Claude Code Release Notes

Release notes

• Added MCP elicitation support — MCP servers can now request structured input mid-task via an interactive dialog (form fields or browser URL)

• Added new Elicitation and ElicitationResult hooks to intercept and override responses before they're sent back

• Added -n / --name <name> CLI flag to set a display name for the session at startup

• Added worktree.sparsePaths setting for claude --worktree in large monorepos to check out only the directories you need via git sparse-checkout

• Added PostCompact hook that fires after compaction completes

• Added /effort slash command to set model effort level

• Added session quality survey — enterprise admins can configure the sample rate via the feedbackSurveyRate setting

• Fixed deferred tools (loaded via ToolSearch) losing their input schemas after conversation compaction, causing array and number parameters to be rejected with type errors

• Fixed slash commands showing "Unknown skill"

• Fixed plan mode asking for re-approval after the plan was already accepted

• Fixed voice mode swallowing keypresses while a permission dialog or plan editor was open

• Fixed /voice not working on Windows when installed via npm

• Fixed spurious "Context limit reached" when invoking a skill with model: frontmatter on a 1M-context session

• Fixed "adaptive thinking is not supported on this model" error when using non-standard model strings

• Fixed Bash(cmd:*) permission rules not matching when a quoted argument contains #

• Fixed "don't ask again" in the Bash permission dialog showing the full raw command for pipes and compound commands

• Fixed auto-compaction retrying indefinitely after consecutive failures — a circuit breaker now stops after 3 attempts

• Fixed MCP reconnect spinner persisting after successful reconnection

• Fixed LSP plugins not registering servers when the LSP Manager initialized before marketplaces were reconciled

• Fixed clipboard copying in tmux over SSH — now attempts both direct terminal write and tmux clipboard integration

• Fixed /export showing only the filename instead of the full file path in the success message

• Fixed transcript not auto-scrolling to new messages after selecting text

• Fixed Escape key not working to exit the login method selection screen

• Fixed several Remote Control issues: sessions silently dying when the server reaps an idle environment, rapid messages being queued one-at-a-time instead of batched, and stale work items causing redelivery after JWT refresh

• Fixed bridge sessions failing to recover after extended WebSocket disconnects

• Fixed slash commands not found when typing the exact name of a soft-hidden command

• Improved --worktree startup performance by reading git refs directly and skipping redundant git fetch when the remote branch is already available locally

• Improved background agent behavior — killing a background agent now preserves its partial results in the conversation context

• Improved model fallback notifications — now always visible instead of hidden behind verbose mode, with human-friendly model names

• Improved blockquote readability on dark terminal themes — text is now italic with a left bar instead of dim

• Improved stale worktree cleanup — worktrees left behind after an interrupted parallel run are now automatically cleaned up

• Improved Remote Control session titles — now derived from your first prompt instead of showing "Interactive session"

• Improved /voice to show your dictation language on enable and warn when your language setting isn't supported for voice input

• Updated --plugin-dir to only accept one path to support subcommands — use repeated --plugin-dir for multiple directories

• [VSCode] Fixed gitignore patterns containing commas silently excluding entire filetypes from the @-mention file picker

Release Notes

• Added 1M context window for Opus 4.6 by default for Max, Team, and Enterprise plans (previously required extra usage)
• Added /color command for all users to set a prompt-bar color for your session
• Added session name display on the prompt bar when using /rename
• Added last-modified timestamps to memory files, helping Claude reason about which memories are fresh vs. stale
• Added hook source display (settings/plugin/skill) in permission prompts when a hook requires confirmation
• Fixed voice mode not activating correctly on fresh installs without toggling /voice twice
• Fixed the Claude Code header not updating the displayed model name after switching models with /model or Option+P
• Fixed session crash when an attachment message computation returns undefined values
• Fixed Bash tool mangling ! in piped commands (e.g., jq 'select(.x != .y)' now works correctly)
• Fixed managed-disabled plugins showing up in the /plugin Installed tab — plugins force-disabled by your organization are now hidden
• Fixed token estimation over-counting for thinking and tool_use blocks, preventing premature context compaction
• Fixed corrupted marketplace config path handling
• Fixed /resume losing session names after resuming a forked or continued session
• Fixed Esc not closing the /status dialog after visiting the Config tab
• Fixed input handling when accepting or rejecting a plan
• Fixed footer hint in agent teams showing "↓ to expand" instead of the correct "shift + ↓ to expand"
• Improved startup performance on macOS non-MDM machines by skipping unnecessary subprocess spawns
• Suppressed async hook completion messages by default (visible with --verbose or transcript mode)
• Breaking change: Removed deprecated Windows managed settings fallback at C:\ProgramData\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json — use C:\Program Files\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json

