[BUG] text input clears when a message is promoted from the queue
Status Closed — not planned
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Activity 7 comments · opened Apr 25, 2025 · closed Jan 16, 2026
Environment
- Platform (select one):
- [x] Anthropic API
- [ ] AWS Bedrock
- [ ] Google Vertex AI
- [ ] Other: <!-- specify -->
- Claude CLI version: <!-- output of
claude --version--> - Operating System: <!-- e.g. macOS 14.3, Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04 -->
- Terminal: <!-- e.g. iTerm2, Terminal App -->
Bug Description
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/535 is great, thank you!
I just hit a small but annoying issue:
- claude is working
- one message is already queued
- I'm typing another message, to prepare for queuing that
- claude finishes its work and accepts the queued message
- then the bug: the message I've typed is cleared
this is obv annoying, because I've lost the message I've mostly typed, and is basically impossible to avoid if we want to queue multiple messages, since the timing of when claude will finish is uncertain
thanks again for the superb tool!
7 Comments
I also need this feature to queue tasks
This is such a bad bug it is so bad to just delete the user's message while they are typing. Can you imagine how infuriating that is? I hit it 100 times a day, my message deleted mid-typing, and have to start over typing the same thing again.
The way I interact probably hits it more often I'm always preparing the next instruction as it's working in parallel, and half the time it just deletes what I'm writing.
Imagine a web page where the form just resets itself randomly. Please fix this..... Can't imagine anything being a higher priority than not losing the user's input as they type.
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This is part of a broader input handling problem that affects both Claude Code and claude.ai web.
Related issues I've experienced:
The principle:
User input is sacred. The interface should NEVER modify, replace, or clear what the user typed without explicit user action.
Proposed fixes:
Priority:
Any bug that causes data loss (user loses their carefully typed message) should be P0. Users shouldn't have to compose in external editors and paste in just to avoid losing work.
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