[BUG] /doctor unavailable in desktop GUI; report commands differ across surfaces
Summary
Claude Code's support-guided report/diagnostic commands are inconsistent across surfaces, and /doctor is unavailable in the Claude desktop GUI.
This matters because support guidance for Claude Code false-positive safety/guardrail reports points users to /feedback, /bug, and /doctor. When those commands are unavailable or behave differently depending on surface, users do not have a reliable private reporting path.
Related context: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/64287
Observed behavior
- In an affected native/CLI Claude Code session,
/feedbackreturned unavailable. - In the same affected native/CLI context,
/bugalso returned:
"/bug isn't available in this environment."
- In the Claude desktop GUI,
/feedbackopened theSubmit feedback / bug reportmodal. - In the Claude desktop GUI,
/bugopened the sameSubmit feedback / bug reportmodal. - In the Claude desktop GUI,
/doctorreturned:
"/doctor isn't available in this environment."
- The Claude desktop GUI also showed this warning banner at the same time:
We are experiencing technical difficulties. Some functionality may be temporarily unavailable.
Expected behavior
- Support-documented reporting commands should behave consistently across Claude Code surfaces, or clearly explain which surface/environment supports each command.
/doctorshould either run where support guidance tells users to run it, or the UI should route users to the correct equivalent diagnostic path.- If
/feedbackand/bugare product-reporting routes, they should provide a reliable private path for false-positive safety/guardrail reports without depending on the user discovering which Claude Code surface currently supports them.
Impact
When a user hits false-positive safety/guardrail blocks, support routes them toward product-native commands. If those commands return unavailable or are inconsistent, the report gets pushed into external support / User Safety / GitHub loops instead of a direct request-ID-keyed product review path.
This report is intentionally sanitized: no private request IDs, support conversation IDs, org IDs, local paths, logs, or account details are included.
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