Release notes

• Added actionable suggestions to /context command — identifies context-heavy tools, memory bloat, and capacity warnings with specific optimization tips
• Added autoMemoryDirectory setting to configure a custom directory for auto-memory storage
• Fixed memory leak where streaming API response buffers were not released when the generator was terminated early, causing unbounded RSS growth on the Node.js/npm code path
• Fixed managed policy ask rules being bypassed by user allow rules or skill allowed-tools
• Fixed full model IDs (e.g., claude-opus-4-5) being silently ignored in agent frontmatter model: field and --agents JSON config — agents now accept the same model values as --model
• Fixed MCP OAuth authentication hanging when the callback port is already in use
• Fixed MCP OAuth refresh never prompting for re-auth after the refresh token expires, for OAuth servers that return errors with HTTP 200 (e.g. Slack)
• Fixed voice mode silently failing on the macOS native binary for users whose terminal had never been granted microphone permission — the binary now includes the audio-input entitlement so macOS prompts correctly
• Fixed SessionEnd hooks being killed after 1.5 s on exit regardless of hook.timeout — now configurable via CLAUDE_CODE_SESSIONEND_HOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS
• Fixed /plugin install failing inside the REPL for marketplace plugins with local sources
• Fixed marketplace update not syncing git submodules — plugin sources in submodules no longer break after update
• Fixed unknown slash commands with arguments silently dropping input — now shows your input as a warning
• Fixed Hebrew, Arabic, and other RTL text not rendering correctly in Windows Terminal, conhost, and VS Code integrated terminal
• Fixed LSP servers not working on Windows due to malformed file URIs
• Changed --plugin-dir so local dev copies now override installed marketplace plugins with the same name (unless that plugin is force-enabled by managed settings)
• [VSCode] Fixed delete button not working for Untitled sessions
• [VSCode] Improved scroll wheel responsiveness in the integrated terminal with terminal-aware acceleration

• Added modelOverrides setting to map model picker entries to custom provider model IDs (e.g. Bedrock inference profile ARNs)
• Added actionable guidance when OAuth login or connectivity checks fail due to SSL certificate errors (corporate proxies, NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS)
• Fixed freezes and 100% CPU loops triggered by permission prompts for complex bash commands
• Fixed a deadlock that could freeze Claude Code when many skill files changed at once (e.g. during git pull in a repo with a large .claude/skills/ directory)
• Fixed Bash tool output being lost when running multiple Claude Code sessions in the same project directory
• Fixed subagents with model: opus/sonnet/haiku being silently downgraded to older model versions on Bedrock, Vertex, and Microsoft Foundry
• Fixed background bash processes spawned by subagents not being cleaned up when the agent exits
• Fixed /resume showing the current session in the picker
• Fixed /ide crashing with onInstall is not defined when auto-installing the extension
• Fixed /loop not being available on Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry and when telemetry was disabled
• Fixed SessionStart hooks firing twice when resuming a session via --resume or --continue
• Fixed JSON-output hooks injecting no-op system-reminder messages into the model's context on every turn
• Fixed voice mode session corruption when a slow connection overlaps a new recording
• Fixed Linux sandbox failing to start with "ripgrep (rg) not found" on native builds
• Fixed Linux native modules not loading on Amazon Linux 2 and other glibc 2.26 systems
• Fixed "media_type: Field required" API error when receiving images via Remote Control
• Fixed /heapdump failing on Windows with EEXIST error when the Desktop folder already exists
• Improved Up arrow after interrupting Claude — now restores the interrupted prompt and rewinds the conversation in one step
• Improved IDE detection speed at startup
• Improved clipboard image pasting performance on macOS
• Improved /effort to work while Claude is responding, matching /model behavior
• Improved voice mode to automatically retry transient connection failures during rapid push-to-talk re-press
• Improved the Remote Control spawn mode selection prompt with better context
• Changed default Opus model on Bedrock, Vertex, and Microsoft Foundry to Opus 4.6 (was Opus 4.1)
• Deprecated /output-style command — use /config instead. Output style is now fixed at session start for better prompt caching
• VSCode: Fixed HTTP 400 errors for users behind proxies or on Bedrock/Vertex with Claude 4.5 models

