Text rendering bug - spaces/characters merged in terminal output
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 29, 2026 by hotovson Closed Feb 2, 2026
Description
When Claude outputs completion messages, spaces and characters sometimes get merged/corrupted in the terminal output.
Example
Expected:
- Task #1 - Lorem ipsum dolor sit
- Task #2 - Amet consectetur adipiscing
- Saved to .claude/knowledge/example.md
Actual:
- Task #1 - LoremIipsumdolor sit
- Task:#2 - Amet consectetur adipiscing
- Savedto .claude/knowledge/example.md
Pattern
- Random spaces disappear
- Characters get duplicated (e.g. 'Ii' instead of 'i')
- Colons appear in wrong places ('Task:#2' instead of 'Task #2')
Environment
- Claude Code CLI
- macOS Darwin 24.6.0
- Model: claude-opus-4-5-20251101
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