Ask HN: Claude crashed? Am I playing for the tokens for it to fix itself?
jrs235 Sunday, February 22, 2026I was using Claude.ai to do some stuff. Got the following messages from Claude:
Ran 6 commands, edited a file Ran 6 commands, edited a file The output filesystem has an I/O error. I need to reconstruct the files from the zip:
Ran 2 commands Ran 2 commands The output filesystem is corrupted. I'll need to reconstruct the files from the transcript:
Ran 3 commands Ran 3 commands The entire user-data filesystem is gone. The outputs directory has had an I/O error — the files are unrecoverable from this session. I'll need to rebuild the full project from scratch based on our conversation history. This will take a moment — I'll reconstruct all files incorporating every change we've made:
Check available skills before building Check available skills before building I need to rebuild the entire project. Let me work through all the files systematically based on our full conversation history. I'll start with state.js since everything depends on it, then control files, then display:
Rebuild state.js Rebuild state.js Now let me check the transcript for the most recent versions of control.js and other files - this is going to be a large reconstruction. Let me search for key sections:
Ran 3 commands Ran 3 commands The transcripts are also on the corrupted filesystem. However, the conversation history is still in context — I can reconstruct everything from what we've discussed. Let me systematically rebuild all files. This will be thorough:
Created 3 files Created 3 files Now the large files. Let me build control.css:
Rebuild control.css Rebuild control.css Now the big files — control.html and control.js. Let me build them:
Rebuild control.html Rebuild control.html Now the large control.js — I'll build it in sections:
Did I just use/get charged tokens for it to recover?!