[BUG] CC barfs unintelligble text to the terminal after native installer
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Jan 22, 2026 by TheDan64 Closed Feb 28, 2026
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?
I updated to the latest version of CC today; I got prompted to claude install to switch to the native installer. Then when running CC it just barfs a ton of unintelligible text over and over. Code diffs still look good but any other text it writes to the term is just totally unusable
What Should Happen?
Should not have garbage characters
Error Messages/Logs
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────ââ—ŹlNow let me create the shot_planning module:─────
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âś˝ Elucidating… (esc to interrupt · thinking) ────┠€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â✢EElucidating… €â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€4079· ↓ 664 tokens · thinking)
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Steps to Reproduce
- Update to latest CC
claude installto switch to the native (windows) installer- Use CC native
Claude Model
Not sure / Multiple models
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
2.1.14? Might be the npm -> native (windows) transition though
Claude Code Version
2.1.15
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Alacritty, Powershell
Additional Information
_No response_
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