## Description After submitting an `AskUserQuestion` with the "Other" (free-text) option, the text entered by the user remains visible in the textarea even after the response is confirmed. ## Steps to reproduce 1. Trigger an `AskUserQuestion` with at least one question 2. Select "Other" and type custom text 3. Submit the response 4. Observe that the typed text remains in the textarea after submission ## Expected behavior The textarea should be cleared (or the entire widget dismissed) after sub

AskUserQuestion: "Other" text field content remains after submission

Status Fixed / completed

Maintainer reply ✓ Yes — bcherny

Activity 4 comments · opened Jul 10, 2026 · closed Aug 17, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (bcherny, collaborator) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

Description

After submitting an AskUserQuestion with the "Other" (free-text) option, the text entered by the user remains visible in the textarea even after the response is confirmed.

Steps to reproduce

Trigger an AskUserQuestion with at least one question
Select "Other" and type custom text
Submit the response
Observe that the typed text remains in the textarea after submission

Expected behavior

The textarea should be cleared (or the entire widget dismissed) after submission.

Environment

Claude Code (latest)
Reported: 2026-07-10

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3 Comments

bcherny collaborator · 1 month ago

Thanks for the report. I tried to reproduce this on 2.1.233 in a terminal on Linux.

I ran several question prompts and answered each one through the free-text ("Other") option: a single question, two questions in one prompt, and a multi-select question, plus a second question later in the same session. In every case the question widget was dismissed on submit and replaced by the answer summary, the input line was empty afterwards, and the free-text field of any following question started empty. So I can't reproduce it as described on the current terminal build.

Your wording ("textarea") makes me suspect this was on a non-terminal surface. To narrow it down, could you share:

Which surface you were on: terminal, Claude Code on the web, the desktop app, or the VS Code/JetBrains extension
The exact version (claude --version) and OS, plus terminal emulator if it was the terminal
Whether the question had one option group or several, and whether it was single- or multi-select
Output of claude doctor

A screenshot or short recording of the state right after submitting would help a lot too.

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github-actions[bot] · 1 month ago

We weren't able to reproduce this. Could you provide steps to trigger the issue — what you ran, what happened, and what you expected? This issue will be closed automatically if there's no activity within 7 days.

nihonyamane · 1 month ago

Thanks for looking into this!

I tried to reproduce it just now but couldn't.
It seems to have been fixed in a recent update. Feel free to close this issue.

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