Extended thinking no longer renders as a collapsible/clickable block

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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 8, 2026

Thinking content still appears in output, but as plain non-collapsible text instead of the previous clickable/expandable block.

  • Extension: anthropic.claude-code v2.1.226 (VSCode native extension, sidebar mode)
  • Model: Sonnet 5 (confirmed via /model, supports extended thinking)
  • Steps taken: updated VSCode, restarted, tried a fresh window — no change
  • Checked and ruled out: no thinking-related overrides in global/project .claude/settings.json, no relevant environment variables, no suppressing VSCode user settings

Expected: thinking renders as a collapsible block as it previously did
Actual: thinking renders as plain text with no click/expand affordance

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