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Update Jun 30, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.196

  • Added support for organization default models — admins set it in the org console; it shows as “Org default” (or “Role default”) in /model when you haven’t picked one yourself
  • Added readable default names for sessions at start, making them easier to identify and message
  • Added clickable file attachments in chat — Cmd/Ctrl-click reveals the file in Finder/Explorer
  • Security: claude mcp list/get no longer spawn .mcp.json servers that a repo self-approved via a committed .claude/settings.json; untrusted workspaces show ⏸ Pending approval
  • Fixed waking a background job permanently deleting its conversation and re-running the original prompt when the transcript probe misread a real transcript; the file is now set aside, never deleted
  • Fixed the rate-limit warning flickering off and rate-limit telemetry being over-counted when multiple parallel requests were in flight at the moment a usage limit was hit
  • Fixed duplicate recap lines after a background session’s turn: a schema-rejected StructuredOutput attempt no longer renders alongside its retry
  • Fixed PowerShell git diff/git grep, egrep/fgrep, and quoted search patterns containing | being reported as failures when they exit 1, matching Bash behavior
  • Fixed multiple claude agents side panel issues: keyboard focus getting stuck when opening an agent, background jobs losing their subagent types on every open, and sessions showing incorrect status while actively running

Update Jun 27, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.195

  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_MOUSE_CLICKS to disable mouse click/drag/hover in fullscreen mode while keeping wheel scroll
  • Fixed hook matchers with hyphenated identifiers (e.g. code-reviewer, mcp__brave-search) accidentally substring-matching — they now exact-match. Use mcp__brave-search__.* to match all tools from a hyphenated MCP server.
  • Fixed voice dictation on macOS capturing silence in long-running sessions after the default input device changes
  • Fixed voice dictation auto-submit never firing for languages written without spaces (Japanese, Chinese, Thai)
  • Fixed external plugins enabled only by project .claude/settings.json not requiring explicit install consent on every loader path
  • Fixed /plugin Enable/Disable not working when a plugin’s plugin.json name differs from its marketplace entry name
  • Fixed background jobs disappearing from claude agents or losing data when written by a newer Claude Code version
  • Fixed reopening a crashed background task showing a blank screen for up to 5 seconds instead of its restart
  • Fixed background agent daemons running unreachable when the control socket fails to start, blocking restarts
  • Improved voice mode on Linux: now distinguishes “no microphone” from “SoX not installed” when SoX is present but no audio capture device exists
  • Improved claude agents completed list to fill available vertical space; on short terminals the header compacts so live sessions stay visible

Update Jun 26, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.193

  • Added autoMode.classifyAllShell setting to route all Bash/PowerShell commands through the auto-mode classifier instead of only arbitrary-code-execution patterns
  • Added auto-mode denial reasons to the transcript, the denial toast, and /permissions recent denials
  • Added claude_code.assistant_response OpenTelemetry log event containing the model’s response text. Redacted unless OTEL_LOG_ASSISTANT_RESPONSES=1; when that var is unset it follows OTEL_LOG_USER_PROMPTS, so deployments that already log prompt content will start receiving response content on upgrade — set OTEL_LOG_ASSISTANT_RESPONSES=0 to keep prompts-only.
  • Added live file path autocomplete to bash mode (!)
  • Added a startup notice when MCP servers need authentication, pointing at /mcp
  • Added automatic memory-pressure reaping for idle background shell commands (disable with CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BG_SHELL_PRESSURE_REAP=1)
  • Fixed /model and other client-data-gated UI showing stale/empty state immediately after /login
  • Fixed backgrounding (←←) spuriously cancelling with “N background tasks would be abandoned” when all running tasks carry over to the new session
  • Fixed pinned background agents being re-prompted to “Continue from where you left off” after every auto-update
  • Fixed backgrounding the main turn spawning a phantom “general-purpose (resumed)” subagent that re-ran the main conversation
  • Fixed agent panel hiding sibling agents when viewing a subagent

Update Jun 25, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.191

  • Added /rewind support for resuming a conversation from before /clear was run
  • Fixed scroll position jumping to the bottom while reading earlier output during a streaming response
  • Fixed background agents resurrecting after being stopped — stopping an agent from the tasks panel is now permanent
  • Fixed /voice showing a generic “not available” message when disabled by an organization’s policy — it now explains the restriction
  • Fixed /login URL opening truncated in Windows Terminal when it wraps across lines
  • Fixed Cmd+click on links in fullscreen mode for Ghostty over ssh/tmux
  • Fixed claude agents sending builtin slash commands like /usage to background sessions as prompt text instead of showing a hint
  • Fixed claude agents job rows showing full filesystem paths for pasted images instead of the [Image #N] placeholder
  • Fixed hooks with comma-separated matchers (e.g. "Bash,PowerShell") silently never firing
  • Fixed /permissions Recently-denied tab: approving a denial now persists on close instead of being silently discarded
  • Fixed the agent panel jumping by one row when scrolling the roster past the overflow cap
  • Fixed the welcome splash art overflowing the default 80×24 macOS Terminal window
  • Fixed managed settings: forceRemoteSettingsRefresh now takes effect when set via MDM or file policy, and the fetch sends Cache-Control: no-cache to prevent proxies from serving stale responses

