Bad Substitution Error in Claude Code CLI Module

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 8, 2025 by chevdor Closed Jan 8, 2026

Bug Description

Error: Bad substitution: e.toString
at E (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:7:2204)
at file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:7:2863
at Array.map (<anonymous>)
at Na2 (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:7:1942)
at Object.A (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:7:3027)
at kAA (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1514:3494)
at Ik (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1520:77)
at Object.isReadOnly (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1592:3316)
at Object.isConcurrencySafe (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1592:3232)
at file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1933:7014

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 1.0.44
  • Feedback ID: ce3d121b-2472-4de0-8db0-a0dca4cd43e3

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:892:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:964:15)\n    at wD (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:702:3921)\n    at file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:9350\n    at Q (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:526:13327)\n    at uC (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:8496)\n    at hC (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:7361)\n    at wB (file:///Users/will/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:623:11970)","timestamp":"2025-07-08T16:21:24.580Z"}]

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