VS Code extension: /bug and /feedback commands unavailable (/bug says "isn't available", /feedback unrecognized)

Note: This report was written by Claude Code (Anthropic's CLI) on behalf of the reporter (@natkuhn), based on a debugging discussion of bugs they encountered in the VS Code extension. The findings (including the on-disk transcript checks) were gathered during that session.

Bug: /bug and /feedback commands are unavailable in the VS Code extension

Summary

The documented feedback/bug-reporting commands do not work in the Claude Code
VS Code extension. Typing /bug autocompletes to /debug in the slash-command
picker; forcing the literal /bug (Escape to dismiss the suggestion, then
Enter) yields "/bug isn't available in this environment." Typing
/feedback does not match any command in the picker at all.

Net effect: there is no working in-extension way to submit feedback or report a
bug.

Environment

• Claude Code CLI: 2.1.4
• VS Code extension: anthropic.claude-code-2.1.201-darwin-arm64

(an older build, 2.1.177, is also present in ~/.vscode/extensions/ —
two versions installed simultaneously)

• macOS: 26.5 (25F71), Apple Silicon

What happens

1. Type /bug → the picker highlights and completes to /debug (a different,

real command). Pressing Enter/Tab/Space confirms /debug, not /bug.

1. Press Escape to dismiss the suggestion, then Enter to submit the literal

/bug → response: "/bug isn't available in this environment."

1. Type /feedback → no command match (it is not offered by the picker).

Expected behavior

Per the official commands documentation, /feedback [report] exists to "submit
feedback, report a bug, or share your conversation," with aliases /bug and
/share. These should be available in the VS Code extension. At minimum, one
working in-app path to file feedback/bugs should exist.

Actual behavior

• /bug → "isn't available in this environment."
• /feedback → not recognized / not offered.
• /bug also collides in autocomplete with /debug, which is confusingly

ranked above the exact-typed /bug.

Impact

Users on the VS Code extension cannot report bugs or send feedback through the
documented in-app commands, and the closest match silently routes them to an
unrelated command (/debug). Reporters must fall back to GitHub.

Notes / suspected cause

• /bug//feedback//share may be gated to the terminal CLI and not wired

into the extension's command environment ("isn't available in this
environment" suggests an environment gate rather than a missing command).

• The autocomplete ranking should surface an exact name match (/bug) above a

fuzzy match (/debug).

• Two extension versions installed simultaneously (2.1.201 + 2.1.177) — noted

in case it affects which command set is registered.

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🤖 Filed via Claude Code on behalf of @natkuhn