2.1.153 — Claude code - Product release notes & changelog tool

Added skipLfs option to github/git plugin marketplace sources to skip Git LFS downloads during clone and update
Claude Code now shows a one-time notice when your npm global install can’t auto-update; /doctor lists the fixes
Status line commands now receive COLUMNS and LINES environment variables so scripts can size output to the terminal width
claude agents: autocomplete in the dispatch input now suggests native slash commands and bundled skills, not just project skills
claude agents: PR column now shows PR #N for a single PR or N PRs for multiple
claude doctor now shows the result of your last update attempt
Combined the separate “needs authentication” startup notifications for MCP servers and connectors into a single message
macOS: background agents now appear as “Claude Code” in Privacy & Security and keep their permission grants across upgrades
Fixed stateful MCP servers without the optional GET SSE stream reconnect-looping on tools/list (regression in v2.1.147)
Fixed a regression where a custom API gateway could receive the user’s Anthropic OAuth credential instead of the gateway’s own token
Fixed subagent (Agent tool) frontmatter MCP servers ignoring --strict-mcp-config, --bare, remote mode, enterprise managed MCP config, and managed-settings MCP server allow/deny policies
--strict-mcp-config no longer strips inline mcpServers from explicitly-passed agent definitions (--agents / SDK agents), and blocked subagent MCP servers now surface a visible warning
Fixed the Windows PowerShell installer reporting “Installation complete!” when installation actually failed
Fixed claude update installing the latest version instead of the configured release channel’s version for npm installations
Fixed excessive memory usage (multiple GB) when resuming a session by transcript file path on machines with many stored sessions
Fixed claude agents and claude --bg running on a stale daemon started before binary-takeover support, even after upgrading
Fixed a hang where the CLI could fail to exit when stdin was closed without EOF in stream-json mode, leaving a stale session marker behind
Fixed malformed file:// links in Claude’s responses not being clickable in the terminal
Fixed claude --help rendering unwrapped output on terminals narrower than 92 columns
Fixed MCP tool progress notifications not rendering in the collapsed tool view
Fixed Agent tool with subagent_type: 'claude' running in an undocumented temporary worktree, which could silently discard outputs written to gitignored paths
/bg while Claude is responding now continues the response in the background session instead of dropping it
Fixed /btw keyboard shortcuts becoming unresponsive in background sessions while a task is running
Fixed background sessions writing temp files to $CLAUDE_JOB_DIR triggering a “sensitive file” permission prompt
Fixed recovering a background agent whose working directory was deleted showing a truncated stack trace instead of a clear error message
Fixed EnterWorktree not being available immediately in background sessions (previously required ToolSearch first)
Fixed cmd+k in iTerm2/Terminal.app not repainting attached background sessions
Fixed the IME candidate window appearing at the bottom of the screen instead of next to the input caret in attached background sessions on Windows
Fixed background-color bleed when attaching to a background agent from 256-color-only terminals after the agent had rendered file diffs
Fixed /copy and copy-on-select silently failing to update the system clipboard when attached to a background session inside tmux
Fixed opening claude agents with Remote Control enabled leaving zombie session entries on the Code tab after exiting
Fixed /rename in background sessions not updating the session banner immediately
Fixed Windows update rollback: if a Windows update fails, Claude Code now restores the original executable by copy and tells you how to recover
[VSCode] Fixed Claude Code processes not shutting down cleanly when VS Code closed on Windows, causing false “unclean exit” reports and orphaned MCP servers
/model now saves your selection as the default for new sessions (matching the IDE). Press s in the picker to switch models for the current session only.
If you customized the modelPicker:setAsDefault keybinding, rename it to modelPicker:thisSessionOnly in keybindings.json (the d action was replaced by s)