Claude Code release notes — page 6
Browse Claude Code release summaries and publication dates. Claude Code 2.1.163 through Claude Code 2.1.142. Open each official GitHub release for the complete changelog.
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Claude Code 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…
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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…
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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 ·…
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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…
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Internal infrastructure improvements (no user-facing changes)
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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
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Plugins in .claude/skills directories are now automatically loaded, no marketplace required · Added claude plugin init to scaffold a new plugin in .claude/skills ·…
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Fixed an issue when using Opus 4.8 where thinking blocks were modified, leading to API errors.
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Opus 4.8 is here! Now defaults to high effort · /effort xhigh for your hardest tasks · Introducing dynamic workflows: ask Claude to create…
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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…
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/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…
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Internal infrastructure improvements (no user-facing changes)
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/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…
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Fixed the Bash tool returning exit code 127 on every command for some users (a regression introduced in 2.1.147)
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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…
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Renamed /simplify to /code-review with an optional effort level (e.g. /code-review high) · Auto mode no longer suppresses AskUserQuestion when the user or a…
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Added claude agents --json to list live Claude sessions as JSON for scripting (tmux-resurrect, status bars, session pickers) · Added agent_id and parent_agent_id attributes…
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Added /resume support for background sessions — sessions started via claude --bg or agent view now appear alongside interactive ones, marked with bg ·…
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Added plugin dependency enforcement: claude plugin disable now refuses when another enabled plugin depends on the target (with a copy-pasteable disable-chain hint), and claude…
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Added new claude agents flags: --add-dir, --settings, --mcp-config, --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --model, --effort, and --dangerously-skip-permissions to configure dispatched background sessions · Fast mode now uses…
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