[BUG] "Fork Conversation from here" doesn't work

[ishantyagi]

Preflight Checklist

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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?

"Fork Conversation from here" option doesn't work with

• Visual Studio Code : Version: 1.107.1 (Universal)
• Claude Code for VS Code : Version 2.1.84
  Rest of the functionality is working fine.

What Should Happen?

"Fork Conversation from here" option should ideally open another pane with appropriate chat history forked at the right place.

Error Messages/Logs

No Error logs seen in the UI

Steps to Reproduce

Claude Code for VS Code extension with above mentioned versions and try "Fork Conversation from here" option.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.84

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

No response

[github-actions]

Found 2 possible duplicate issues:

1. VS Code: "Fork conversation from here" context menu options not working #36435
2. [BUG] VSCode ext - "Fork conversation from here" doesn't do anything #22016

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[ishantyagi]

Possible duplicate issues listed above also got closed without fix.

[qwertie]

This has been broken for at least 2½ months.

[KernelBypass]

This has been broken for at least 2½ months.

Longer than that.
Should not be hard to fix either. A real bummer.

[KernelBypass]

Possible duplicate issues listed above also got closed without fix.

Here's another dupe:
#25085