[Bug] Response text truncated and misaligned on Windows terminals

[pierceSander]

Bug Description
URGENT!!
Response text centered and ~90 of content missing/truncated. Claude code responses display incorrectly - text appears centered of left-aligned, and approximately 90% of response content is missing. Only fragments of sentences are visible. OS: Windows. Terminals tested: Windows PowerShell, CMD, Windows Terminal (wt), Cursor integrated Terminal. All terminals show the same issue. Attempted: Reinstalled Claude Code, cleared cache, upgraded to latest version. Tried multiple terminals. Tried /clear command. Tried fresh project folder.

Environment Info

• Platform: win32
• Terminal: cursor
• Version: 2.0.73
• Feedback ID: ad664167-6272-44da-9814-b0c84750aa85

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at u0A._createMessage (file:///C:/Users/merts/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:503:3157)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-12-19T04:20:06.101Z"}]

[SherlockianAsh]

I'm having this issue too

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. Text output is centered AND truncated on Windows #14581
2. [Bug] Chat output rendering corrupted with missing text lines #14555
3. [BUG] Chat output content broken/missing/incomplete #14554

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[BlueOcean223]

I've also encountered this issue. My current workaround is to downgrade it to 2.0.72.
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.0.72

[Froredion]

I've also encountered this issue and migrated to 2.0.72

[rdfitted]

I'm seeing this issue in 2.0.73

[cryptophil85]

Same. System:

Version: Claude Code v2.0.73
OS: Windows (MINGW64_NT-10.0-26200)
Previous working version: v2.0.72

[Apollo1113]

I also see this issue. Looks like there are many duplicate issues in claude-code repo for this same thing - v2.0.73