[MODEL] Claude Terminal on Windows has a very small scroll back. I wanted to look at something a few hundred lines back and couldn't. Cllaude I open a second window with --resume and look for text with /. Why is the scroll back so small?

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 6, 2026 by clark9788 Closed Apr 7, 2026

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Type of Behavior Issue

Other unexpected behavior

What You Asked Claude to Do

I tried to scroll back the conversation and found it cut off. I asked Claude who told me the rest of the conversation was compressed and I would need to open a second window claude --resume to see it. :-( . The scroll back window is too small

What Claude Actually Did

Cut off the conversation with no way to see what was above in the current terminal.

Expected Behavior

Left the conversation intact or at lease have a larger scroll back window.

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

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Claude Model

Sonnet

Relevant Conversation

Impact

Critical - Data loss or corrupted project

Claude Code Version

2.1.92 (Claude code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

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