[BUG]
Status Open
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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 28, 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 bug is that run_in_background Bash tasks that exceed their timeout are not automatically terminated by the Claude Code harness — they continue consuming resources with no way for the agent to kill them.
a Bash command with a long-running find times out, gets moved to background, and keeps running indefinitely.
What Should Happen?
The agent has no TaskStop or process-kill mechanism for these backgrounded commands.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Have an agent run a shell in Claude code
Claude Model
Not sure / Multiple models
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
Latest
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
_No response_