[Bug] Incorrect Task Completion Reporting with False Positive Progress
Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 6 comments · opened Sep 19, 2025 · closed Sep 19, 2025
Bug Description
Recently claude code keeps indicating work is getting done when it actually has not completed all the tasks. It is happening on both complex and simple tasks. After claude code finishes tasks sometimes I use warp.dev with Chatgpt 5 medium reasoning to check the work and it keeps finding missing work. I had an instance where I even kept telling claude code to ensure it verifies the work, yet I had to ask it 4 TIMES to finish different missing points, even though it kept claiming it had finished the work. What is even more troubling is the fact it claimed to have checked the work.
Environment Info
- Platform: linux
- Terminal: kitty
- Version: 1.0.119
- Feedback ID: e388cf2b-8d99-40b5-b4bf-64f880ae210d
Errors
[{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n at lV (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1794:1184)\n at file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1794:912\n at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n at PX (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1794:903)\n at dCB (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3032:9581)\n at QC (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:84:19415)\n at Yp (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:42814)\n at W9 (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:38355)\n at Vh (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:38283)\n at HC (file:///francisco-home/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:38137)","timestamp":"2025-09-19T18:19:12.428Z"}]
6 Comments
Found 3 possible duplicate issues:
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This is indeed a duplicate and given how bad it seems to be getting we likely will keep seen more like this. Closing
This issue should be reopened. The task completion reporting problem appears to be ongoing based on user reports. Claude Code continues to incorrectly report tasks as complete when they haven't been fully executed. This is a critical issue affecting reliability and trust in the tool's task management capabilities.
This issue appears to still be active. The task completion false positive problem is a critical reliability issue that affects trust in Claude Code's task management. Multiple users have reported Claude claiming tasks are complete when they haven't been fully executed, requiring repeated requests to actually finish the work. This should be investigated further as it undermines the core functionality of the tool.
@JLiotta-25 I closed because there are several other tickets with the exact same issue. Figure no sense to keep creating new tickets.
Please see
#3376
#5701
#6528
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