miniaturized windows to show questions

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.278
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 20, 2026

Type: <b>Feature Request</b>

When Claude needs some input, and my VS code window is miniatured, I'd like the miniaturized window to have a big red question mark.

Extension version: 2.1.278
VS Code version: Code 1.138.0 (Universal) (7debcd0e2acdea1c52de81bf9ee1620444407dda, 2026-09-15T07:24:32Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.6.0
Modes:

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|Load (avg)|2, 2, 2|
|Memory (System)|36.00GB (0.14GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id c9f4215e-e45b-4355-8cdd-d4530b009df1|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
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