Release Notes

• Fixed tool search to activate even with ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL as long as ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH is set.
• Added w key in /copy to write the focused selection directly to a file, bypassing the clipboard (useful over SSH)
• Added optional description argument to /plan (e.g., /plan fix the auth bug) that enters plan mode and immediately starts
• Added ExitWorktree tool to leave an EnterWorktree session
• Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CRON environment variable to immediately stop scheduled cron jobs mid-session
• Added lsof, pgrep, tput, ss, fd, and fdfind to the bash auto-approval allowlist, reducing permission prompts for common read-only operations
• Restored the model parameter on the Agent tool for per-invocation model overrides
• Simplified effort levels to low/medium/high (removed max) with new symbols (○ ◐ ●) and a brief notification instead of a persistent icon. Use /effort auto to reset to default
• Improved /config — Escape now cancels changes, Enter saves and closes, Space toggles settings
• Improved up-arrow history to show current session's messages first when running multiple concurrent sessions
• Improved voice input transcription accuracy for repo names and common dev terms (regex, OAuth, JSON)
• Improved bash command parsing by switching to a native module — faster initialization and no memory leak
• Reduced bundle size by ~510 KB
• Changed CLAUDE.md HTML comments (<!-- ... -->) to be hidden from Claude when auto-injected. Comments remain visible when read with the Read tool
• Fixed slow exits when background tasks or hooks were slow to respond
• Fixed agent task progress stuck on "Initializing…"
• Fixed skill hooks firing twice per event when a hooks-enabled skill is invoked by the model
• Fixed several voice mode issues: occasional input lag, false "No speech detected" errors after releasing push-to-talk, and stale transcripts re-filling the prompt after submission
• Fixed --continue not resuming from the most recent point after --compact
• Fixed bash security parsing edge cases
• Added support for marketplace git URLs without .git suffix (Azure DevOps, AWS CodeCommit)
• Improved marketplace clone failure messages to show diagnostic info even when git produces no stderr
• Fixed several plugin issues: installation failing on Windows with EEXIST error in OneDrive folders, marketplace blocking user-scope installs when a project-scope install exists, CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR creating literal ~ directories, and plugin.json with marketplace-only fields failing to load
• Fixed feedback survey appearing too frequently in long sessions
• Fixed --effort CLI flag being reset by unrelated settings writes on startup
• Fixed backgrounded Ctrl+B queries losing their transcript or corrupting the new conversation after /clear
• Fixed /clear killing background agent/bash tasks — only foreground tasks are now cleared
• Fixed worktree isolation issues: Task tool resume not restoring cwd, and background task notifications missing worktreePath and worktreeBranch
• Fixed /model not displaying results when run while Claude is working
• Fixed digit keys selecting menu options instead of typing in plan mode permission prompt's text input
• Fixed sandbox permission issues: certain file write operations incorrectly allowed without prompting, and output redirections to allowlisted directories (like /tmp/claude/) prompting unnecessarily
• Improved CPU utilization in long sessions
• Fixed prompt cache invalidation in SDK query() calls, reducing input token costs up to 12x
• Fixed Escape key becoming unresponsive after cancelling a query
• Fixed double Ctrl+C not exiting when background agents or tasks are running
• Fixed team agents to inherit the leader's model
• Fixed "Always Allow" saving permission rules that never match again
• Fixed several hooks issues: transcript_path pointing to the wrong directory for resumed/forked sessions, agent prompt being silently deleted from settings.json on every settings write, PostToolUse block reason displaying twice, async hooks not receiving stdin with bash read -r, and validation error message showing an example that fails validation
• Fixed session crashes in Desktop/SDK when Read returned files containing U+2028/U+2029 characters
• Fixed terminal title being cleared on exit even when CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_TERMINAL_TITLE was set
• Fixed several permission rule matching issues: wildcard rules not matching commands with heredocs, embedded newlines, or no arguments; sandbox.excludedCommands failing with env var prefixes; "always allow" suggesting overly broad prefixes for nested CLI tools; and deny rules not applying to all command forms
• Fixed oversized and truncated images from Bash data-URL output
• Fixed a crash when resuming sessions that contained Bedrock API errors
• Fixed intermittent "expected boolean, received string" validation errors on Edit, Bash, and Grep tool inputs
• Fixed multi-line session titles when forking from a conversation whose first message contained newlines
• Fixed queued messages not showing attached images, and images being lost when pressing ↑ to edit a queued message
• Fixed parallel tool calls where a failed Read/WebFetch/Glob would cancel its siblings — only Bash errors now cascade
• VSCode: Fixed scroll speed in integrated terminals not matching native terminals
• VSCode: Fixed Shift+Enter submitting input instead of inserting a newline for users with older keybindings
• VSCode: Added effort level indicator on the input border
• VSCode: Added vscode://anthropic.claude-code/open URI handler to open a new Claude Code tab programmatically, with optional prompt and session query parameters

