2.1.118 — Claude code - Product release notes & changelog tool

Added vim visual mode (v) and visual-line mode (V) with selection, operators, and visual feedback
Merged /cost and /stats into /usage — both remain as typing shortcuts that open the relevant tab
Create and switch between named custom themes from /theme, or hand-edit JSON files in ~/.claude/themes/; plugins can also ship themes via a themes/ directory
Hooks can now invoke MCP tools directly via type: "mcp_tool"
Added DISABLE_UPDATES env var to completely block all update paths including manual claude update — stricter than DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER
WSL on Windows can now inherit Windows-side managed settings via the wslInheritsWindowsSettings policy key
Auto mode: include "$defaults" in autoMode.allow, autoMode.soft_deny, or autoMode.environment to add custom rules alongside the built-in list instead of replacing it
Added a “Don’t ask again” option to the auto mode opt-in prompt
Added claude plugin tag to create release git tags for plugins with version validation
--continue/--resume now find sessions that added the current directory via /add-dir
/color now syncs the session accent color to claude.ai/code when Remote Control is connected
The /model picker now honors ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_*_MODEL_NAME/_DESCRIPTION overrides when using a custom ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL gateway
When auto-update skips a plugin due to another plugin’s version constraint, the skip now appears in /doctor and the /plugin Errors tab
Fixed /mcp menu hiding OAuth Authenticate/Re-authenticate actions for servers configured with headersHelper, and HTTP/SSE MCP servers with custom headers being stuck in “needs authentication” after a transient 401
Fixed MCP servers whose OAuth token response omits expires_in requiring re-authentication every hour
Fixed MCP step-up authorization silently refreshing instead of prompting for re-consent when the server’s insufficient_scope 403 names a scope the current token already has
Fixed an unhandled promise rejection when an MCP server’s OAuth flow times out or is cancelled
Fixed MCP OAuth refresh proceeding without its cross-process lock under contention
Fixed macOS keychain race where a concurrent MCP token refresh could overwrite a freshly-refreshed OAuth token, causing unexpected “Please run /login” prompts
Fixed OAuth token refresh failing when the server revokes a token before its local expiry time
Fixed credential save crash on Linux/Windows corrupting ~/.claude/.credentials.json
Fixed /login having no effect in a session launched with CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN — the env token is now cleared so disk credentials take effect
Fixed unreadable text in the “new messages” scroll pill and /plugin badges
Fixed plan acceptance dialog offering “auto mode” instead of “bypass permissions” when running with --dangerously-skip-permissions
Fixed agent-type hooks failing with “Messages are required for agent hooks” when configured for events other than Stop or SubagentStop
Fixed prompt hooks re-firing on tool calls made by an agent-hook verifier subagent
Fixed /fork writing the full parent conversation to disk per fork — now writes a pointer and hydrates on read
Fixed Alt+K / Alt+X / Alt+^ / Alt+_ freezing keyboard input
Fixed connecting to a remote session overwriting your local model setting in ~/.claude/settings.json
Fixed typeahead showing “No commands match” error when pasting file paths that start with /
Fixed plugin install on an already-installed plugin not re-resolving a dependency installed at the wrong version
Fixed unhandled errors from file watcher on invalid paths or fd exhaustion
Fixed Remote Control sessions getting archived on transient CCR initialization blips during JWT refresh
Fixed subagents resumed via SendMessage not restoring the explicit cwd they were spawned with