Unable to paste using either context menu, or keyboard shortcuts

[drazisil]

Type: Bug

Paste works in other apps. Copy from vscode to other apps works. Paste to vscode from other app does not work.

Here is my trace log, as suggested by #127729 (comment)

2025-04-19 21:37:13.433 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2025-04-19 21:37:13.433 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched
2025-04-19 21:37:13.433 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 17, key: Control
2025-04-19 21:37:13.433 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: ControlLeft, keyCode: 5 ('Ctrl')
2025-04-19 21:37:13.433 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: \ Keyboard event cannot be dispatched in keydown phase.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: / Soft dispatching keyboard event
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving ctrl+[KeyV]
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: \ From 2 keybinding entries, matched editor.action.clipboardPasteAction, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: / Received  keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: KeyV, keyCode: 86, key: v
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: | Converted keydown event - modifiers: [ctrl], code: KeyV, keyCode: 52 ('V')
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: | Resolving ctrl+[KeyV]
2025-04-19 21:37:14.511 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: \ From 2 keybinding entries, matched editor.action.clipboardPasteAction, when: no when condition, source: built-in.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.512 [trace] [Window] KeybindingService#dispatch Ctrl+V [ Will dispatch command editor.action.clipboardPasteAction ]
2025-04-19 21:37:14.512 [info] [Window] [KeybindingService]: + Invoking command editor.action.clipboardPasteAction.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.512 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand editor.action.clipboardPasteAction
2025-04-19 21:37:14.512 [trace] [Window] Executing Command 'editor.action.clipboardPasteAction' which has 6 bound.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.515 [trace] [Window] Command 'editor.action.clipboardPasteAction' was handled by 'code-editor'.
2025-04-19 21:37:14.567 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.567 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.567 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.568 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.568 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.568 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.568 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.569 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.569 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2025-04-19 21:37:14.569 [trace] [Window] CommandService#executeCommand _setContextc

Amusingly enough, ctrl+v works fine with the exact same selection on this reporting dialog

VS Code version: Code 1.99.3 (17baf84, 2025-04-15T23:18:46.076Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.11.0-24-generic
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor (16 x 4200)
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: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	1, 1, 1
Memory (System)	15.53GB (10.65GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 7efe44e8-14f9-4f69-82d2-d83cfc19f5ac
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	plasma
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	KDE
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	KDE
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	wayland

Extensions (13)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
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vscode-eslint	dba	3.0.10
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copilot	Git	1.303.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.26.5
rest-client	hum	0.25.1
dotenv	mik	1.0.1
vscode-docker	ms-	1.29.5
remote-containers	ms-	0.411.0
vscode-jest	Ort	6.4.0
vscode-yaml	red	1.17.0
JavaScriptSnippets	xab	1.8.0

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