[Bug] Claude Code Scrolls Uncontrollably in the Terminal, Causing Motion Sickness
Bug Description
When the contents of the terminal exceed a certain length, usually one or two prompts in, the content begins to scroll very quickly from the top to the bottom and back. Aside from the very obvious issue that I cannot read the contents of the terminal or watch what Claude is doing while this is happening, this causes me motion sickness and makes me very dizzy. dfkm
sometimes it can be stopped by zooming out or expanding the space available for the panel/drawer, but since the update to 2.0.x even this "fix" no longer works.
Similar issues:
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8618
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8097
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/7793
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/5276
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/3648
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/2537
and more...
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: vscode
- Version: 2.0.8
- Feedback ID: 7118912f-f01d-4120-aa53-7ed27c96a802
Errors
11 Comments
Have same error in PowerShell with windows... and is very annoying!!!
Same issue. Has been present for months but got MUCH worse in v2+. MacOS 15.5, WezTerm. It's also present in a code editor im developing which uses PTY and Xterm so it might be some interaction with one of those. Wez uses PTY as well.
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why they dont oick this issue ?
Because is randomly....
I suggest that if it's happening to you, to clear more frequently your sessions. Or close the shell, then open it again and use /resume to go back to the desire conversation.
that usually helps a lot.
Still happening on Windows, Linux, Tabby, Terminus, Console, and other terminal emulators
Still happening
stll happening
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The main issue about the terminal scrollig back and forth is now https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/826.
Nevertheless, this issue was closed incorrectly despite recent human comments. This behavior of the bot is reported at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/16497. Please upvote that issue, so maybe it gets noticed.
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