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copying to clipboard doesn't work in a remote session (like a devcontainer) #8237
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For example: /share is great but it appears to only support copying directly to the clipboard. It'd be nice to print the actual URL so people can copy it from a terminal themselves, or even better it'd be nice to support copying out to the host automatically.
The wrapper helped me in a vscode devcontainer:
diff --git a/.devcontainer/osc52-clipboard b/.devcontainer/osc52-clipboard
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f350c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/osc52-clipboard
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# OSC 52 clipboard wrapper for devcontainers
+# Sends clipboard data to the host terminal via OSC 52 escape sequences
+# This works in VS Code terminal and most modern terminal emulators
+
+# Read from stdin and base64 encode
+data=$(cat | base64 | tr -d '\n')
+
+# Write directly to the controlling terminal, bypassing any TUI that might
+# be capturing stdout. This ensures the escape sequence reaches VS Code.
+if [ -n "$TTY" ]; then
+ printf "\e]52;c;%s\a" "$data" > "$TTY"
+elif [ -e /dev/tty ]; then
+ printf "\e]52;c;%s\a" "$data" > /dev/tty
+else
+ printf "\e]52;c;%s\a" "$data"
+fi
diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
index 8118ff3e..0a708fbe 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
#!/bin/bash -ex
+# Install OSC 52 clipboard wrapper (enables clipboard in devcontainer -> host)
+cp .devcontainer/osc52-clipboard /usr/local/bin/
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/osc52-clipboard
+# Create symlinks so tools that call xclip/xsel use our OSC 52 wrapper
+ln -sf /usr/local/bin/osc52-clipboard /usr/local/bin/xclip
+ln -sf /usr/local/bin/osc52-clipboard /usr/local/bin/xselPlugins
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github-actions commentedon Jan 13, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
Feel free to ignore if your specific case isn't addressed by these issues.
bretthoerner commentedon Jan 13, 2026
It's similar, but this has to do with clipboard and not xdg-open. I've also replied there with my own attempts to fix that (unrelated, IMO) issue.
leighmcculloch commentedon Jan 19, 2026
I run opencode in a Docker container and have the same issue - the share URL is only copied to clipboard and not displayed anywhere on screen. In a containerized environment, the clipboard operation doesn't work, so there's no way to retrieve the URL.
Simply printing the URL to the screen (in addition to copying to clipboard) would solve this for Docker/container users too.
kvokka commentedon Jan 21, 2026
#4283 (comment)
this helped
github-actions commentedon Mar 28, 2026
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l-astslice commentedon Jun 1, 2026
/tui default fixes this immediately in claude code!!