Update Jun 24, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.187

  • Added sandbox.credentials setting to block sandboxed commands from reading credential files and secret environment variables
  • Added org-configured model restrictions to the model picker, --model, /model, and ANTHROPIC_MODEL, with a “restricted by your organization’s settings” message when a restricted model is selected
  • Added mouse click support to select menus (permission prompts, /model, /config, etc.) in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed --resume failing with “No conversation found” when the original -p run produced no model turns
  • Fixed --json-schema and workflow agent({schema}) structured output: the model can no longer re-call StructuredOutput indefinitely after a successful call, and follow-up turns now reliably return structured output
  • Fixed remote MCP tool calls that hang with no response for 5 minutes — they now abort with an error instead of blocking indefinitely (override with CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_TOOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
  • Fixed Claude Code Remote sessions taking ~2.7s longer to start after the agent proxy CA system-trust install was added
  • Fixed pasted Korean/CJK text turning into mojibake in terminals that deliver paste as per-byte extended-key events
  • Fixed /update over Remote Control hanging when a startup trust dialog would have shown
  • Fixed background jobs in the agents view getting stuck in “working” indefinitely when the agent ended a turn without producing structured output

Update Jun 23, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.186

  • Added claude mcp login <name> and claude mcp logout <name> to authenticate MCP servers from the CLI without opening the interactive /mcp menu, with --no-browser stdin redirect support for completing over SSH
  • Added status filtering (press f) to the /workflows agent detail view
  • Added a “Skills” section to the /plugin Installed tab
  • Added teammateMode: "iterm2" setting with a warning when auto mode cannot find the it2 CLI
  • Added “Claude Platform on AWS - refresh credentials” option to /login when awsAuthRefresh is configured
  • ! bash commands now trigger Claude to respond to the output automatically; set "respondToBashCommands": false in settings.json to keep the previous context-only behavior
  • Fixed streaming requests failing with “Content block not found” or JSON parse errors after the machine wakes from sleep
  • Fixed subagent transcript scroll position bleeding into the main transcript on exit
  • Fixed background task previews flashing raw tool names before the agent’s plan loaded
  • Fixed Chrome tab-group isolation not applying when the in-product permissions gate is off for concurrent CLI sessions
  • Fixed background session recaps being duplicated; the agent’s own end-of-turn summary now shows as the recap line
  • Fixed opening a background session from claude agents leaving the previous screen painted behind it
  • Fixed Agent(type) deny rules and Agent(x,y) allowed-types restrictions not being enforced for named subagent spawns

Update Jun 21, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.185

  • The stream-stall hint now reads “Waiting for API response · will retry in …” instead of “No response from API · Retrying in …”, and triggers after 20s of silence instead of 10s

Update Jun 19, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.183

  • Improved auto mode safety: destructive git commands (git reset --hard, git checkout -- ., git clean -fd, git stash drop) are now blocked when you didn’t ask to discard local work, git commit --amend is blocked when the commit wasn’t made by the agent this session, and terraform destroy/pulumi destroy/cdk destroy are blocked unless you asked for the specific stack
  • Added a warning when the requested model is deprecated or automatically updated to a newer model, shown on stderr in print mode (-p) and now also covering models set in agent frontmatter
  • Added attribution.sessionUrl setting to omit the claude.ai session link from commits and PRs in web and Remote Control sessions
  • Added /config --help to list all available shorthand keys for /config key=value
  • Changed /config toggle behavior: Enter and Space both change the selected setting, and Esc now saves and closes instead of reverting
  • Removed the startup “setup issues” line under the logo — run /doctor to see configuration issues or use --debug
  • Fixed thinking.disabled.display: Extra inputs are not permitted 400 errors on subagent spawns and session-title generation for affected configurations
  • Fixed WebSearch returning empty results in subagents
  • Fixed the terminal cursor being stranded above the prompt after navigating history in vim mode with the native cursor enabled

Update Jun 18, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.181

  • Added /config key=value syntax to set any setting from the prompt (e.g. /config thinking=false) — works in interactive, -p, and Remote Control
  • Added sandbox.allowAppleEvents opt-in setting that lets sandboxed commands send Apple Events on macOS
  • Added CLAUDE_CLIENT_PRESENCE_FILE environment variable: point it at a marker file to suppress mobile push notifications while you’re at the machine
  • Upgraded the bundled Bun runtime to 1.4
  • Improved streaming of long paragraphs: text now appears line-by-line instead of waiting for the first line break
  • Improved auto-retry: API connection drops mid-thinking now automatically retry instead of showing “Connection closed while thinking”
  • Improved the subagent panel: idle subagents auto-hide after 30s, the list caps at 5 rows with scroll hints, and keyboard hints now show in the footer
  • Improved the MCP OAuth browser page to match Claude Code’s visual style and auto-close on success
  • Changed fullscreen mode URL opening to require Cmd+click (macOS) / Ctrl+click, matching native terminal behavior
  • Changed the Improved N memories line to no longer list individual files outside verbose mode
  • Fixed prompt caching not reading on custom ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL and on Foundry due to a per-request attestation token changing every turn
  • Fixed Write/Edit producing 0-byte or truncated files on network drives and cloud-synced folders

Update Jun 17, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.179

  • Fixed mid-stream connection drops: partial responses are now preserved instead of showing a raw error, and the spinner no longer gets stuck at “running tool”
  • Fixed mouse-wheel scrolling in WSL2 under Windows Terminal and VS Code (regression in 2.1.172)
  • Fixed a sandbox denyRead/allowRead glob over a large directory tree making the Bash tool description enormous and the session unusable on Linux
  • Fixed the feedback survey capturing a single-digit reply as a session rating immediately after a turn completes
  • Fixed the welcome screen stacking multiple promotional banners — at most one promo now shows per session
  • Fixed Ctrl+O not showing the subagent’s transcript when viewing a subagent
  • Fixed clicking the prompt input not returning focus from the subagent/footer panel
  • Fixed remote session background tasks appearing stuck as “still running” between turns
  • Improved plugin loading performance in remote sessions

