quickstart.md exist)
                                                          ed)




                                               sk breakdown from plan.md

                                      for PLC protocol (critical for Iteration 3)



                                                     d (487 lines)


  The plan is production-ready and aligned with the Constitution v1.2.0. All design artifacts from Phase 1 (research, data model, contracts, quickstart) have been integrated into the comprehensive implementation roadmap.

Same issue, the downgrade fix worked for me also:

npm uninstall -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest

the above worked for me (reinstalling the latest version)... probably just need the most updated files of the same version since the error was corrected on December 19th:

Dec 19, 2025
Claude Code on Windows rendering improperly
Resolved - This incident has been resolved in Claude Code 2.0.74.
Dec 19, 22:14 UTC
Identified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
Dec 19, 20:30 UTC

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