[BUG] CC Eating RAM like hungry monsters

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Feb 17, 2026 by EliYagel Closed Mar 23, 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 have one cli opened using CC and its eating all my RAM like crazy!
I am used to having 3 or 4 opened but I can barely run my laptop like this.
The pictures is from when a session was wating on the next prompt so not even running anything.
I am running windows.

<img width="667" height="24" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2447ae99-bede-467c-8ec3-bcab63343a2b" />

What Should Happen?

Reverts back to a version with stable RAM consumption or fix the issue.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Run cc on windows

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.44

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

_No response_

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