Update Jun 16, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.178

  • Added Tool(param:value) syntax for permission rules to match a tool’s input parameters (with * wildcard), e.g. Agent(model:opus) to block Opus subagents
  • Skills in nested .claude/skills directories now load when working on files there; on a name clash, the nested skill appears as <dir>:<name> so both stay available
  • Nested .claude/ directories: the agent, workflow, and output-style closest to the working directory now wins when names collide; project-scope workflow saves now target the closest existing .claude/workflows/
  • Improved auto mode: subagent spawns are now evaluated by the classifier before launch, closing a gap where a subagent could request a blocked action without review
  • Improved /doctor with consistent flat tree layout across all sections, clearer section status icons, and highlighted command names
  • Improved the skill listing truncation warning to show how many skill descriptions are affected
  • Changed the workflow prompt keyword to use a purple shimmer highlight and trigger only on explicit phrases like “run a workflow” or “workflow:”, not on any mention of the word
  • Improved Remote Control error messages: connection failures now show a persistent red “/rc failed” indicator in the footer, and the “not yet enabled” error now explains whether it’s a gate, a check failure, stale entitlement, or org policy
  • /bug now requires a description before submitting, and no longer uses model-refusal text as the GitHub issue title

Update Jun 13, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.176

  • Session titles are now generated in the language of your conversation (set the language setting to pin a specific language)
  • Added footerLinksRegexes setting for regex-matched link badges in the footer row, configurable via user or managed settings
  • Improved Bedrock credential caching: credentials from awsCredentialExport are now cached until their Expiration instead of a fixed 1 hour
  • Fixed availableModels enforcement: alias model picks can no longer be redirected to a blocked model via ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_*_MODEL environment variables, and /fast now refuses to toggle when it would switch to a model outside the allowlist
  • Fixed auto mode failing on Fable 5 for organizations without Opus 4.8 enabled — the classifier now falls back to the best available Opus model
  • Fixed hook if conditions for Read/Edit/Write tool paths: documented patterns like Edit(src/**), Read(~/.ssh/**), and Read(.env) now match correctly
  • Fixed Linux sandbox failing to start when .claude/settings.json is a symlink with an absolute target
  • Fixed /copy and mouse-selection copy not reaching the system clipboard inside tmux over SSH, and tmux paste buffer not loading on versions older than 3.2
  • Fixed Remote Control connecting from web/mobile silently switching the session’s model
  • Fixed Remote Control disconnect notifications showing a bare numeric code instead of a human-readable reason, and connection failures adding a duplicate line to the conversation transcript

Update Jun 12, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.175

  • Added enforceAvailableModels managed setting — when enabled, the availableModels allowlist also constrains the Default model (a Default that would resolve to a disallowed model now falls back to the first allowed model), and user or project settings can no longer widen a managed availableModels list

Update Jun 11, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.173

  • Fixed Fable 5 model names with a [1m] suffix not being normalized — Fable 5 includes 1M context by default, so the suffix is now stripped automatically
  • Fixed a spurious “sandbox dependencies missing” startup warning on Windows when sandbox was enabled in settings

Update Jun 9, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.170

  • Introducing Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class model that we’ve made safe for general use. Fable’s capabilities exceed those of any model we’ve ever made generally available. Update to version 2.1.170 for access. https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5
  • Fixed sessions not saving transcripts (and not appearing in –resume) when launched from the VS Code integrated terminal or any shell that inherited Claude Code environment variables.

Update Jun 9, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.169

  • Added --safe-mode flag (and CLAUDE_CODE_SAFE_MODE) to start Claude Code with all customizations (CLAUDE.md, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP servers) disabled for troubleshooting
  • Added /cd command to move a session to a new working directory without breaking the prompt cache mid-session
  • Added a disableBundledSkills setting and CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BUNDLED_SKILLS environment variable to hide bundled skills, workflows, and built-in slash commands from the model
  • Fixed Up/Down arrows jumping to command history past the wrapped rows of a long input line — they now move through each visual row first, and history recall enters at the near edge
  • Fixed enterprise managed MCP policies (allowedMcpServers/deniedMcpServers) not being enforced on reconnect, IDE-typed configs, --mcp-config servers during the first session after install, or before remote settings loaded; also fixed slow cold starts for orgs without remote settings
  • Fixed a ~30-50ms UI stall at the start of each turn for macOS users logged in with claude.ai credentials
  • Fixed claude -p being slow or appearing to hang on Windows while waiting for the slash-command/skill scan (regression in 2.1.161)
  • Fixed Remote Control getting stuck on “reconnecting” after resuming a session when an OAuth token refresh happened at the same time
  • Fixed Git Credential Manager’s “Connect to GitHub” popup appearing on Windows at startup when background git commands ran without cached credentials

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.162

  • claude agents --json now includes waitingFor showing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g. permission prompt)
  • --tools: explicitly listing Grep/Glob now provides the dedicated search tools on native builds with embedded search (previously these names were silently ignored)
  • /effort now confirms when your chosen level will persist as the default for new sessions
  • Clicking a slash command in the autocomplete menu now fills it into your prompt instead of running it immediately; press Enter to run
  • Remote Control now shows as a persistent footer pill (with a link to the session) instead of a startup message
  • Renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop in the /ide menu, /terminal-setup, and /scroll-speed, following the editor’s rebrand
  • Fixed a silent startup hang when the config directory is read-only or unwritable — Claude Code now starts with in-memory config and surfaces startup errors instead of showing a blank screen
  • Fixed WebFetch permission rules not being applied to built-in preapproved domains; explicit WebFetch(domain:...) deny/ask/allow rules now take precedence over the preapproved-host auto-allow
  • Fixed Windows permission rules never matching when spelled with backslashes (~\, \\server\share) or case-variant paths, and Read deny rules not hiding files from Glob/Grep results
  • Fixed an interrupt (Esc) sent at the very start of a turn being silently dropped in stream-json/SDK sessions, leaving the turn running with no “Interrupted” feedback

