Claude Code is using massive amounts of memory and heating up my computer.

Resolved 💬 12 comments Opened Oct 19, 2025 by fwends Closed Jan 12, 2026

Bug Description
This is nearly using 20 gigs of memory as well as high CPU. Just doing 1 simple task.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: tmux
  • Version: 2.0.22
  • Feedback ID: 5669b4b7-3c2f-44d7-886d-aa1cf2200630

Errors

[{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJEkCdc15iEqCRk8wc5\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:50:07.295Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJEo61oCHJQWM7WNtBm\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:50:07.955Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJL8WCn4vTUbKWHk6oH\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:51:20.330Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Expected '}'\n    at <parse> (:0)\n    at parse (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:65:724)\n    at Y (/$bunfs/root/claude:11:15050)\n    at huG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1006:20574)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:51:20.332Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJP8RaPyE2aejrGYFFL\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:52:01.012Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJVGLFWfJvGY6kQ6U2u\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:53:24.263Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Expected '}'\n    at <parse> (:0)\n    at parse (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:65:724)\n    at Y (/$bunfs/root/claude:11:15050)\n    at huG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1006:20574)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:53:24.264Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJVk4NAC4ihsvuvjYxJ\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:53:30.735Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJepn8KiTyQM8kfugTb\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:55:33.923Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Expected '}'\n    at <parse> (:0)\n    at parse (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:65:724)\n    at Y (/$bunfs/root/claude:11:15050)\n    at huG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1006:20574)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:55:33.926Z"},{"error":"Error: 401 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"authentication_error\",\"message\":\"OAuth authentication is currently not supported.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CUEJoauCry8wN7auFdxRL\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:200:83061)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:354:5345)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-10-18T07:57:32.767Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Expected '}'\n    at <parse> (:0)\n    at parse (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:65:724)\n    at Y (/$

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