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

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Apr 16, 2026 by ANogin Closed May 31, 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".

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 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?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.111 (Claude Code)

Platform

AWS Bedrock

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

Intentional dup of #27348 (closed by IMHO extremely counterproductive "inactivity" bot) and #28186 (correctly closed as dup of #27348).

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