unable to proceed at WriteFile prompt

[joeyCorea]

What happened?

I am using the VSCode integration if that helps. This issue doesn't happen when I use a separate powershell terminal.

At the WriteFile prompt, gemini won't let me pick between

1. allow once
2. always allow

I can highlight the options. But, if I hit "enter", or "1" or "2", nothing happens.

I can always allow 3. Something else (esc)

Sorry if I haven't got the exact wording of the message right.

Eventually, it fails with this:

✖ [ERROR] [IDEClient] IDE connection error. The connection was lost unexpectedly. Please try reconnecting by running /ide enable ││ fetch failed ││ ✖========================================= ││ This is an unexpected error. Please file a bug report using the /bug tool. ││ CRITICAL: Unhandled Promise Rejection! ││ ========================================= ││ Reason: TypeError: fetch failed ││ Stack trace: ││ TypeError: fetch failed ││ at c:\tools\nvm\v22.14.0\node_modules@google\gemini-cli\node_modules\undici\index.js:124:13 ││ at async ││ file:///c:/tools/nvm/v22.14.0/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli-core/dist/src/ide/ide-client.js:512:30 ││ at async StreamableHTTPClientTransport.send ▄││ (file:///c:/tools/nvm/v22.14.0/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/dist/esm/client/streamableHttp.js:296:3█││ 0) (x32)

What did you expect to happen?

The ability to select "allow once" or "allow always"

Client information

• CLI Version: 0.18.4
• Git Commit: 2e8d7831c
• Session ID: f935cc7d-6445-44ed-921f-7343bd03fa4c
• Operating System: win32 v22.14.0
• Sandbox Environment: no sandbox
• Model Version: auto
• Memory Usage: 192.3 MB
• IDE Client: VS Code

Login information

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Anything else we need to know?

No response

[gemini-cli[bot]]

Found possible duplicate issues:

• #10212
• #9878
• #9792
• #10062
• #10461
• #11134
• #10974
• #9979
• #10441
• #10833

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

[joeyCorea]

I noticed that this is a possible duplicate of 10423 which has since been closed. It's still happening though!

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On Tue, 2 Dec 2025, 07:21 gemini-cli[bot], @.***> wrote:

gemini-cli[bot] left a comment (google-gemini/gemini-cli#14318) https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/14318#issuecomment-3598677308

Found possible duplicate issues:

• #10212 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10212
• #9878 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/9878
• #9792 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/9792
• #10062 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10062
• #10461 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10461
• #11134 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/11134
• #10974 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10974
• #9979 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/9979
• #10441 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10441
• #10833 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/10833

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

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[galz10]

Hi, @joeyCorea, Thanks for the detailed issue! Looks like this bug is a duplicate of https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/13653 in order to make sure there's one bug for tracking this issue i'll close this bug, please follow https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/13653 for any updates related to this issue.