Slow Alt+V image paste

“On Windows, pasting an image with Alt+V takes about 2 seconds.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/10849/file
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Growing. 1 report or thumbs-up in the last 7 days and none the week before, down from 2 a week at the mid-October peak.

Alt+V image paste is slow on Windows. Each paste spawns separate Windows PowerShell 5.1 processes to check, save, and delete the clipboard image, taking about 1-2.6 seconds.

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Where: image paste
Versions: 2.1.296
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Original reports3, newest first

Oct 13, 2026Image input processing is slow compared to ChatGPT and Gemini CLI#101717
Oct 12, 2026Windows: Alt+V image paste takes ~2 s because it spawns Windows PowerShell 5.1 twice#101444
Oct 9, 2026[Windows] Alt+V image paste spawns three PowerShell processes; ~1-2.6 s per paste with endpoint protection#100899

Slow Alt+V image paste

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Is this your bug?

Original reports3, newest first

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