What does pressing Escape do when Claude Code is actively executing a — Claude Code Certified Professional Practice — Claude Cert Academy

What does pressing Escape do when Claude Code is actively executing a task?

• Opens an interrupt menu with options to stop or continue the current task
• Terminates the entire Claude Code session immediately without saving
• Switches Claude Code into plan mode for the current task
• Saves a checkpoint of the current session state to disk

Answer: Opens an interrupt menu with options to stop or continue the current task

Pressing Escape during an active task opens an interrupt menu rather than immediately terminating anything. The menu presents options such as stopping execution or continuing with modified instructions. It does not kill the session, switch to plan mode, or save a checkpoint.

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