[BUG] When using external editor, should not blank the terminal
Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 7 comments · opened Oct 13, 2025 · closed Oct 22, 2025
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?
When I press Ctrl-G while running Claude Code in VSCode terminal, the terminal becomes blank, making it impossible to refer to Claude output while composing the prompt.
What Should Happen?
It should keep the conversation log visible.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
With a session in progress inside VSCode terminal, press Ctrl-G
Claude Model
Sonnet (default)
Is this a regression?
No, this never worked
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.0.14
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
VS Code integrated terminal
Additional Information
Particularly painful in planning mode with multi-screen plan - want to be able to respond to the plan by having the session log in terminal and my response to the plan in editor side-to-side, but with the log hidden, I lose most of the benefits of Ctrl-G.
7 Comments
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i get the same the screen goes blank and pressing escape twice does nothing, I loose everything that was being worked on
This would be a very helpful feature for me, sadly the same error experience on my side. I completely lose the conversation and have to kill terminal.
@karenzhou-ant is it really fixed? I still see it in 2.0.25 that is currently the latest...
@bcherny how is it that some rando who just created a github account has permissions to self-assign and mark as completed, but the original reporter does not have permissions to then reopen? :(
P.S. Tried to report via the hackerone link for security reporting, but got stuck in Cloudflare "prove you are human" loop :(
It looks like this is actually fixed in 2.0.27 - thank you Anthropic team for the fix! And if @karenzhou-ant is actually a real anthropic employee, very sorry for calling you "some rando".
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