[BUG] Crashing on error: "Invalid string length"

Environment

• Platform (select one):
• [x] Anthropic API
• [ ] AWS Bedrock
• [ ] Google Vertex AI
• [ ] Other: <!-- specify -->
• Claude CLI version: 1.0.44 (Claude Code)
• Operating System: macOS 15.3
• Terminal: iTerm2

Bug Description

While executing various tasks, Claude Code crashes suddenly and print this error message:

file:///Users/Emasoft/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1567
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RangeError: Invalid string length
    at PassThrough.<anonymous> (file:///Users/Emasoft/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1567:2149)
    at PassThrough.emit (node:events:524:28)
    at PassThrough.emit (node:domain:489:12)
    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)
    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)
    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)
    at node:internal/streams/transform:178:12
    at PassThrough._transform (node:internal/streams/passthrough:46:3)
    at Transform._write (node:internal/streams/transform:171:8)
    at writeOrBuffer (node:internal/streams/writable:572:12)

Node.js v22.13.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. The bug happens just using Claude Code. It gives this error randomly while executing any task. Only one session of Claude Code was running, and in Bypass Permissions mode. It was not in plan mode, but in the default mode.

Expected Behavior

It should not crash.

Actual Behavior

it crashes with the error above.

Additional Context

Only one session of Claude Code was running, and in Bypass Permissions mode. It was not in plan mode, but in the default mode.