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
- Run
claude doctor - Wait for diagnostics to complete
- See "Press Enter to continue..." prompt
- Press Enter
- Expected: Command exits
- 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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