Tell HN: Claude CLI doesn't exit anymore, not even with CTRL-C

By cromka · 2026-10-23 · 5 points · 0 comments

So I found myself surprised today that exiting the CLI with CTRL-C does not, in fact, close Claude CLI. What it does is it closes the agent's terminal interface, but it leaves a background process active, even if you didn't work on anything at all. Try it yourself: run claude, e…

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