## Description Pasting an image (Ctrl+V) into Claude Code always fails on the first attempt, then succeeds on the second paste of the same image. This happens 100% of the time, consistently reproducible. ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Copy any image to clipboard (screenshot, file, etc.) 2. Paste into Claude Code input with Ctrl+V 3. First attempt fails (image not found / not available) 4. Press Ctrl+V again with the same image still on clipboard 5. Second attempt succeeds ## Expected Behavior Fir

Image paste requires two attempts on Windows -- first attempt always fails with not found

Status Fixed / completed

Reported on v2.1.150

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Activity 3 comments · opened May 25, 2026 · closed May 27, 2026

Description

Pasting an image (Ctrl+V) into Claude Code always fails on the first attempt, then succeeds on the second paste of the same image. This happens 100% of the time, consistently reproducible.

Steps to Reproduce

Copy any image to clipboard (screenshot, file, etc.)
Paste into Claude Code input with Ctrl+V
First attempt fails (image not found / not available)
Press Ctrl+V again with the same image still on clipboard
Second attempt succeeds

Expected Behavior

First paste should work without requiring a retry.

Environment

Claude Code version: 2.1.150
OS: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Shell: PowerShell

Notes

Behavior appears to be a regression — started occurring recently. Likely a timing/race condition where Claude Code checks for the temp file before it has finished being written from the clipboard.

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 4 months ago

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https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/59161

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proppiasas · 4 months ago

+1, reproducing this consistently on Windows 11 Pro + Claude Code VSCode extension (Opus 4.7), with Snipping Tool clipboard captures.

Symptom: ~30-50% of pasted screenshots fail with API Error: an image in the conversation could not be processed and was removed. The image is silently dropped — assistant can't see it, user must re-capture.

Repro:

Win+Shift+S region capture → image goes to clipboard
Immediately Ctrl+V into chat + send
Random failure rate

Workarounds that work:

Saving as PNG file first and dragging into chat → 100% success
Waiting 2-3s between capture and paste → ~80% success

Hypothesis: Snipping Tool writes both PNG and DIB to clipboard with timing delay; extension reads before PNG buffer is fully serialized, gets 0 bytes or partial DIB that fails server-side decode. status.claude.com green during these failures suggests client-side.

Happy to provide more env details if useful.

github-actions[bot] · 2 months ago

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