[BUG] Cannot paste auth code into "Paste code here if prompted >" during /login in Dev Container (v2.1.105)

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1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/47669
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/47670

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same here, on macos as well

Same.

same, on PC. wtf

Same here as well. Also using WSL

me,too WSL

same here with usual claude for cli

walk-around is just back to previous version

👇

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s 2.1.104

Same here. windows (cmd and powershell). Cannot paste auth code. Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert dont paste code.

Can't believe I've struggled with this issue hopping btw multiple terminal apps and typing all the codes over 10 times

same here. my mac & linux pc, using terminal and termius app

same here
Terminal in Dev Container (macOS VS Code)
Claude Code v2.1.105

Same issue on "Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS"

Exact same issue. PLEASE RESOLVE

This may just be the final straw, wtaf

this is CRAZY is all across the board

same here

same issue

same issue

same issue

Same here.

I'm using WSL on Windows 11 (25H2, x64).
Claude version: 2.1.107 (Claude Code)

Steps:

1. Open Windows Terminal
2. Run:

wsl
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest
claude update
claude

1. Start login flow

During the login process, when prompted:
"Paste code here if prompted >"

I'm unable to paste anything into the terminal.

• Ctrl+V does not work
• Ctrl+Shift+V does not work
• Right-click paste does not work
• Shift+Insert does not work

No input appears and nothing happens.

This makes it impossible to complete OAuth login in WSL.

Lol, same with me, I can't paste the key to CMD
Claude v2.1.107

same in Mac(Using VS code remote)
Found a solution: use the command npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.101 to revert to the older version, which allows to paste the verification code.

Same here,
Claude Version: 2.1.107
Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

You can type in the code manually but it doesn't work.

same issue yeah
downgrade helped

Same issue
Claude Code v2.1.107
OSX: 14.7

same here
using wsl

Trick is to connect on a device that have the access to a browser and then copy credentials.json into the one that can't connect

You can even ask Claude to do it for you if you have access through ssh

same but the downgrade helped

I have a solution that works for me.

WSL workaround when paste is broken during /login

If you're on WSL, have no browser, and can't paste the token, install wslu so WSL can open your Windows browser for
the OAuth flow:

Run these commands in your WSL terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y wslu
echo 'export BROWSER=wslview' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
claude
/login

(On older Ubuntu: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wslutilities/wslu first.)

The browser will open automatically and the login will complete automatically. Tested on Windows 11 + WSL2 Ubuntu.

Same problem here. Rolled back to v2.1.89 for temp fix

Same here. On Windows PowerShell. Cannot paste auth code. Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert dont paste code.
Downgrading helped.

Same (native Linux, Debian and Ubuntu).

Fix was to downgrade to stable (2.1.92)

$ claude install stable

same here, can't able to paste my wsl cli. tried more than 10 times lol

I want to run in a sandbox and have no way to set which version to install, using sbx which allows you to create a claude sandbox without specifying a version.

If you're running claude in a docker sandbox and experiencing this issue, find an old digest locally if you have one: docker image ls --digests docker/sandbox-templates.
Then use that as the template when creating the sandbox by passing the --template flag: docker sandbox create ... --template docker/sandbox-templates:claude-code@sha256:[DIGEST] ...
I at least cannot find any digests other than latest on the Docker Hub, so here is one I had locally: ae38f99d258131cd6d4b31a94f297578802104a3d6cbee45436e0bfdef31972d 🤷

I have a solution that works for me. WSL workaround when paste is broken during /login If you're on WSL, have no browser, and can't paste the token, install wslu so WSL can open your Windows browser for the OAuth flow: Run these commands in your WSL terminal: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y wslu echo 'export BROWSER=wslview' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc claude /login (On older Ubuntu: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wslutilities/wslu first.) The browser will open automatically and the login will complete automatically. Tested on Windows 11 + WSL2 Ubuntu.

it works for me! thanks!