Release Notes

• Added /loop command to run a prompt or slash command on a recurring interval (e.g. /loop 5m check the deploy)
• Added cron scheduling tools for recurring prompts within a session
• Added voice:pushToTalk keybinding to make the voice activation key rebindable in keybindings.json (default: space) — modifier+letter combos like meta+k have zero typing interference
• Added fmt, comm, cmp, numfmt, expr, test, printf, getconf, seq, tsort, and pr to the bash auto-approval allowlist
• Fixed stdin freeze in long-running sessions where keystrokes stop being processed but the process stays alive
• Fixed a 5-8 second startup freeze for users with voice mode enabled, caused by CoreAudio initialization blocking the main thread after system wake
• Fixed startup UI freeze when many claude.ai proxy connectors refresh an expired OAuth token simultaneously
• Fixed forked conversations (/fork) sharing the same plan file, which caused plan edits in one fork to overwrite the other
• Fixed the Read tool putting oversized images into context when image processing failed, breaking subsequent turns in long image-heavy sessions
• Fixed false-positive permission prompts for compound bash commands containing heredoc commit messages
• Fixed plugin installations being lost when running multiple Claude Code instances
• Fixed claude.ai connectors failing to reconnect after OAuth token refresh
• Fixed claude.ai MCP connector startup notifications appearing for every org-configured connector instead of only previously connected ones
• Fixed background agent completion notifications missing the output file path, which made it difficult for parent agents to recover agent results after context compaction
• Fixed duplicate output in Bash tool error messages when commands exit with non-zero status
• Fixed Chrome extension auto-detection getting permanently stuck on "not installed" after running on a machine without local Chrome
• Fixed /plugin marketplace update failing with merge conflicts when the marketplace is pinned to a branch/tag ref
• Fixed /plugin marketplace add owner/repo@ref incorrectly parsing @ — previously only # worked as a ref separator, causing undiagnosable errors with strictKnownMarketplaces
• Fixed duplicate entries in /permissions Workspace tab when the same directory is added with and without a trailing slash
• Fixed --print hanging forever when team agents are configured — the exit loop no longer waits on long-lived in_process_teammate tasks
• Fixed "❯ Tool loaded." appearing in the REPL after every ToolSearch call
• Fixed prompting for cd <cwd> && git ... on Windows when the model uses a mingw-style path
• Improved startup time by deferring native image processor loading to first use
• Improved bridge session reconnection to complete within seconds after laptop wake from sleep, instead of waiting up to 10 minutes
• Improved /plugin uninstall to disable project-scoped plugins in .claude/settings.local.json instead of modifying .claude/settings.json, so changes don't affect teammates
• Improved plugin-provided MCP server deduplication — servers that duplicate a manually-configured server (same command/URL) are now skipped, preventing duplicate connections and tool sets. Suppressions are shown in the /plugin menu.
• Updated /debug to toggle debug logging on mid-session, since debug logs are no longer written by default
• Removed startup notification noise for unauthenticated org-registered claude.ai connectors

• Fixed API 400 errors when using ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL with a third-party gateway — tool search now correctly detects proxy endpoints and disables tool_reference blocks

• Fixed API Error: 400 This model does not support the effort parameter when using custom Bedrock inference profiles or other model identifiers not matching standard Claude naming patterns

• Fixed empty model responses immediately after ToolSearch — the server renders tool schemas with system-prompt-style tags at the prompt tail, which could confuse models into stopping early

• Fixed prompt-cache bust when an MCP server with instructions connects after the first turn

