[BUG] Claude Code Memory leak after startup

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Apr 20, 2026 by Zeoy2020 Closed Jun 12, 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?

After starting ClaudeCode, the process exhibits a consistent memory leak. Monitoring shows memory usage increasing at a rate of approximately 30MB per second. This continues until system resources are exhausted. The issue is reproducible across multiple restarts.
Only on vscode integrated terminal

What Should Happen?

nothing

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Launch ClaudeCode.

Observe memory usage via system monitor or profiler.

Note that memory consumption grows steadily at ~30MB/s.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.113 (Claude Code)

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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