[BUG] Claude Code completely crashes in VS Code dev containers

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.260
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 1 comment · opened Sep 4, 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?

{
	"name": "Node.js",
	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:5-24-trixie"
	"features": {
		"ghcr.io/anthropics/devcontainer-features/claude-code:1.0": {}
	}
}

Claude Code chat completely crashes at start with this error:

Error: Claude Code process exited with code 1. stderr: 11 |  SyntaxError: Invalid character: '\0' at <parse> (/$bunfs/root/chunk-mnk1rjxv.js:11:1) at T (unknown:1:1) at H (/$bunfs/root/chunk-mnk1rjxv.js:11:6745) at ni (/$bunfs/root/chunk-bj7g1p32.js:11:18258) Bun v1.4.1 (Linux x64)

What Should Happen?

It should not crash with an error

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

See above

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.260

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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