[BUG] Claude Code hanging on on thinking for prolonged periods of time with no response after thinking
Resolved 💬 11 comments Opened Apr 10, 2026 by 381sm016 Closed Jul 2, 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?
Claude Code randomly hangs at thinking or other token outputs
<img width="916" height="47" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/73267570-1aea-4db5-9df8-3ed9c66cc829" />
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What Should Happen?
Claude should continue generating tokens
Error Messages/Logs
n/a
Steps to Reproduce
- Prompt something to CC
- It might freeze during thinking.
Claude Model
All
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
v2.1.97
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Windows Terminal
Additional Information
This is also the same on WSL and Debian, it seems to hang especially at 3.4K tokens most of the time.
<img width="286" height="35" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/86475d29-d06a-4d79-931d-8c99533caf64" />
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