Error: Netlify CLI has terminated unexpectedly

[bleeckerj]

Describe the bug

I get this error after updating to the latest version(s)

"Error: Netlify CLI has terminated unexpectedly"

The error will continue forever. The only way to stop it is to kill the terminal (shell) entirely.

I tried v23.0.0, 22.4.0, 22.3.0 — the most recent version that works properly on my machine is v22.2.0

MacBook Air M2, 2022, 16GB, Sequoia 15.5 running zsh.

I get this error running netlify run dev in my Astro repository.

Steps to reproduce

I just ran netlify run dev on the latest (and near latest) versions of netlify.

Configuration

netlify.toml

[[headers]] for = "/" [headers.values] Access-Control-Allow-Origin = "" [[plugins]] package = "@netlify/plugin-emails" [functions] external_node_modules = ["@sendgrid/mail"] [dev] framework = "astro"

Environment

System: OS: macOS 15.5 CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M2 Memory: 284.03 MB / 16.00 GB Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 22.13.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.0/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.22 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 11.3.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.0/bin/npm pnpm: 9.8.0 - /usr/local/bin/pnpm bun: 1.2.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.0/bin/bun npmPackages: netlify-cli: ^22.3.0 => 22.3.0 npmGlobalPackages: netlify-cli: 22.2.0

[benlavalley]

Getting this as well in my app - downgrading to netlify-cli 22.2.2 fixed it.

[bleeckerj]

Just another note to this sticky/tricky one: still experiencing this process runaway issue. And just to add regarding the email plugin — I just noticed that, despite the plugin not being specified in netlify.toml nor any package.json — it appears in the build log:

❯ Loading plugins
   - @netlify/[email protected] from Netlify app

Where is this coming from? ("Netlify app" — what's that?)

functionsDirectory = "/Users/julian/Code/nfl-backoffice/netlify/functions"
functionsDirectoryOrigin = "default"
headersOrigin = "inline"
redirectsOrigin = "config"

[build]
edge_functions = "/Users/julian/Code/nfl-backoffice/netlify/edge-functions"
publish = "/Users/julian/Code/nfl-backoffice/dist"
publishOrigin = "ui"
commandOrigin = "ui"
command = "npm run build"
functions = "/Users/julian/Code/nfl-backoffice/netlify/functions"

[build.environment]

[build.processing]

[build.processing.css]

[build.processing.html]

[build.processing.images]

[build.processing.js]

[build.services]

[dev]
framework = "astro"

[images]
remote_images = []

[functions]

[functions."*"]

[[plugins]]
origin = "config"
pinned_version = "1"

[plugins.inputs]

[[headers]]
for = "/*"

[headers.values]
Access-Control-Allow-Origin = "*"

[[headers]]
for = "/_astro/*"

[headers.values]
Cache-Control = "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"

[[redirects]]
from = "/projects/ghostwriter"
to = "/projects/2025/artificial-intelligence-designed-fictions-research-studio/ghostwriter/"
status = 301.0
force = false

[redirects.query]

[redirects.conditions]

[redirects.headers]

[[redirects]]
from = "/projects/2025/ai-designed-fictions-research-studio/vibewriter-web-edition"
to = "/projects/2025/artificial-intelligence-designed-fictions-research-studio/vibewriter-web-edition/"
status = 301.0
force = false

[redirects.query]

[redirects.conditions]

[redirects.headers]

[[redirects]]
from = "/blog/the-value-of-speculation-n03"
to = "/blog/2025/10/the-value-of-speculation-n03"
status = 301.0
force = false

[redirects.query]

[redirects.conditions]

[redirects.headers]

[[redirects]]
from = "/newsletters/w44-y25"
to = "/newsletters/2025/w44-y25"
status = 301.0
force = false

[redirects.query]

[redirects.conditions]

[redirects.headers]