Terminal window in VS Code refreshes/scrolls history on each key press

Resolved 💬 11 comments Opened Jun 9, 2025 by spirefyio Closed Jan 22, 2026

So in VS Code, terminal window, running Claude.. once I type in a bit of text where I can use the scroll bar to go back up and see my history... at some point it just does this crazy refresh cycle for every key I press. I type a key (to continue my prompt) and it scrolls tons of text fast.. like its re displaying my entire history of chat until it gets to the end where my prompt is. It still works.. I can type in my prompt, but it is quite jarring when it happens. It seems to stop AFTER I send the prompt until I fill up the prompt text again.

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