claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix TUI re-renders full conversation history to terminal scrollback on each response, causing exponential scrollback growth

TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by modifying the rendering logic of Claude Code to append only new responses to the terminal output buffer instead of re-rendering the entire conversation.

Guidance

• Investigate the rendering logic of Claude Code to identify where the entire conversation is being re-rendered on each new response.
• Consider implementing a mechanism to track the current state of the conversation and only append new responses to the terminal output buffer.
• Review the Windows Terminal settings to ensure that the terminal scrollback is not being inadvertently duplicated or buffered.
• Test the conversation flow with a small number of exchanges to verify that the issue is indeed related to the rendering logic.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue does not contain sufficient technical details about the rendering logic of Claude Code.

Notes

The issue may be specific to the Windows Terminal platform, and the behavior may vary on other platforms. Additionally, the root cause of the issue may be related to the implementation of the conversation rendering logic in Claude Code.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by modifying the rendering logic of Claude Code to append only new responses to the terminal output buffer, as this is likely to address the issue directly.