[BUG] /ultrareview (CLI) launches a billed cloud review with no confirmation dialog or cost estimate, contradicting docs

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 13, 2026 by nsingh23

Bug

Running /ultrareview <PR#> from the CLI launches a billed cloud review immediately, without showing the confirmation dialog, review scope, or estimated cost that the documentation says precedes every run.

Environment

  • Claude Code CLI 2.1.207 (macOS, darwin 25.5.0)
  • Signed in with a Claude.ai account (Max plan), usage credits enabled at run time
  • Invoked via the /ultrareview alias in PR mode

Steps to reproduce

  1. In a git repo with a GitHub PR, run /ultrareview 392 (PR mode).
  2. Observe the command output.

Expected (per docs)

From https://code.claude.com/docs/en/ultrareview:

"Before launching, Claude Code shows a confirmation dialog with the review scope (including the file and line count when reviewing a branch), your remaining free runs, and the estimated cost. After you confirm, the review continues in the background."

Actual

The review launched with no dialog and no estimate — full output was only:

❯ /ultrareview 392
  ⎿  This review bills as usage credits.
     Ultrareview launched for <owner>/<repo>#392 (~5-10 min, runs in the cloud). Track: https://claude.ai/code/session_01G54AXJh7Uwg1naxXGNiPhH?from=cli

Impact

  • Billed to usage credits without a displayed price or explicit confirmation — a consent-flow gap on a paid feature.
  • The observed charge was several times the documented "typically $5 to $20" for a small change (the PR was 42 files, +1,184/−715 lines).
  • Billing follow-up is in progress separately (support conversation 215475064776375); this issue is about the missing confirmation flow itself.

Notes

  • Possibly alias-specific: the docs describe the dialog for /code-review ultra; this run used the /ultrareview alias. I have not re-run the canonical form (each run bills).
  • Related but distinct: #76541 reports the desktop app failing to launch the cloud review; this is the CLI launching-and-billing without the documented consent step.
  • Cloud session for internal correlation: session_01G54AXJh7Uwg1naxXGNiPhH.

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