Update Sep 2, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.257

  • Added Claude Fable 5.1 (claude-fable-5-1), now the default Fable model — 1M context, $10/$50 per Mtok with $0.25/Mtok cache reads
  • Added “Time format” (timeFormat) and timeZone settings: 12-hour, 24-hour, 24-hour UTC, or a strftime pattern for the turn-end clock and transcript-view timestamps
  • Added a Containment Escape rule to auto mode so cloud metadata-credential fetches, egress evasion, and cross-tenant reach are no longer auto-approved unless your environment marks them expected
  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL_FORCE to apply CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL (or the main model) to every subagent, ignoring per-spawn and agent-definition model overrides
  • Added s in /effort to change effort for the current session only, matching /model
  • Added a /doctor warning for stale sandbox mask files left by a killed session
  • Added a one-time prompt in auto mode before the first file read outside the working directories, with the option to block such reads (permissions.blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories)
  • Added support for a gateway-supplied description on discovered /model picker entries (CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_GATEWAY_MODEL_DISCOVERY); entries without one still read “From gateway”
  • Fixed settings in a .claude/ folder created after startup not being picked up until restart

Update Aug 8, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.225

  • Added gateway spend-limit support to Claude Code’s usage warning; the limit-reached message now names the cap, its reset time, and the operator’s message (requires the gateway on 2.1.225)
  • Added a workspace trust prompt to claude agents for untrusted directories, matching the behavior of claude
  • Fixed a transient 401 replacing a long-lived CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN with a stored login’s short-lived token, breaking headless sessions until restart
  • Fixed MCP OAuth servers on macOS intermittently failing with a burst of 401 errors, as if never authenticated, after a keychain read timed out
  • Fixed auto mode counting a safety-filter refusal of its own permission check toward the consecutive-block limit; the action is still denied, but the model is now told to move on rather than retry
  • Fixed cross-session messages staying parked without a notice or expiry in headless sessions and during startup
  • Fixed conversation history breaking on Remote Control session resume after very large conversations were compacted
  • Fixed hovering over a session in another project in the agents list changing the directory the next agent starts in
  • Fixed claude self-hosted-runner registering and then failing every session when --base-dir cannot be created or written; it now exits at startup with a clear error
  • Fixed Claude Code on the web sessions being misreported as stuck, re-sending a growing event backlog on every reconnect

Update Jul 25, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.219

  • Added Claude Opus 5 (claude-opus-5), now the default Opus model — 1M context, fast mode at $10/$50 per Mtok
  • Added sandbox.network.strictAllowlist setting to deny non-allowlisted hosts for sandboxed commands without prompting
  • Added DirectoryAdded hook that fires after /add-dir or the SDK register_repo_root control request registers a new working directory mid-session
  • Added mcp_server_errors to the headless stream-json init event, listing --mcp-config entries skipped by config validation; terminal runs print a startup warning
  • Added the workflowSizeGuideline settings key so the advisory Dynamic workflow size guideline can be set from any settings file; the /config row is hidden while one does
  • Added nested subagent forwarding in stream-json: subagents spawned at depth-2+ now appear when --forward-subagent-text is set, keyed by their spawning Agent tool_use id
  • Fixed claude -p text output dropping the answer already produced when a turn dies on a mid-stream API error
  • Added HTTP status and error text to claude mcp list and /mcp when a server fails to connect, and a warning for MCP config values with hidden leading or trailing whitespace
  • Fixed the Fable model row showing “Requires usage credits” for plans that include it, when a stale cache had baked the label in
  • Fixed the /model picker showing the merged Opus row as plain “Opus” instead of “Opus (1M context)”

Update Jul 24, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.218

  • Changed /code-review to run as a background subagent, so review work no longer fills your conversation and keeps stacked slash commands as its review target
  • Added screen-reader announcements of deleted text for word and line deletions (Option+Delete, Ctrl+W, Cmd+Backspace, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+K) in --ax-screen-reader mode
  • Fixed Windows paths with \u-prefixed segments (like C:\Users\unicorn) being corrupted into CJK characters in tool inputs, which made those files inaccessible
  • Fixed the left arrow key discarding the conversation with no undo: presses right after editing now ask to confirm, and Esc in the agent view returns to the conversation it backgrounded
  • Fixed multi-line paste collapsing into one line with j in place of newlines in terminals that encode pasted newlines as Ctrl+J
  • Fixed /context reporting stale pre-compact token usage after compacting from the message picker
  • Fixed /ultrareview failing on descriptive arguments like “review my auth changes” — they now run a review of your current branch with the text applied as a note to the findings
  • Fixed /code-review ultra silently running a local review in non-interactive sessions — it now launches the cloud review
  • Fixed gateway spend metering to price Bedrock application-inference-profile ARNs and other config-mapped upstream model IDs at the configured model’s rates

