[BUG] Error: String not found in file. Failed to apply edit.
Environment
- Platform (select one):
- [x] Anthropic API
- [ ] AWS Bedrock
- [ ] Google Vertex AI
- [ ] Other: <!-- specify -->
- Claude CLI version: 1.0.59 (Claude Code)
- Operating System: Windows 11 WSL, Ubuntu 24
- Terminal: Terminal App
Bug Description
Uncaught exception error
Steps to Reproduce
No clue, happened randomly when it was trying to edit a file.
Expected Behavior
That it should not crash.
Actual Behavior
That it crashes with the following uncaught exception.
node:internal/process/promises:394
triggerUncaughtException(err, true / fromPromise /);
^
Error: String not found in file. Failed to apply edit.
at gk (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1766:728)
at K78 (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2741:10940)
at J (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2741:9918)
at file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2741:10184
at bI (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:21377)
at wJ (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:40875)
at file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:39071
at ju1 (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:61:78952)
at Immediate.Lu1 [as _onImmediate] (file:///home/arjun/micromamba/envs/cosmon-env/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:61:79371)
at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:505:21)
Node.js v24.4.1
Additional Context
It was attempting to make a change in a file which it just failed at.
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