[BUG] AskUserQuestion's "preview feature" doesn't allow "Type something" as an option

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 21, 2026 by frostbtn Closed Apr 11, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

The tool declaration states:

Users will always be able to select "Other" to provide custom text input

However, specifically for "preview feature" type of questions--when options includes a markdown field (triggering the preview layout)--the "Other" / "Type something" option is not presented to the user. So, the only way to choose "neither" is to halt the whole interview with "Chat about this".

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What Should Happen?

Expected: "Type something" is available as an option regardless of whether the preview layout is active.

Actual: "Type something" is absent when preview layout is triggered for a question.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Prompt Haiku with

Please use AskUserQuestion tool to prepare a demo question with "preview feature" for me to screenshot. Two one-liner options, nothing fancy. Make it explicitly "a demo question".

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.50

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

Good thing the answers to already addressed questions in the same interview are preserved with "Chat about this".

Also the "Notes" from this type of questions with preview are not being present in the post-interview summary; however, the notes themselves are readable to the model no problem (just a nonfunctional UI inconvenience/nonconsistency).

This new "with preview feature" type of questions is in fact awesome, just needs ironing out.

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