Copy and paste not working #252371
Description
Type: Bug
I will be working normally, then randomly the copy and paste keyboard shortcuts will stop working, and I get a "Contributed command editor.action.clipboardCopyAction does not exist" error. Sometimes, even the right-click menu copy and paste options will break as well. I CANNOT WORK LIKE THIS!
I know I am not the only person having this issue because Google has tons of articles with the exact same issue, going back years. People on the internet should not have to figure out workarounds for your broken program. FIX IT!
VS Code version: Code 1.101.1 (18e3a1e, 2025-06-18T13:35:12.605Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K (24 x 3187) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 63.85GB (32.61GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id bb9e96a3-40b4-4f91-9018-dcd4c17e1d6c |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (24)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| smarty-template-support | asw | 2.1.1 |
| vscode-tailwindcss | bra | 0.14.23 |
| continue | Con | 1.0.15 |
| docker | doc | 0.11.0 |
| es7-react-js-snippets | dsz | 4.4.3 |
| gitlens | eam | 17.2.0 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 11.0.0 |
| gc-excelviewer | Gra | 4.2.63 |
| minifyall | jos | 2.10.0 |
| mongodb-vscode | mon | 1.13.3 |
| vscode-containers | ms- | 2.0.3 |
| vscode-docker | ms- | 2.0.0 |
| remote-ssh | ms- | 0.120.0 |
| remote-ssh-edit | ms- | 0.87.0 |
| remote-explorer | ms- | 0.5.0 |
| vscode-react-native | msj | 1.13.0 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.18.0 |
| LiveServer | rit | 5.7.9 |
| claude-dev | sao | 3.17.16 |
| intellicode-api-usage-examples | Vis | 0.2.9 |
| vscodeintellicode | Vis | 1.3.2 |
| wordpress-toolbox | wor | 1.3.16 |
| php-debug | xde | 1.36.1 |
| php-pack | xde | 1.0.3 |
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