[BUG] On VSCode extension, pressing the Esc or the stop button is ignored most of the time.

[Kuldaen]

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• This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When i press Esc or Stop button, the model just ignores it ande keeps processing. sometimes its done 5 or 6 more steps and a minute later before it stops. It seems to also not be injecting new messages from me until the end of whatever its doing which means its doing stuff i don't want it to do.

I see changes from 2.0.41 which suggest that something was changed in the Esc behaviour so maybe this is a side effect from that

What Should Happen?

Claude should stop what its doing and read the new instructions

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

ask it to do something
while its thinking press escape
it keeps on going for a while longer

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

2.0.37

Claude Code Version

2.0.42 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

No response

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] sending /commands when agent is active doesnt work #11669
2. UX Bug: ESC key should close diff modal before interrupting agent #10910
3. [BUG] Bash command outputs not displayed after approving plan mod #11710

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[Kuldaen]

no this doesn't seem like its a duplicate of any of those other bugs mentioned. this is not a slash command issu and not bash related. this isn't about the diff modal