Same issue using Claude code in GitHub code spaces

Workaround: Downgrade native install to 2.1.104 (OAuth paste broken on 2.1.105+)

Claude Code versions 2.1.105 and above have a bug that prevents pasting the OAuth code from the browser during login. If you're on the native installer, here's how to roll back to 2.1.104 without reinstalling — the native installer keeps previous versions cached locally.

1. Check which versions you have cached

ls -la ~/.local/share/claude/versions/

You should see something like:

2.1.104
2.1.105
2.1.107

If 2.1.104 isn't there, pick the highest version below 2.1.105 that you do have.

2. Check your current symlink

ls -la ~/.local/bin/claude

It should point to one of the versions in the folder above.

3. Kill any running Claude Code process

pkill -f claude

4. Repoint the symlink to 2.1.104

ln -sf ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.104 ~/.local/bin/claude

5. Disable auto-updates (so it doesn't jump back to 2.1.107)

The old claude config set -g autoUpdates false no longer works. Use the env var instead:

echo 'export DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

(Use ~/.zshrc if you're on zsh.)

6. Verify

claude --version
claude doctor

You should see 2.1.104 and OAuth paste should work again.

Notes

• Your ~/.claude/ folder (settings, projects, skills, MCP config) is untouched by this — only the executable symlink changes.
• The stable channel is currently at 2.1.92, which also works if you'd rather use that: claude config set autoUpdaterChannel stable (syntax may vary by version).
• Remove the DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER line from your shell rc file once Anthropic ships a fix.

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04, native install.

Still doesn't work in 2.1.107

Workaround: Use tmux for the authentication phase

1. Start a named tmux session

In the workspace of your choice, start a tmux session with tmux new-session -s claude-code-workaround

2. Start claude-code

Go to the OAuth step and copy the OAuth code to your clipboard

3. Enter OAuth code via tmux

In a separate terminal, use tmux to send each character of the OAuth code to your claude-code process as if you typed each character individually:

tmux send-keys -t claude-code-workaround:0.0 "ABCDEFSjdLC2ynqjQrgqerghqebaa5526WICdAgfgcN123456#JkBI_TYDG94EM35pXA4X_7CP-wedrhgwrthwr6YyoGZzCcPQ" 

Done. Now you can exit claude-code, exit the tmux session and start using claude-code with your normal workflow.

Same here, windows 11 docker sandbox.
Version 2.1.107

painful

do you guys even do code reviews? how do you mess this up?

Same here. Please reopen this issue, it's still a bug.

Solved by pinning claude code's version in my devcontainer:

ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.104

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ ...

This issue has been closed as it was a duplicate of #47669. It seems an Anthropic engineer has been assigned to this problem, so it should be fixed eventually, but please help keep #47669 active to convey the severity of this matter.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Same here.. Trying to run Claude in a sandbox and I'm not able to paste the code.

same here, rolled back to 104 from 105 after losing a lot of work , 106 and 107 continues to have that issue

This should be fixed in 2.1.108

windows：uninstall 2.1.107 and run & ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1))) 2.1.104 in powershell

@ashwin-ant using 2.1.109 and nowhere close to being fixed

Just downgrade...

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.104

also having the same issue - downgrade works

这里也一样，克劳德是负责 cli 的。 环顾四周只是恢复到之前的版本 👇 `` curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s 2.1.104 ``

Solved, the rollback version can be pasted

Copy the authentication code from the website, paste it in a separate terminal (mine is Ubuntu inside WSL), then copy it from there and paste in the "Paste code here if prompted >"
I assume that by pasting into a WSL terminal first and re-copying from there, the text ends up in WSL terminal's own clipboard buffer that's accessible to Claude TUI

still broken, downgrade it is

edit: nvm, still doesnt work on the downgraded version 2.1.104

Hit this same regression. Downgrading to 2.1.104 fixed it (was using brew, so had to uninstall and reinstall via npm: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.104).

Also had to disable the auto-updater to stay on 2.1.104, by adding the following to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
"env": {
"DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER": "1"
}
}

Context: running on WSL2 Linux, pasting inside Neovim's terminal (sidekick.nvim). Paste works fine in standalone terminals — only broken inside nvim terminal.

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