[BUG] Interactive menus (MCP, rewind) completely unresponsive on --resume

Resolved 💬 7 comments Opened Apr 23, 2026 by EtienneBBeaulac Closed Apr 23, 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?

When resuming a session with claude --resume, interactive menus (MCP picker /mcp, rewind) render visually but accept no keyboard input whatsoever -- arrow keys, Escape, Enter, and Ctrl-C are all unresponsive. The only recovery is
force-killing the terminal window or kill -9 from another tab. Affects both iTerm2 and Terminal.app.

Fresh sessions (claude without --resume) work correctly every time.

What Should Happen?

Interactive menus should respond to keyboard input after --resume, identical to fresh sessions.

Error Messages/Logs

From claude --resume --debug-file /tmp/debug.txt, the following pattern appears immediately after startup and persists indefinitely:

  [STARTUP] showSetupScreens() completed in 4588ms   ← normal is <100ms
  [DEBUG] High write ratio: blit=0, write=31269 (100.0% writes), screen=477x244
  [DEBUG] High write ratio: blit=0, write=31506 (100.0% writes), screen=487x244
  [DEBUG] High write ratio: blit=0, write=31710 (100.0% writes), screen=488x244

  blit=0, write=100% never normalizes -- the renderer stays in full-redraw mode and never engages the overlay/menu input system.

  Also previously seen (with multiple sessions): Cannot acquire lock for 2.1.118 - held by PID XXXXX -- however the hang reproduces with only a single claude process running, so the lock conflict is not the sole cause.

  Potentially related open issue: #13287

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Start claude and have a substantial conversation
  2. Exit
  3. Run claude --resume
  4. Try to open any interactive menu (/mcp, rewind)
  5. Menu renders but is completely frozen -- no key input accepted, including Ctrl-C

My computer crashed a few times, which may have been the trigger for this behavior.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.118 (Claude Code)

Platform

AWS Bedrock

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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