anthropics / anthropics/claude-code
SIGSEGV crash on startup with kernel 7.1.x (CachyOS) — versions >= 2.1.140
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Description
## Bug Report
**Platform:** Linux x86_64
**Distro:** CachyOS
**Kernel:** 7.1.8-1-cachyos
**glibc:** 2.44
**Node.js:** v26.7.0
**npm:** 12.0.2
## Description
Claude Code crashes immediately with `SIGSEGV` on startup when running any version newer than `2.1.139`. The crash happens before any output is produced, even with `--version`.
## Steps to Reproduce
```sh
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest
claude --version
# fish: Job 1, 'claude --version' terminated by signal SIGSEGV
```
Running the native binary directly also crashes:
```sh
~/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code-linux-x64/claude --version
# exit code 139
```
## Additional Info
- Version `2.1.139` works correctly on the same system.
- All shared libraries resolve correctly via `ldd`.
- `node` itself works fine (no crash).
- `objdump -p` on the new binary also crashes with SIGSEGV, suggesting the binary may be triggering a kernel-level memory protection.
## Workaround
Pin to version `2.1.139`:
```sh
npm install -g --allow-scripts=@anthropic-ai/claude-code @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.139
```
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Research direction
Reproduce the crash with `claude --version` and the native binary at `~/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code-linux-x64/claude` on the reported CachyOS kernel. Compare versions 2.1.139 and newer using `ldd` and `objdump -p`; done means startup and `--version` no longer terminate with SIGSEGV.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, node.js
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100