Update Jul 14, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.208

  • Added screen reader mode: opt-in plain-text rendering for screen reader users. Run claude --ax-screen-reader, set CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER=1, or add “axScreenReader”: true to settings.
  • Added vimInsertModeRemaps setting: map two-key insert-mode sequences like jj to Escape in vim mode
  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_PROCESS_WRAPPER: agent view and the background service now honor a corporate launcher by running every Claude Code self-spawn through a required wrapper executable
  • Added mouse-click support for multi-select menus and “Other” input rows in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed fast mode staying off after switching back to a model that supports it — it now restores automatically when enabled in settings
  • Fixed replies typed to a background agent being lost when delivery fails — the text is now saved and delivered when the session restarts
  • Fixed background-session attach failing permanently (“Couldn’t start the background daemon”) after an update replaced the binary a running claude agents process was launched from
  • Fixed the context window (and auto-compact indicator) briefly resetting to 200k after the CLI auto-updates, causing a false “100% context used” when resuming long-context sessions
  • Fixed supervised and background sessions crashing when a server closed an HTTP/2 connection with a GOAWAY while requests were in flight
  • Fixed truncated stream-json/JSON output and missing result message when piping large responses from claude -p

Update Jul 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.200

  • Changed AskUserQuestion dialogs to no longer auto-continue by default; opt into an idle timeout via /config
  • Changed the “default” permission mode to “Manual” across the CLI, --help, VS Code, and JetBrains; --permission-mode manual and "defaultMode": "manual" are accepted alongside default
  • Fixed a crash at startup when disabledMcpServers or enabledMcpServers in .claude.json is set to a non-array value
  • Fixed background sessions silently stopping mid-turn after sleep/wake or when reopening a stalled session
  • Fixed background sessions re-running a turn cancelled with Esc after a stall respawn
  • Fixed background agents never starting again after a crash left a stale daemon.lock whose PID the OS reused
  • Fixed background-agent daemon handover so a reinstalled older build can no longer take over the daemon; build recency is now judged by the version’s embedded build timestamp
  • Fixed background-agent roster issues: transient corruption permanently disabling orphan cleanup, older binaries not preserving fields written by newer versions, and socket auth tokens being stripped during daemon restarts
  • Fixed subagents cut off by a rate limit before producing any text output returning an empty result instead of failing cleanly
  • Fixed control bytes from background-agent output reaching the terminal in the agent view
  • Fixed claude agents --plugin-dir <dir> not showing the plugin’s agents and skills in the agent view when the flag is placed after agents

Update Jul 3, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.198

  • Subagents now run in the background by default, so Claude keeps working while they run and is notified when they finish (previously a gradual rollout)
  • Claude in Chrome is now generally available
  • Added background agent notifications in claude agents — sessions that need input or finish now fire the Notification hook (agent_needs_input / agent_completed)
  • Added /dataviz skill for chart and dashboard design guidance with a runnable color-palette validator
  • Gateway: added Claude Platform on AWS (anthropicAws) as an upstream provider; model-not-found responses now advance the failover chain
  • Background agents launched from claude agents now commit, push, and open a draft PR when they finish code work in a worktree, instead of stopping to ask
  • The built-in Explore agent now inherits the main session’s model (capped at opus) instead of running on haiku
  • Subagents and context compaction now inherit the session’s extended thinking configuration, improving output quality on delegated tasks
  • Fixed brief network drops mid-response aborting the turn — transient errors like ECONNRESET now retry with backoff instead of failing
  • Fixed excessive background classifier requests when sandboxed processes repeatedly accessed the same network host
  • Fixed background tasks in web, desktop, and VS Code task panels getting stuck on “Running” after they finish or after resuming a session

Update Jun 17, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.178

  • Added Tool(param:value) syntax for permission rules to match a tool’s input parameters (with * wildcard), e.g. Agent(model:opus) to block Opus subagents
  • Skills in nested .claude/skills directories now load when working on files there; on a name clash, the nested skill appears as <dir>:<name> so both stay available
  • Nested .claude/ directories: the agent, workflow, and output-style closest to the working directory now wins when names collide; project-scope workflow saves now target the closest existing .claude/workflows/
  • Improved auto mode: subagent spawns are now evaluated by the classifier before launch, closing a gap where a subagent could request a blocked action without review
  • Improved /doctor with consistent flat tree layout across all sections, clearer section status icons, and highlighted command names
  • Improved the skill listing truncation warning to show how many skill descriptions are affected
  • Changed the workflow prompt keyword to use a purple shimmer highlight and trigger only on explicit phrases like “run a workflow” or “workflow:”, not on any mention of the word
  • Improved Remote Control error messages: connection failures now show a persistent red “/rc failed” indicator in the footer, and the “not yet enabled” error now explains whether it’s a gate, a check failure, stale entitlement, or org policy
  • /bug now requires a description before submitting, and no longer uses model-refusal text as the GitHub issue title

Update Jun 12, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.174

  • Added wheelScrollAccelerationEnabled setting to disable mouse-wheel scroll acceleration in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed the /model picker hiding the model family that Default resolves to — Opus now appears as its own row on Max/Team Premium/Enterprise plans, Sonnet on Pro/Team plans, and Opus on pay-as-you-go API accounts
  • Fixed /model picker showing a hardcoded Sonnet version label when ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL pins a different Sonnet
  • Fixed the “Fable 5 is now consuming usage credits” banner incorrectly showing for enterprise accounts with usage-based billing
  • Fixed Bedrock GovCloud regions (us-gov-*) deriving the wrong inference profile prefix (global instead of us-gov), causing 400 errors on derived model IDs
  • Fixed background sessions inheriting another session’s ANTHROPIC_* provider env (gateway URL, custom headers, /model aliases) from the shell that started the background daemon
  • Fixed a 1-2 second pause when exiting Claude Code shortly after a shell command was interrupted or killed on macOS and Linux
  • Fixed git commit co-author attribution showing an incorrect model name for some models
  • Fixed the /advisor dialog pre-selecting a saved advisor model that is blocked by the availableModels allowlist
  • Fixed skill hot-reload re-sending the entire skill listing when a single skill changed; only changed skills are now re-announced
  • Fixed Workflow tool agent() subagents missing per-agent attribution headers

