[BUG] CLI Slowdown/Output Very Slow

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 17, 2026 by tomtokitajr Closed Mar 17, 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?

In Claude Max, Opus4.6/Sonnet 4.6 is slow, output verbose/prose are generated in chunks and are lagging (latency issue).

What Should Happen?

Output verbose/prose should not lag/sent in chunks, this behavior just happened today.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Ask Opus for anything
  2. After searching output is generated
  3. It's observed in my Claude Max CLI, output for the information is sent in chunks and sometimes lagging, before output is produced (very slow)

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.77

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

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