[BUG] Interrupt functionality not working as documented—second prompt queued instead of interrupting current task

[DaniyalSarwari]

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What's Wrong?

According to the official Claude Code documentation (Interrupt and steer), users should be able to interrupt Claude Code at any point by typing a correction and pressing Enter. The documentation states: "Claude will stop what it's doing and adjust its approach based on your input."

Behavior Observed:
The second prompt is queued instead of interrupting the current task. Claude continues working on the first prompt and does not stop to process the new input.

Environment:

Claude Code CLI based Version:

What Should Happen?

Expected Behavior:
When a long-running prompt is in progress and a second prompt is entered, Claude should immediately stop the current task and switch to processing the new prompt.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start a Claude Code CLI session
2. Enter a long-running prompt
3. While the prompt is still executing, type a second prompt and press Enter
4. Observe that the second prompt is queued rather than interrupting the current task

Claude Model

Other

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.143

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

No response

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Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Docs say Enter interrupts mid-task, but it only queues the message #36326
2. [Bug] Esc key interrupt disabled when queued messages or background tasks exist #16905
3. Interrupt functionality not working #4947

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