Update Jun 11, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.172

  • Sub-agents can now spawn their own sub-agents (up to 5 levels deep)
  • Amazon Bedrock now reads the AWS region from ~/.aws config files when AWS_REGION isn’t set, matching AWS SDK precedence; /status shows where the region came from
  • Added a search bar when browsing a marketplace’s plugins in /plugin
  • Added model attribute to the claude_code.lines_of_code.count OTEL metric
  • Fixed sessions using 1M context without usage credits getting permanently stuck — the session now automatically compacts back under the standard context limit
  • Fixed a repeating “an image in the conversation could not be processed and was removed” error when the conversation contained multiple images
  • Fixed the agents view keeping a session under Working with a busy spinner for up to 30 seconds after the worker replied
  • Fixed background agents potentially reading another directory’s project settings (.mcp.json approvals, trust) when dispatched onto a pre-warmed worker
  • Fixed background-session attach failing with EAUTH for sessions started on an older version after the daemon auto-updated
  • Fixed a background sub-agent staying stuck as “active” in the agent panel after a nested agent it spawned was stopped
  • Fixed /model suggestions in the claude agents dispatch input rendering with a misleading slash prefix and showing models disabled for your org

Update Jun 10, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.169

  • Self-hosted runner: added a post-session lifecycle hook that runs after the session ends and before the workspace is deleted, so you can snapshot uncommitted work or export logs; also made the child-process SIGTERM→SIGKILL window configurable (default unchanged at 5s)
  • Added --safe-mode flag (and CLAUDE_CODE_SAFE_MODE) to start Claude Code with all customizations (CLAUDE.md, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP servers) disabled for troubleshooting
  • Added /cd command to move a session to a new working directory without breaking the prompt cache mid-session
  • Added a disableBundledSkills setting and CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BUNDLED_SKILLS environment variable to hide bundled skills, workflows, and built-in slash commands from the model
  • Fixed Up/Down arrows jumping to command history past the wrapped rows of a long input line — they now move through each visual row first, and history recall enters at the near edge
  • Fixed enterprise managed MCP policies (allowedMcpServers/deniedMcpServers) not being enforced on reconnect, IDE-typed configs, --mcp-config servers during the first session after install, or before remote settings loaded; also fixed slow cold starts for orgs without remote settings
  • Fixed a ~30-50ms UI stall at the start of each turn for macOS users logged in with claude.ai credentials
  • Fixed claude -p being slow or appearing to hang on Windows while waiting for the slash-command/skill scan (regression in 2.1.161)

Update Jun 6, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.166

  • Added fallbackModel setting to configure up to three fallback models tried in order when the primary model is overloaded or unavailable; --fallback-model now also applies to interactive sessions
  • Added glob pattern support in deny rule tool-name position ("*" denies all tools); allow rules reject non-MCP globs, and unknown tool names in deny rules warn at startup
  • Hardened cross-session messaging: messages relayed via SendMessage from other Claude sessions no longer carry user authority — receivers refuse relayed permission requests, and auto mode blocks them
  • MAX_THINKING_TOKENS=0, --thinking disabled, and the per-model thinking toggle now disable thinking on models that think by default via the Claude API (3P providers unchanged)
  • Claude Code now retries a turn once on the fallback model when the API rejects an unexpected non-retryable error; auth, rate-limit, request-size, and transport errors still surface immediately
  • claude update now announces the target version before downloading instead of going silent
  • claude agents: typing a URL into the list now filters to the session whose first prompt contained it
  • Fixed a recurring “image could not be processed” error and extra token usage when an unprocessable image was sent in a session
  • Fixed remote sessions becoming permanently stuck when a brief backend disruption occurred during worker registration at startup

Update Jun 5, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.163

  • Added requiredMinimumVersion and requiredMaximumVersion managed settings — Claude Code refuses to start if its version is outside the allowed range and directs the user to an approved version
  • Added /plugin list command to list installed plugins, with --enabled/--disabled filters
  • Added a “c to copy” shortcut to /btw that copies the raw markdown answer to the clipboard, preserving formatting when pasted elsewhere
  • Hooks: Stop and SubagentStop hooks can now return hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext to give Claude feedback and keep the turn going without being labeled a hook error
  • Skills: added \$ escape syntax to include a literal $ before a digit in command bodies
  • stdio MCP servers now receive the same CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID as hooks/Bash on --resume
  • Fixed claude -p hanging forever after its final result when a backgrounded command never exits — background shells are now stopped ~5s after the result once stdin closes
  • Fixed claude -p failing with “ANTHROPIC_API_KEY required” on Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry when CI=true and no Anthropic API key is set
  • Fixed bash commands failing under bazel and EDR-protected Go workflows: $TMPDIR was overridden to /tmp/claude-{uid} for all commands instead of only sandboxed ones (regression in 2.1.154)
  • Fixed Bash commands failing on Windows with “EEXIST: file already exists” on the session-env directory when it has the read-only attribute or is inside OneDrive

