2.1.129 — Claude code - Product release notes & changelog tool

Added --plugin-url <url> flag to fetch a plugin .zip archive from a URL for the current session
Added CLAUDE_CODE_FORCE_SYNC_OUTPUT=1 env var to force-enable synchronized output on terminals that auto-detection misses (e.g. Emacs eat)
Added CLAUDE_CODE_PACKAGE_MANAGER_AUTO_UPDATE: when set on Homebrew or WinGet installations, Claude Code runs the upgrade command in the background and prompts to restart
Plugin manifests: themes and monitors should now be declared under "experimental": { ... }. Top-level declarations still work but claude plugin validate will warn
Gateway /v1/models discovery for the /model picker is now opt-in via CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_GATEWAY_MODEL_DISCOVERY=1 (was automatic in 2.1.126–2.1.128)
Ctrl+R history picker now defaults to searching all prompts across all projects, matching pre-2.1.124 behavior. Press Ctrl+S to narrow to the current project or session
Third-party deployments (Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, or ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL gateway) no longer see spinner tips pointing at first-party Anthropic surfaces
skillOverrides setting now works: off hides from model and /, user-invocable-only hides from model only, name-only collapses description
The claude_code.pull_request.count OTel metric now counts PRs/MRs created via MCP tools, not just shell commands
Policy refusal error messages now include the API Request ID for easier support debugging
Fixed API errors with unrecognized 400 status codes showing raw JSON instead of the underlying error message
Fixed /clear not resetting the terminal tab title after a conversation
Fixed session title chip from /rename disappearing while a permission or other dialog is active
Fixed agent panel below the prompt being hidden when subagents are running (regression in 2.1.122)
Fixed external-editor handoff (Ctrl+G) blanking the conversation history above the prompt
Fixed /context dumping its rendered ASCII visualization grid into the conversation, wasting ~1.6k tokens per call
Fixed /agents Library list arrow-key navigation: the highlighted agent now stays visible when the list exceeds the viewport
Fixed /branch success message not including the new branch’s session id for /resume
Fixed bold headers with keycap/ZWJ/skin-tone emoji losing trailing characters in fullscreen mode
Fixed server-managed settings policy not applying for enterprise/team users whose stored OAuth credentials lacked the user:inference scope
Fixed OAuth refresh race after wake-from-sleep that could log out all running sessions
Fixed 1-hour prompt cache TTL being silently downgraded to 5 minutes
Fixed cache-miss warning appearing spuriously after /clear or compaction when changing /effort or /model
Fixed Bash(mkdir *), Bash(touch *) and similar allow rules not being honored for in-project paths
Fixed deniedMcpServers patterns with a *:// scheme wildcard not matching mixed-case hostnames
Fixed harmless WebSocket warning being logged as an error in --debug during voice mode
[VSCode] Fixed /clear not clearing the conversation context and displayed transcript