Allow feedback to be sent without attaching session history
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
- [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)
Problem Statement
I rated a session "bad" and declined the follow-up asking whether Anthropic
may review the session, because the work involves internal infrastructure.
After that, nothing offered me a way to say why, and the rating I had
already submitted could not be amended.
I then tried /feedback. It requires attaching session history -- last
session, 24 hours, or 7 days -- and will not send without one. So the tool
offered me exactly two options, both wrong: send my systems' details, or
send nothing. I sent nothing.
The result is the least useful signal you can receive: a thumbs-down with
no reason attached, from a user who has already opted out of sharing the
transcript. You cannot act on it, and I could not explain it.
Users whose transcripts contain confidential material are not a rare edge
case. In a terminal tool aimed at working inside real codebases, they are a
large share of the users.
Proposed Solution
Two changes, both small:
- A free-text comment field on the rating itself, shown after a
thumbs-down. One line is enough. It matters most exactly when the user
declines transcript sharing, because then it is the only thing you get.
- Make session history optional in /feedback -- a "none" choice alongside
last session / 24h / 7d. Text-only feedback must be possible to send.
Alternative Solutions
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Priority
Medium - Would be very helpful
Feature Category
CLI commands and flags
Use Case Example
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Additional Context
This is the same gap seen from two sides: the rating cannot carry text, and
the channel that carries text cannot be used without a transcript.
Related but not duplicates: #74814 (the same post-rating consent step,
different failure), #85091 (/feedback unavailable with no alternative
named), #69640 (negative ratings ending up with no written context).