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Claude Code session leaves orphaned processes, saturating laptop CPU

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A user experienced their laptop fan running at full speed due to an idle session with Claude Code. Upon investigation, it was discovered that ten orphaned busy-loops, remnants of a previous Claude Code session, were consuming significant CPU resources. The issue stemmed from a cleanup script that failed to properly identify and terminate these processes, likely due to incorrect job control handling and the parent shell dying. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential for AI coding assistants to inadvertently cause system instability if cleanup mechanisms fail.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific AI tool causing system resource saturation.

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Claude Code session leaves orphaned processes, saturating laptop CPU

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sidhant Panda ·

    Claude might be saturating your machine

    <p>My laptop was sitting idle with the fan at full tilt. Nothing was running that I knew of. The culprit turned out to be ten orphaned busy-loops left behind by a Claude Code session two days earlier.</p> <h2> Just fix it for me </h2> <p>If your fan is roaring right now and you w…

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