claude doctor hangs on 'Press Enter to continue...' prompt

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Jan 25, 2026 by ekson73 Closed Jan 29, 2026

Description

claude doctor command hangs indefinitely when showing "Press Enter to continue..." prompt. Pressing Enter does not close/continue the command.

Environment

  • Claude Code Version: 2.1.19
  • Installation Method: Native (via claude install)
  • OS: macOS (Darwin 25.2.0)
  • Architecture: arm64 (Apple Silicon)
  • Shell: zsh
  • Terminal: Standard macOS terminal

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run claude doctor
  2. Wait for diagnostics to complete
  3. See "Press Enter to continue..." prompt
  4. Press Enter
  5. Expected: Command exits
  6. Actual: Command hangs, does not respond to Enter

Screenshot

The command shows:

Context Usage Warnings
└ ⚠ 2 large CLAUDE.md files detected (each > 40,000 chars)
  └ Files:
    └ /Users/username/.claude/CLAUDE.md: 55,359 chars
    └ /Users/username/Projects/.claude/CLAUDE.md: 55,359 chars

Press Enter to continue...

Workaround

Currently need to use Ctrl+C to exit.

Additional Context

  • The diagnostics themselves complete successfully
  • Only the final "Press Enter to continue" prompt is unresponsive
  • Tried multiple times with same behavior

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