[BUG] processing stops on "File must be read first"

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 9, 2026 by stephenangeloni Closed May 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?

The processing stops when it says "File must be Read First"

What Should Happen?

It should just read the file and continue

Error Messages/Logs

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Now sweep the 5 consumers.

⏺ Update(app/routes/home.tsx)
File must be read first

✻ Baked for 6m 8s · 1 shell still running

  6 tasks (5 done, 1 in progress, 0 open)
  ◼ Final report + cleanup
  ✔ Triage review angles
  ✔ Fixture audit
  ✔ Confirm fleet plan with user
  ✔ Spawn parallel review fleet
   … +1 completed
  ⏵⏵ bypass permissions on · 1 shell · option+click to native select

Steps to Reproduce

It happens randomly, but as I'm not watching any given session while it works, all I see is that it is stopped on a file it should read and instead of doing so it stops.
It pick up when I tell it to read the file and continue

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

It has behaved this way for about 2 or 3 weeks. I was slow to notice how repetitive it was

Claude Code Version

2.1.137

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

I use Superset as a terminal frontend

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