CLI Initialization Failure: Unexpected Termination on Startup
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 17, 2025 by ampsarfraz Closed Jan 3, 2026
Bug Description
Claude Code stops as soon as it starts and does not continue.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: Apple_Terminal
- Version: 1.0.53
- Feedback ID: 7f8e63fc-e493-41d7-b487-edb8eaeb5ae6
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:882:11)\n at execSync (node:child_process:954:15)\n at AI (file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:728:6320)\n at file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:16554\n at Q (file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:542:14406)\n at MF (file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:14339)\n at zX (file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:13205)\n at MB (file:///Users/sarfraz/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:19174)","timestamp":"2025-07-17T04:33:39.476Z"}]This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