Terminal keeps scrolling to top of conversation during active session

Status Closed — duplicate

Maintainer reply ✓ Yes — claude[bot]

Activity 13 comments · opened Mar 20, 2026 · closed Apr 26, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (claude[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Bug Description

During an active Claude Code session in the terminal, the screen frequently and involuntarily scrolls back to the beginning of the conversation. The behavior is erratic/frantic and disrupts the workflow — it's impossible to stay at the current position in the terminal output.

Steps to Reproduce

Start a Claude Code session in the terminal
Have a conversation with multiple messages (long enough to require scrolling)
Observe the terminal jumping back to the top of the conversation automatically

Expected Behavior

The terminal should stay at the current scroll position while the user is working.

Actual Behavior

The screen jumps/scrolls automatically to the beginning of the conversation, repeatedly and without user input. The behavior is frantic and continuous.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Home Single Language 10.0.26200
Shell: bash (Git Bash)
Claude Code version: (not available — claude --version failed in this environment)

Additional Context

A similar behavior was observed in Google AI Studio a few months ago and was eventually fixed. The symptoms appear to be the same type of terminal scroll hijacking issue.

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13 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 5 months ago

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GnarlyMshtep · 5 months ago

Agree. Thanks for opening this!

nullbio · 5 months ago

Still broken as of v2.1.81:

CUBuffs · 5 months ago

IS THIS FIXED ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANNOYING!!!!

HomeHeartTherapy · 5 months ago

+1 — Same environment (Windows 11, WT 1.23, Git Bash/P7). \ does not help. The cursor-repositioning from Ink's re-render is the primary cause. This is the biggest productivity blocker on Windows.

nullbio · 5 months ago

Surely someone knows somebody at Anthropic that can actually tell someone to fix this nonsense. It's ridiculous that we have to wait so long for such an obnoxious bug.

CUBuffs · 5 months ago

so there is NO fix to this?????

totekuh · 5 months ago

still a thing, it's super annoying

wattry · 5 months ago

This has been happening since I started using this tool. It is incredibly irritating. Though since this is replacing my job I suppose it doesn't matter what my experience is.

henrymcbean · 5 months ago

Increasing the terminal window height seem to have stopped it.

winoooops · 5 months ago

Experiencing the same issue here.

Environment:

OS: Windows 11 Pro + WSL2 (Ubuntu)
Terminal: Tabby / Windows Terminal

Reproduction detail: The scroll-to-top happens specifically when the mouse cursor is outside the terminal area. As soon as focus leaves the terminal pane, it jumps to the top of the conversation and loses track of the current output position (incoming messages).

For long conversations, setting the window height to maximum screenview or making the mouse stays inside the terminal, won't solve the problem

claude[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

This is a duplicate of #35403, which was fixed as of version 2.1.101.

github-actions[bot] · 3 months ago

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