• Fixed Enter inserting a newline instead of submitting when typing over a slow SSH connection

• Fixed clipboard corrupting non-ASCII text (CJK, emoji) on Windows/WSL by using PowerShell Set-Clipboard

• Fixed extra VS Code windows opening at startup on Windows when running from the VS Code integrated terminal

• Fixed voice mode failing on Windows native binary with "native audio module could not be loaded"

• Fixed push-to-talk not activating on session start when voiceEnabled: true was set in settings

• Fixed markdown links containing #NNN references incorrectly pointing to the current repository instead of the linked URL

• Fixed repeated "Model updated to Opus 4.6" notification when a project's .claude/settings.json has a legacy Opus model string pinned

• Fixed plugins showing as inaccurately installed in /plugin

• Fixed plugins showing "not found in marketplace" errors on fresh startup by auto-refreshing after marketplace installation

• Fixed /security-review command failing with unknown option merge-base on older git versions

• Fixed /color command having no way to reset back to the default color — /color default, /color gray, /color reset, and /color none now restore the default

• Fixed a performance regression in the AskUserQuestion preview dialog that re-ran markdown rendering on every keystroke in the notes input

• Fixed feature flags read during early startup never refreshing their disk cache, causing stale values to persist across sessions

• Fixed permissions.defaultMode settings values other than acceptEdits or plan being applied in Claude Code Remote environments — they are now ignored

• Fixed skill listing being re-injected on every --resume (~600 tokens saved per resume)

• Fixed teleport marker not rendering in VS Code teleported sessions

• Improved error message when microphone captures silence to distinguish from "no speech detected"

• Improved compaction to preserve images in the summarizer request, allowing prompt cache reuse for faster and cheaper compaction

• Improved /rename to work while Claude is processing, instead of being silently queued

• Reduced prompt input re-renders during turns by ~74%

• Reduced startup memory by ~426KB for users without custom CA certificates

• Reduced Remote Control /poll rate to once per 10 minutes while connected (was 1–2s), cutting server load ~300×. Reconnection is unaffected — transport loss immediately wakes fast polling.

• [VSCode] Added spark icon in VS Code activity bar that lists all Claude Code sessions, with sessions opening as full editors

• [VSCode] Added full markdown document view for plans in VS Code, with support for adding comments to provide feedback

• [VSCode] Added native MCP server management dialog — use /mcp in the chat panel to enable/disable servers, reconnect, and manage OAuth authentication without switching to the terminal

