[BUG]

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What's Wrong?

Arabic text in the Claude Code VSCode extension chat panel is displayed reversed/mirrored. The characters appear in left-to-right order instead of right-to-left, making the text unreadable.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Claude Code panel in VSCode
Send a message in Arabic or ask Claude to respond in Arabic
The Arabic text in Claude's response appears reversed/mirrored
Expected Behavior
Arabic text should render right-to-left (RTL) with correct character order.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Pro
VSCode version: latest
Claude Code extension: latest

<img width="682" height="771" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83f2bcff-6446-44db-82af-d2f6c5cb2171" />

What Should Happen?

Arabic text in the Claude Code VSCode extension chat panel is displayed reversed/mirrored. The characters appear in left-to-right order instead of right-to-left, making the text unreadable.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Claude Code panel in VSCode
Send a message in Arabic or ask Claude to respond in Arabic
The Arabic text in Claude's response appears reversed/mirrored
Expected Behavior
Arabic text should render right-to-left (RTL) with correct character order.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Pro
VSCode version: latest
Claude Code extension: latest

<img width="682" height="771" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83f2bcff-6446-44db-82af-d2f6c5cb2171" />

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Arabic text in the Claude Code VSCode extension chat panel is displayed reversed/mirrored. The characters appear in left-to-right order instead of right-to-left, making the text unreadable.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Claude Code panel in VSCode
Send a message in Arabic or ask Claude to respond in Arabic
The Arabic text in Claude's response appears reversed/mirrored
Expected Behavior
Arabic text should render right-to-left (RTL) with correct character order.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Pro
VSCode version: latest
Claude Code extension: latest

<img width="682" height="771" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83f2bcff-6446-44db-82af-d2f6c5cb2171" />

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.63

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_