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.161

  • OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES values are now included as labels on metric datapoints, so you can slice usage metrics by custom dimensions like team or repo
  • claude agents rows now show done/total before the detail when work is fanned out; peek shows the longest-running item
  • /mcp now collapses claude.ai connectors you’ve never signed in to behind a “Show unused connectors” row
  • Parallel tool calls: a failed Bash command no longer cancels other calls in the same batch — each tool returns its own result independently
  • Fullscreen mode: clipboard now uses wl-copy/xclip/xsel on Linux when available, copies to both the clipboard and PRIMARY selection for middle-click paste, and the “hold {key} for native selection” hint now shows the correct key per terminal
  • Fixed the /effort dialog, workflow animations, and prompt keyword shimmer not honoring the “Reduce motion” setting
  • Fixed forceLoginOrgUUID/forceLoginMethod managed-settings policies blocking third-party provider sessions (Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, Mantle) alongside the org pin (regression in 2.1.146)
  • Fixed background subagent output corrupting claude -p stdout when using --output-format text or json
  • Fixed /usage-credits starting a re-login for Team and Enterprise admins instead of pointing to the organization’s usage settings page
  • Fixed /autofix-pr reporting “cannot run on the default branch” when the session is inside a git worktree or another repository

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.160

  • Added a prompt before writing to shell startup files (.zshenv, .zlogin, .bash_login) and ~/.config/git/, which could otherwise lead to unintended command execution
  • acceptEdits mode now prompts before writing build-tool config files that grant code execution (.npmrc, .yarnrc*, bunfig.toml, .bazelrc, .pre-commit-config.yaml, .devcontainer/, etc.)
  • Edit no longer requires a separate Read after viewing a file with grep: single-file grep/egrep/fgrep commands now satisfy the read-before-edit check
  • Fixed copy-on-select not writing to the Windows clipboard on WSL — now uses PowerShell interop instead of OSC 52, which terminals like MobaXterm don’t support
  • Fixed restoring a completed session from claude agents dropping chat history and re-running the original prompt
  • Fixed background sessions re-attached after overnight retire losing their conversation and re-running the original prompt
  • Fixed claude --bg occasionally failing with “socket missing” when the background daemon was cold-starting on a loaded machine
  • Fixed an issue on Windows where the directory a background session was started in could not be deleted after claude rm until the background daemon exited
  • Fixed background agents that resumed work being shown under Completed in the agents list
  • Fixed claude agents freezing for several seconds when returning to the session list due to the auto-updater re-checking on every exit

Update Jun 19, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.178

  • Agent teams: removed the TeamCreate and TeamDelete tools. With CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1 set, every session now has one implicit team — spawn teammates directly with the Agent tool’s name parameter, no setup step needed. The team_name parameter on the Agent tool is still accepted but ignored.
  • Added Tool(param:value) syntax for permission rules to match a tool’s input parameters (with * wildcard), e.g. Agent(model:opus) to block Opus subagents
  • Skills in nested .claude/skills directories now load when working on files there; on a name clash, the nested skill appears as <dir>:<name> so both stay available
  • Nested .claude/ directories: the agent, workflow, and output-style closest to the working directory now wins when names collide; project-scope workflow saves now target the closest existing .claude/workflows/
  • Improved auto mode: subagent spawns are now evaluated by the classifier before launch, closing a gap where a subagent could request a blocked action without review
  • Improved /doctor with consistent flat tree layout across all sections, clearer section status icons, and highlighted command names
  • Improved the skill listing truncation warning to show how many skill descriptions are affected
  • Changed the workflow prompt keyword to use a purple shimmer highlight and trigger only on explicit phrases like “run a workflow” or “workflow:”, not on any mention of the word

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.158

  • Auto mode is now available on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry for Opus 4.7 and Opus 4.8. Opt in by setting CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AUTO_MODE=1

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.157

  • Plugins in .claude/skills directories are now automatically loaded, no marketplace required
  • Added claude plugin init <name> to scaffold a new plugin in .claude/skills
  • Added autocomplete for /plugin arguments: subcommands, installed plugin names, and plugins from known marketplaces
  • claude agents: the agent field in settings.json is now honored for dispatched sessions, with --agent <name> to override it
  • EnterWorktree can now switch between Claude-managed worktrees mid-session
  • tool_decision telemetry events now include tool_parameters (bash commands, MCP/skill names) when OTEL_LOG_TOOL_DETAILS=1
  • Worktrees managed by Claude are now left unlocked when the agent finishes, so git worktree remove/prune can clean them up
  • Fixed unprocessable images (zero-byte, corrupt) attached via paste, MCP, or dialog crashing the request instead of becoming a text placeholder
  • Fixed sandbox network permission prompts appearing in auto and bypass-permissions mode when using the desktop app, IDE extensions, or SDK
  • Fixed claude agents completed sessions not retiring when an idle subagent was still parked or had leaked a backgrounded shell
  • Fixed claude agents pressing Esc not cancelling a slow “opening…”, leaving the list unresponsive
  • Fixed background agent worktrees under .claude/worktrees/ being orphaned after the 30-day job retention sweep
  • Fixed background sessions re-attached after a sleep/wake not telling the model the correct date

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.156

  • Fixed an issue when using Opus 4.8 where thinking blocks were modified, leading to API errors.

