Claude Code release notes — page 2
Browse Claude Code release summaries and publication dates. Claude Code 2.1.263 through Claude Code 2.1.235. Open each official GitHub release for the complete changelog.
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Claude Code 2.1.263
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Added an "Organization policy" line to /status and claude doctor that says why your organization's policy could not be loaded, such as a proxy…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.260
Added a diff panel that opens beside the conversation in fullscreen mode and shows your uncommitted changes as Claude edits; toggle it with /diff…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.259
Added managedMcpServers managed setting: organizations can provide HTTP/SSE MCP servers to every user (same entry shape as .mcp.json); entries that name a command to…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.258
Fixed Claude Code failing to launch on macOS 12 (Monterey), a regression introduced in 2.1.255 · Fixed remote and scheduled sessions failing with "user…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 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"…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.252
Fixed Bash commands failing with "task output swap refused (tasks dir moved or linked)" on some Macs · Fixed "always allow" not saving in…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.251
Added PreModelSwitch and PostModelSwitch hook events (block, confirm, or annotate a model switch); SessionStart resume hooks now receive session staleness and the estimated re-cache…
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Added --restricted (or CLAUDE_CODE_RESTRICTED=1): removes the built-in tools that run commands or code and WebFetch (unless named in --tools), keeps file tools inside the…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.247
Added the SendFeedback tool: when something goes wrong in a session, Claude can draft a feedback report for you to review and send from…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.246
Added a startup warning for Bash allow rules with a wildcard before the subcommand (e.g. Bash(git main)), since they also match options inserted before…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.245
Fixed a crash on startup on Linux distributions that ship glibc 2.44 (for example Arch Linux, CachyOS and Fedora Rawhide)
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Cost estimates (/cost, status line, --max-budget-usd) now include the 1.1× US-only-inference premium for data-residency workspaces · Added the one-time fullscreen renderer offer on Bedrock,…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.238
Added a keybindingFlavor setting: set it to "readline" to make Ctrl+W in the prompt delete back to the previous whitespace, as in Bash; the…
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Fixed prompt caching for sessions using an LLM gateway or custom base URL · Added a built-in "Concise" output style: Claude leads with results…
Read the official release notesClaude Code 2.1.236
Added ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL environment variable: sets the model new sessions start on, while a /model pick still overrides it and persists across restarts (unlike ANTHROPIC_MODEL)…
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Added an optional spellcheck setting that underlines misspelled words in the prompt input as you type, using your installed aspell, hunspell, or ispell ·…
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