### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet - [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) - [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code ### What's Wrong? Actual behavior: No download icon is present in the preview panel toolbar. Right-clicking inside the PDF preview does not surface a "Download" or "Save

[BUG] No download/save option when viewing a generated PDF file in the conversation preview panel

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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 22, 2026

Preflight Checklist

[x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
[x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
[x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Actual behavior:

No download icon is present in the preview panel toolbar.
Right-clicking inside the PDF preview does not surface a "Download" or "Save As" option.
The only way I found to get the file onto disk was to have Claude copy the file directly via a shell command from its working directory to my Desktop — not a discoverable or intended end-user workflow.

Impact:
Users who receive a generated file (PDF or otherwise) and want to save it locally have no obvious, native way to do so from the preview panel itself.

What Should Happen?

A PDF download button should be available in the Claude PDF viewer or image pane

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce:

In a Claude Code conversation, have Claude generate a file and send it as a file object in the chat (in this case, a PDF converted from an HTML artifact, delivered via a file-send action).
Click the PDF file object in the conversation to open it in the right-hand preview panel.
The panel shows the file with tabs for .html and .pdf versions at the top left, alongside search, more-options (⋮), expand, and close icons.

Expected behavior:
A standard way to download/save the currently-viewed PDF to local disk — either a dedicated download icon in the toolbar, or a working "Save As" / "Download" option via right-click, consistent with standard browser-based PDF viewers.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

n/a

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information