Update Jul 21, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.208

  • Added screen reader mode: opt-in plain-text rendering for screen reader users. Run claude --ax-screen-reader, set CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER=1, or add “axScreenReader”: true to settings.
  • Added vimInsertModeRemaps setting: map two-key insert-mode sequences like jj to Escape in vim mode
  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_PROCESS_WRAPPER: agent view and the background service now honor a corporate launcher by running every Claude Code self-spawn through a required wrapper executable
  • Added mouse-click support for multi-select menus and “Other” input rows in fullscreen mode
  • Changed the Fable 5 usage-credits consent prompt to start with the decline option focused
  • Fixed fast mode staying off after switching back to a model that supports it — it now restores automatically when enabled in settings
  • Fixed replies typed to a background agent being lost when delivery fails — the text is now saved and delivered when the session restarts
  • Fixed background-session attach failing permanently (“Couldn’t start the background daemon”) after an update replaced the binary a running claude agents process was launched from
  • Fixed the context window (and auto-compact indicator) briefly resetting to 200k after the CLI auto-updates, causing a false “100% context used” when resuming long-context sessions
  • Fixed supervised and background sessions crashing when a server closed an HTTP/2 connection with a GOAWAY while requests were in flight

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.154

  • Opus 4.8 is here! Now defaults to high effort · /effort xhigh for your hardest tasks
  • Introducing dynamic workflows: ask Claude to create a workflow and it orchestrates work across tens to hundreds of agents in the background, so you can take on larger, more complex tasks. Run /workflows to view your runs
  • Fast mode on Opus 4.8 is now available at a fraction of its previous cost: 2x the standard rate for 2.5x the speed
  • The lean system prompt is now the default for all models except Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus 4.7 and earlier
  • Claude now reserves the multiple-choice question prompt for decisions it genuinely cannot make itself, instead of asking when it already has enough context to proceed
  • /simplify now runs a cleanup-only review (reuse, simplification, efficiency, altitude) and applies the fixes, instead of running the full /code-review --fix bug-hunting review
  • Renamed the /effort slider labels from “Speed”/“Intelligence” to “Faster”/“Smarter” for clarity
  • claude agents: type ! <command> to run a shell command as a background session you can attach to and detach from. Also available as claude --bg --exec '<command>'
  • claude agents: /logout now signs you out instead of being sent to a background session
  • ←← to open the agents view now works on Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, and with telemetry disabled

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.153

  • 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

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.152

  • /code-review --fix now applies review findings to your working tree after the review, surfacing reuse, simplification, and efficiency suggestions; /simplify now invokes /code-review --fix
  • Skills and slash commands can now set disallowed-tools in frontmatter to remove tools from the model while the skill is active
  • Added /reload-skills command to re-scan skill directories without restarting the session
  • SessionStart hooks can now return reloadSkills: true to re-scan skill directories, making skills installed by the hook available in the same session
  • SessionStart hooks can now set the session title via hookSpecificOutput.sessionTitle on startup and resume
  • Added a MessageDisplay hook event that lets hooks transform or hide assistant message text as it is displayed
  • Added pluginSuggestionMarketplaces managed setting: admins can allowlist org marketplaces whose plugins may be suggested via context-aware tips
  • claude plugin marketplace remove now accepts --scope user|project|local for symmetry with marketplace add, install, and uninstall
  • Claude Code now switches to your configured --fallback-model for the rest of the session when the primary model is not found, instead of failing every request
  • Auto mode no longer requires opt-in consent
  • Vim mode: / in NORMAL mode now opens reverse history search (like Ctrl+R), matching bash/zsh vi-mode

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.149

  • /usage now shows a per-category breakdown of what’s driving your limits usage — skills, subagents, plugins, and per-MCP-server cost
  • /diff detail view can now be scrolled with the keyboard (arrows, j/k, PgUp/PgDn, Space, Home/End)
  • Markdown output now renders GFM task list checkboxes (- [ ] todo / - [x] done) instead of plain bullets
  • Enterprise: added the allowAllClaudeAiMcps managed setting to load claude.ai cloud MCP connectors alongside managed-mcp.json
  • Fixed a PowerShell permission bypass: built-in cd functions (cd.., cd\, cd~, X:) changed the working directory undetected, letting a later command read outside the workspace
  • Fixed the sandbox write allowlist in git worktrees covering the entire main repository root instead of only the shared .git directory (with hooks/ and config denied)
  • Fixed PowerShell prefix/wildcard allow rules (e.g. PowerShell(dotnet.exe build *)) not pre-approving native executables and scripts
  • Fixed a permission-analysis gap where the parser trusted stale variable-tracking values for PWD/OLDPWD/DIRSTACK across cd/pushd/popd
  • Fixed find in the Bash tool exhausting the macOS system file/vnode table and crashing the host on large directory trees
  • Fixed the managed-settings approval dialog leaving the terminal frozen after accepting at startup

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.148

  • Fixed the Bash tool returning exit code 127 on every command for some users (a regression introduced in 2.1.147)

Update Jun 4, 2026 tracked by Updatify

2.1.147

  • Pinned background sessions (Ctrl+T in claude agents) now stay alive when idle, are restarted in place to apply Claude Code updates, and are shed under memory pressure only after non-pinned sessions
  • Renamed /simplify to /code-review. It now reports correctness bugs at a chosen effort level (e.g., /code-review high); pass --comment to post findings as inline GitHub PR comments. The old cleanup-and-fix behavior has been removed
  • Improved auto-updater: retries transient network failures, reports specific error categories and OS error codes on failure, and shows the current version when an update fails
  • Improved diff rendering performance for large file edits
  • Prompt history no longer records consecutive duplicate entries — recalling a prompt with arrow-up and submitting it again won’t add another copy
  • Fixed enterprise login restrictions (forceLoginOrgUUID and forceLoginMethod managed-settings) not being enforced against third-party-provider and API-key sessions
  • Fixed & in ! command output displaying as &amp;, which broke copy-pasting URLs from commands like gcloud auth login on headless machines
  • Fixed unknown slash commands silently doing nothing in headless/SDK mode — they now show an error message
  • Fixed /help rendering a broken tab header and showing only one command per page on small terminals when not in fullscreen mode