Long silent stretches during a multi-batch investigation; the harness had to prompt for status three times
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.270
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 14, 2026
What happened
During the investigation the harness injected "The user hasn't heard from you in a while" three times. Between batches the model wrote one line and then ran batches that took minutes each, with no cost estimate or checkpoint offered.
Expected
Shorter batches, a running account of what was read and what it cost, and an early stop point for the user.
What the user said
"you destroyed my plans for this session"
Repro
Give a broad multi-repository investigation task; observe update frequency.
Environment: Claude Code CLI 2.1.270 (Claude Code), macOS, auto mode, model claude-fable-5-1, session of 2026-09-14.