Claude Code Releases

This release introduces several enhancements to the Claude Code interface, including improved status reporting, better handling of slash commands, and a more robust background service, alongside numerous bug fixes for permission handling, API errors, and display issues.

• New features include enhanced `claude agents` status display, improved slash command handling, and persistent remote control indicators.
• Significant bug fixes address issues with permission rules, API errors, tool operation, terminal display limitations, and background session management.
• Startup messages have been optimized for clarity and reduced verbosity, with warnings and errors now presented more concisely.

This update introduces improved resource attribute labeling for metrics, enhanced agent behavior and UI, parallel tool call resilience, and a range of bug fixes across Linux, Windows, and VSCode integrations.

• OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES are now included as labels on metric datapoints for better usage metric slicing.
• Parallel tool calls are more robust, with Bash command failures no longer canceling other calls in the same batch.
• Multiple fixes address issues with agent display, policy enforcement, file editing, terminal output, and session resumption.
• VSCode users benefit from a tip to resolve garbled glyphs by disabling terminal GPU acceleration.

Version 2.1.160 enhances safety by adding prompts before writing to sensitive configuration files and startup scripts, alongside numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for background sessions and the agent view.

• Added safety prompts before modifying shell startup files and build-tool configuration files that grant code execution.
• Addressed multiple issues with background sessions and agent management, including data loss and responsiveness problems.
• Improved performance and corrected rendering artifacts in various terminal environments.
• Renamed the dynamic-workflow trigger to 'ultracode' for better clarity and control.

Internal infrastructure improvements were made with no user-facing changes.

• No user-facing changes were introduced in this release.

Auto mode is now available for Opus 4.7 and 4.8 on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry, controllable via an environment variable.

• Auto mode for Opus 4.7 and 4.8 is now supported on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry.
• Users can enable auto mode by setting the environment variable `CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AUTO_MODE=1`.

This release fixes an issue with Opus 4.8 related to thinking blocks that caused API errors.

• Resolved an issue with Opus 4.8 where thinking blocks were altered, resulting in API errors.

Claude Code version 2.1.153 introduces several new features, including skipping Git LFS downloads, improved agent command autocompletion, and status line environment variables, alongside numerous bug fixes for MCP servers, installer issues, session recovery, and background agent behavior across different operating systems.

• Added `skipLfs` option for Git LFS downloads.
• Improved autocompletion for `claude agents` commands.
• Status line commands now receive terminal dimension environment variables.
• Addressed numerous regressions and bugs related to MCP servers, installers, session handling, and background agents.
• Enhanced macOS background agent privacy and permission handling.

Claude Code 2.1.152 introduces new features for code review, skill management, and user experience improvements, alongside several bug fixes.

• Enhanced code review with automatic application of fixes and simplification via `/simplify`.
• Improved skill management with new commands for reloading and dynamic loading during session starts.
• Added `MessageDisplay` hook for transforming or hiding assistant messages.
• Introduced `pluginSuggestionMarketplaces` for admin-controlled plugin suggestions.
• Resolved various display, rendering, and tool-related bugs, including issues with long sessions, markdown tables, and plugin handling.

This release focuses on internal infrastructure improvements with no user-facing changes.

• Internal infrastructure improvements

This release introduces a new `/code-review` command, enhances auto mode behavior, fixes numerous bugs across Windows and Linux, and improves auto-updater reliability and diff rendering performance.

• Renamed `/simplify` to `/code-review` with an optional effort level.
• Auto mode now correctly handles explicit user reliance on `AskUserQuestion`.
• Multiple bugs fixed, including PowerShell issues on Windows, MCP pagination, and background session handling.
• Auto-updater reliability and diff rendering performance have been improved.

This release introduces new scripting capabilities with `claude agents --json`, enhances plugin discovery, improves status line information, and fixes numerous bugs related to permissions, UI elements, and agent/plugin functionality.

• New `claude agents --json` for scripting agent sessions.
• Plugin discovery screens now show commands and agents before installation.
• Several UI and UX improvements, including better status line info and slash command suggestions.
• Numerous bug fixes address permission bypasses, UI glitches, agent team issues, and tool functionality.

This update introduces support for background sessions, improves terminal rendering and stability, and fixes numerous bugs across various features including model selection, tool usage, and session management.

• Background sessions are now supported and appear alongside interactive ones.
• Numerous bug fixes have been implemented to improve stability, model selection, tool interaction, and session handling.

Claude Code version 2.1.143 introduces enhanced plugin management, marketplace visibility for projected context costs, improved background session handling, and a range of bug fixes for stability and user experience.

• Plugin dependency enforcement and transitive dependency enabling in `claude plugin` commands.
• Projected context cost estimates added to the plugin marketplace.
• New `worktree.bgIsolation: "none"` setting for direct background editing of working copies.
• Resolved numerous issues related to background sessions, agent interactions, tool execution, and UI responsiveness.
• PowerShell tool now enabled by default on Windows with an option to bypass execution policy.

This release introduces new configuration flags for `claude agents`, improves plugin handling, and resolves numerous bugs related to background sessions, daemon behavior, and plugin management.

• New configuration options enhance the control and flexibility of dispatched background sessions.
• Multiple issues with background sessions, daemon stability after sleep/updates, and plugin functionalities have been fixed.
• Improvements in plugin discovery, details display, and error handling are included.

This update introduces features like desktop notifications via `terminalSequence`, improved GitHub plugin cloning with `CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_PREFER_HTTPS`, workload identity federation with `ANTHROPIC_WORKSPACE_ID`, and enhanced agent management with `claude agents --cwd`. It also refines user experience with a new 'Summarize up to here' rewind option, clearer auto mode permission explanations, and improved plugin menu navigation, while fixing numerous bugs related to background jobs, model selection, permission handling, and UI elements.

• New features include enhanced hooks for notifications and window titles, secure GitHub plugin cloning over HTTPS, workload identity federation, and scoped agent sessions.
• User experience is improved with a 'Summarize up to here' rewind option, clearer permission dialogs, better agent state management, and refined plugin navigation.
• Numerous bug fixes address issues with background queries, daemon status on Windows, agent session handling, custom gateway configurations, cross-session model settings, permission prompt behavior, and markdown table rendering.

This release includes agent tool improvements, various bug fixes for the background service and agent functionality, and a warning for ignored default plugin component folders.

• Agent tool matching is now case- and separator-insensitive.
• Several fixes address issues with the background service, agent hooks, and plugin handling.

The latest Claude Code release introduces several new features like an agent view and a /goal command, alongside numerous bug fixes and improvements to existing functionalities.

• New agent view and /goal command for enhanced workflow management.
• Improvements to plugin management, transcript navigation, and MCP server reliability.
• Fixes for various issues including deadlocks, memory leaks, and incorrect command handling.

This release includes internal fixes.

• Internal fixes were implemented.

This release introduces new configuration options for worktrees, sandboxes, and parent settings, enhances hooks and effort level reporting, improves focus mode and memory management, and addresses several bugs including authentication, file access, and remote control issues.

• New settings allow customization of worktree branching, sandbox binary paths, and how parent settings are merged.
• Hooks and tools now have access to the current effort level.
• Several bugs related to authentication, file access permissions, and session management have been resolved.