Release Notes

• Added the /claude-api skill for building applications with the Claude API and Anthropic SDK
• Added Ctrl+U on an empty bash prompt (!) to exit bash mode, matching escape and backspace
• Added numeric keypad support for selecting options in Claude's interview questions (previously only the number row above QWERTY worked)
• Added optional name argument to /remote-control and claude remote-control (/remote-control My Project or --name "My Project") to set a custom session title visible in claude.ai/code
• Added Voice STT support for 10 new languages (20 total) — Russian, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Greek, Czech, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
• Added effort level display (e.g., "with low effort") to the logo and spinner, making it easier to see which effort setting is active
• Added agent name display in terminal title when using claude --agent
• Added sandbox.enableWeakerNetworkIsolation setting (macOS only) to allow Go programs like gh, gcloud, and terraform to verify TLS certificates when using a custom MITM proxy with httpProxyPort
• Added includeGitInstructions setting (and CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_GIT_INSTRUCTIONS env var) to remove built-in commit and PR workflow instructions from Claude's system prompt
• Added /reload-plugins command to activate pending plugin changes without restarting
• Added a one-time startup prompt suggesting Claude Code Desktop on macOS and Windows (max 3 showings, dismissible)
• Added ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR} variable for skills to reference their own directory in SKILL.md content
• Added InstructionsLoaded hook event that fires when CLAUDE.md or .claude/rules/*.md files are loaded into context
• Added agent_id (for subagents) and agent_type (for subagents and --agent) to hook events
• Added worktree field to status line hook commands with name, path, branch, and original repo directory when running in a --worktree session
• Added pluginTrustMessage in managed settings to append organization-specific context to the plugin trust warning shown before installation
• Added policy limit fetching (e.g., remote control restrictions) for Team plan OAuth users, not just Enterprise
• Added pathPattern to strictKnownMarketplaces for regex-matching file/directory marketplace sources alongside hostPattern restrictions
• Added plugin source type git-subdir to point to a subdirectory within a git repo
• Added oauth.authServerMetadataUrl config option for MCP servers to specify a custom OAuth metadata discovery URL when standard discovery fails
• Fixed a security issue where nested skill discovery could load skills from gitignored directories like node_modules
• Fixed trust dialog silently enabling all .mcp.json servers on first run. You'll now see the per-server approval dialog as expected
• Fixed claude remote-control crashing immediately on npm installs with "bad option: --sdk-url" (anthropics/claude-code#28334)
• Fixed --model claude-opus-4-0 and --model claude-opus-4-1 resolving to deprecated Opus versions instead of current
• Fixed macOS keychain corruption when using multiple OAuth MCP servers. Large OAuth metadata blobs could overflow the security -i stdin buffer, silently leaving stale credentials behind and causing repeated /login prompts.
• Fixed .credentials.json losing subscriptionType (showing "Claude API" instead of "Claude Pro"/"Claude Max") when the profile endpoint transiently fails during token refresh (anthropics/claude-code#30185)
• Fixed ghost dotfiles (.bashrc, HEAD, etc.) appearing as untracked files in the working directory after sandboxed Bash commands on Linux
• Fixed Shift+Enter printing [27;2;13~ instead of inserting a newline in Ghostty over SSH
• Fixed stash (Ctrl+S) being cleared when submitting a message while Claude is working
• Fixed ctrl+o (transcript toggle) freezing for many seconds in long sessions with lots of file edits
• Fixed plan mode feedback input not supporting multi-line text entry (backslash+Enter and Shift+Enter now insert newlines)
• Fixed cursor not moving down into blank lines at the top of the input box
• Fixed /stats crash when transcript files contain entries with missing or malformed timestamps
• Fixed a brief hang after a streaming error on long sessions (the transcript was being fully rewritten to drop one line; it is now truncated in place)
• Fixed --setting-sources user not blocking dynamically discovered project skills
• Fixed duplicate CLAUDE.md, slash commands, agents, and rules when running from a worktree nested inside its main repo (e.g. claude -w)
• Fixed plugin Stop/SessionEnd/etc hooks not firing after any /plugin operation
• Fixed plugin hooks being silently dropped when two plugins use the same ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/... command template
• Fixed memory leak in long-running SDK/CCR sessions where conversation messages were retained unnecessarily
• Fixed API 400 errors in forked agents (autocompact, summarization) when resuming sessions that were interrupted mid-tool-batch
• Fixed "unexpected tool_use_id found in tool_result blocks" error when resuming conversations that start with an orphaned tool result
• Fixed teammates accidentally spawning nested teammates via the Agent tool's name parameter
• Fixed CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS being ignored during conversation compaction
• Fixed /compact summary rendering as a user bubble in SDK consumers (Claude Code Remote web UI, VSCode extension)
• Fixed voice space bar getting stuck after a failed voice activation (module loading race, cold GrowthBook)
• Fixed worktree file copy on Windows
• Fixed global .claude folder detection on Windows
• Fixed symlink bypass where writing new files through a symlinked parent directory could escape the working directory in acceptEdits mode
• Fixed sandbox prompting users to approve non-allowed domains when allowManagedDomainsOnly is enabled in managed settings — 1 non-allowed domains are now blocked automatically with no bypass
