[Bug] --continue flag fails to resume after crash with multiple local files

Bug Description
Claude crashed and now --continue stopped working. Tons of files on my local. None corrupt. Seems like a software bug

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: Apple_Terminal
• Version: 2.1.11
• Feedback ID: 45fc3960-2634-4a45-96e9-6d9910543c84

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Error opening file /Users/kylepolich/.claude/projects/-Users-kylepolich-git-plus-plus-dataskeptic-com/9b2fa553-d9ff-4ec2-b2a8-344baa6de0ed.jsonl: RangeError: Invalid string length\n    at Mb (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:170)\n    at async ko (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:1878)\n    at async xa2 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:6924)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T04:02:00.554Z"},{"error":"Error: Error opening file /Users/kylepolich/.claude/projects/-Users-kylepolich-git-plus-plus-dataskeptic-com/9b2fa553-d9ff-4ec2-b2a8-344baa6de0ed.jsonl: RangeError: Invalid string length\n    at Mb (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:170)\n    at async ko (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:1878)\n    at async vB7 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:8894)\n    at async fK1 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:9963)\n    at async TB7 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3256:3014)\n    at async KFA (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:3298)\n    at async eC1 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:5495:6458)\n    at async xS0.<anonymous> (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:5522:2331)\n    at async xS0.parseAsync (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4658:4156)\n    at async VP7 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:5555:1640)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T04:02:00.554Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: Expected double-quoted property name in JSON at position 5139\n    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:672\n    at B (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:8:6808)\n    at SK7 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3667:5551)\n    at async K89 (file:///Users/kylepolich/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.6/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3667:8330)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T04:02:01.157Z"}]