[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

  1. Update to latest CC
  2. claude install to switch to the native (windows) installer
  3. 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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