• Fixed interactive tools (e.g., AskUserQuestion) being silently auto-allowed when listed in a skill's allowed-tools, bypassing the permission prompt and running with empty answers
• Fixed multi-GB memory spike when committing with large untracked binary files in the working tree
• Fixed Escape not interrupting a running turn when the input box has draft text. Use Up arrow to pull queued messages back for editing, or Ctrl+U to clear the input line.
• Fixed Android app crash when running local slash commands (/voice, /cost) in Remote Control sessions
• Fixed a memory leak where old message array versions accumulated in React Compiler memoCache over long sessions
• Fixed a memory leak where REPL render scopes accumulated over long sessions (~35MB over 1000 turns)
• Fixed memory retention in in-process teammates where the parent's full conversation history was pinned for the teammate's lifetime, preventing GC after /clear or auto-compact
• Fixed a memory leak in interactive mode where hook events could accumulate unboundedly during long sessions
• Fixed hang when --mcp-config points to a corrupted file
• Fixed slow startup when many skills/plugins are installed
• Fixed cd <outside-dir> && <cmd> permission prompt to surface the chained command instead of only showing "Yes, allow reading from /"
• Fixed conditional .claude/rules/*.md files (with paths: frontmatter) and nested CLAUDE.md files not loading in print mode (claude -p)
• Fixed /clear not fully clearing all session caches, reducing memory retention in long sessions
• Fixed terminal flicker caused by animated elements at the scrollback boundary
• Fixed UI frame drops on macOS when using MCP servers with OAuth (regression from 2.1.x)
• Fixed occasional frame stalls during typing caused by synchronous debug log flushes
• Fixed TeammateIdle and TaskCompleted hooks to support {"continue": false, "stopReason": "..."} to stop the teammate, matching Stop hook behavior
• Fixed WorktreeCreate and WorktreeRemove plugin hooks being silently ignored
• Fixed skill descriptions with colons (e.g., "Triggers include: X, Y, Z") failing to load from SKILL.md frontmatter
• Fixed project skills without a description: frontmatter field not appearing in Claude's available skills list
• Fixed /context showing identical token counts for all MCP tools from a server
• Fixed literal nul file creation on Windows when the model uses CMD-style 2>nul redirection in Git Bash
• Fixed extra blank lines appearing below each tool call in the expanded subagent transcript view (Ctrl+O)
• Fixed Tab/arrow keys not cycling Settings tabs when /config search box is focused but empty
• Fixed service key OAuth sessions (CCR containers) spamming [ERROR] logs with 403s from profile-scoped endpoints
• Fixed inconsistent color for "Remote Control active" status indicator
• Fixed Voice waveform cursor covering the first suffix letter when dictating mid-input
• Fixed Voice input showing all 5 spaces during warmup instead of capping at ~2 (aligning with the "keep holding6666" hint)
• Improved spinner performance by isolating the 50ms animation loop from the surrounding shell, reducing render and CPU overhead during turns
• Improved UI rendering performance in native binaries with React Compiler
• Improved --worktree startup by eliminating a git subprocess on the startup path
• Improved macOS startup by eliminating redundant settings-file reloads when managed settings resolve
• Improved macOS startup for Claude.ai enterprise/team users by skipping an unnecessary keychain lookup
• Improved MCP -p startup by pipelining claude.ai config fetch with local connections and using a concurrency pool instead of sequential batching
• Improved voice startup by removing imperceptible warmup pulse animations that were causing re-render stutter
• Improved MCP binary content handling: tools returning PDFs, Office documents, or audio now save decoded bytes to disk with the correct file extension instead of dumping raw base64 into the conversation context. WebFetch also saves binary responses alongside its summary.
• Improved memory usage in long sessions by stabilizing onSubmit across message updates
• Improved LSP tool rendering and memory context building to no longer read entire files
• Improved session upload and memory sync to avoid reading large files into memory before size/binary checks
• Improved file operation performance by avoiding reading file contents for existence checks (6 sites)
• Improved documentation to clarify that --append-system-prompt-file and --system-prompt-file work in interactive mode (the docs previously said print mode only)
• Reduced baseline memory by ~16MB by deferring Yoga WASM preloading
• Reduced memory footprint for SDK and CCR sessions using stream-json output
• Reduced memory usage when resuming large sessions (including compacted history)
• Reduced token usage on multi-agent tasks with more concise subagent final reports
• Changed Sonnet 4.5 users on Pro/Max/Team Premium to be automatically migrated to Sonnet 4.6
• Changed the /resume picker to show your most recent prompt instead of the first one. This also resolves some titles appearing as (session).
• Changed claude.ai MCP connector failures to show a notification instead of silently disappearing from the tool list
• Changed example command suggestions to be generated deterministically instead of calling Haiku
• Changed resuming after compaction to no longer produce a preamble recap before continuing
• [SDK] Changed task creation to no longer require the activeForm field 1 the spinner falls back to the task subject
• [VSCode] Added compaction display as a collapsible "Compacted chat" card with the summary inside
• [VSCode] The permission mode picker now respects permissions.disableBypassPermissionsMode from your effective Claude Code settings (including managed/policy settings) 1 when set to disable, bypass permissions mode is hidden from the picker
• [VSCode] Fixed RTL text (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian) rendering reversed in the chat panel (regression in v2.1.63)