Claude Code 2.1.271

[What's changed] Added `claude self-hosted-runner --drain-marker-file <path>`: when that file exists at a SIGTERM drain, the runner reports its exit to the server as a host drain (telemetry only)

[What's changed] Added a spinner tip pointing Bedrock, Vertex AI, Foundry and LLM gateway users to the Claude desktop app; the claude.ai desktop app tip now suggests `/desktop`, which offers to download the app

[What's changed] Improved Artifact tool publish errors: a publish with no file now says to write the page to a file first, and an unsupported file type is reported before a missing favicon

[What's changed] Changed auto mode so that a skill's or slash command's inline `!` shell commands follow default-mode permission rules instead of the classifier; a command no rule decides runs as a reviewed tool call

[What's changed] Added fast mode in Claude Code Remote sessions (cloud and self-hosted runners): the host's fast-mode setting or `/fast` typed in the session applies where your organization allows it

[What's changed] Added per-command `allowed_domains` to Bash, PowerShell and Monitor in auto mode with sandboxing: the hosts a command needs are reviewed with it and opened for it alone; other hosts are refused

[What's changed] Added `omitClaudeMd` to agent frontmatter and `--agents` JSON, letting custom and plugin subagents run without user, project and local CLAUDE.md files; managed policy files still load

[What's changed] Added `--accept-command <sha256>` to `claude plugin install` and `claude plugin update` to accept exactly the command a previous `--json` run displayed, instead of `-y`

[What's changed] Improved terminal rendering performance: large diffs and long transcripts render faster, with fewer slow frames

[What's changed] Improved hook feedback: while a SessionStart, UserPromptSubmit, PreToolUse or SessionEnd hook runs, the spinner says so with elapsed time, and Esc cancels a prompt waiting on a SessionStart hook

[What's changed] Improved the spinner status during long thinking: it now reads "deep in thought" after 45s, and shows "picking the thought back up" while recovering from the output-token limit

[What's changed] Improved dynamic workflows to pause when you hit your usage limit and continue automatically when it resets, instead of dropping the affected agents

[What's changed] Improved the Claude in Chrome message in cloud sessions when the browser can't be reached: it now says the computer may be asleep before it suggests an install

[What's changed] Improved `claude mcp serve`: a running tool call now sends a progress update every 30 seconds, so clients show it is still running and idle timeouts don't abort a long command that prints nothing

[What's changed] Improved Foundry and Claude Platform on AWS sessions: an `alwaysLoad` MCP server that finishes connecting mid-conversation is usable on the next turn without a tool-search round trip

[What's changed] Improved Markdown files published as artifacts: they now render as styled document pages (title header, document typography, syntax-highlighted code)

[What's changed] Improved `/mobile` to show a single QR code for claude.ai/mobile, which opens the right app store for your phone

[What's changed] Changed auto mode so a subagent reports back to its caller through a dedicated hand-back call that the safety classifier reviews, instead of its last message being reviewed after the fact

[What's changed] Changed Monitor watches to always have a deadline (at most 30 minutes; 10 in single-prompt `-p` runs) and notify Claude to re-arm, replacing the no-timeout `persistent` option

[What's changed] Changed the default dynamic workflow size to small on Pro plans and lowered the medium size guideline from 15 to 10 agents

[What's changed] Updated the bundled `claude-api` skill to enable `eager_input_streaming` on streaming custom tools, and to start deliverable-shaped Managed Agents work with `user.define_outcome`

[What's changed] [Claude Code on the web] Changed the Routines page on claude.ai/code to a new layout with Yours and Templates tabs and two-column routine cards that show run status, and removed its calendar view

[What's changed] [Claude Code on the web] Added a Custom network access option to the Cloud environments editor in admin settings, with the same allowed-domains list the environment dialog on claude.ai/code offers

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Improved the Environment picker in Claude Tag admin settings: options are labeled Anthropic-hosted or self-hosted, with links to edit that environment or create one

[What's changed] Added mouse support to the `/config` panel in fullscreen mode: the wheel scrolls the settings list, a click on a setting's value changes it, and the row under the pointer is highlighted

[What's changed] Added support for a `multiplier` above 1, up to 10, in the `modelPricing` managed setting and the Claude apps gateway `pricing` block, for marked-up internal chargeback rates

[What's changed] Improved startup time slightly by skipping a redundant validation of built-in model data on every launch

[What's changed] Improved Remote Control to leave fewer empty sessions on claude.ai when setup fails on a flaky network

[What's changed] Improved the Artifact tool's error when a page declares a capability its contract version lacks: it now lists every supported capability and notes when a newer contract version has it

[What's changed] Improved artifact watching: a session can now watch up to 10 published artifacts at once for republishes made elsewhere, up from 5

[What's changed] Improved PDF @-mentions to say "page count unknown" instead of a page count guessed from the file size when pdfinfo cannot count the pages

[What's changed] Changed the IDE selection indicator in the prompt to a `[⧉ …]` pill that wraps with the text instead of squeezing multi-line prompts; delete it with Backspace to leave the selection out

[What's changed] [VSCode] Added an Attach Open File setting that, when turned off, stops the open file from being added to messages; selected text is still attached

[What's changed] [VSCode] Improved the Hooks dialog: a save refused because of the settings file itself now opens a popup with an "Open settings file" button and the reason behind "Copy error"

[What's changed] [VSCode] Changed the on state of toggle switches from Claude orange to the editor theme's button color

[What's changed] [Claude Code on the web] Improved the Cloud environments admin page: it shows the default environment for Claude Tag and Claude Code, with a link to change it, and marks the recommended kind to create

[What's changed] Fixed an enterprise `managed-mcp.json` that can't be read or parsed being ignored: it now keeps exclusive MCP control (user, project and plugin servers don't load) and warns at startup

[What's changed] Fixed Bash commands with two directory changes, a subshell, or a `cd`+`git` chain skipping the prompt under `permissions.blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories` in bypass and auto mode

[What's changed] Fixed MCP OAuth mishandling client registrations: denying consent forced a new one, one for another redirect URI was reused, and a concurrent write could delete a valid one or keep a mismatched one

[What's changed] Fixed a cached organization policy being reused after switching accounts, organizations, or API keys, and the policy not refreshing until the hourly check when the credential changes mid-session

[What's changed] Fixed cloud sessions rejecting every subagent tool call ("updatedInput … failed schema validation") when a workflow or agent approval was applied after the session's worker restarted

[What's changed] Fixed `/fast off` answering "Fast mode unavailable" instead of turning fast mode off when the organization has fast mode disabled

[What's changed] Fixed sessions started with `CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_FAST_MODE_ORG_CHECK` re-sending fast requests every turn after the API rejected fast mode; the rejection now stands and its reason is shown

[What's changed] Fixed fast mode under `CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG` failing the turn on a usage-credits limit, or retrying an overload at fast speed, instead of falling back to standard speed

[What's changed] Fixed Bash permission checks missing the file that `fmt`, `column` and similar commands read when it follows an option the checker doesn't recognize

[What's changed] Fixed Bash permission checks skipping files a wildcard expands to when the wildcard sits in a command's pattern or option value (for example `grep -v dir/* file`)

[What's changed] Fixed Bash permission checks so that shell variable declaration flags cannot misrepresent the command being run

[What's changed] Fixed a stale `.git/config.lock` breaking `git checkout -b`, `git push -u` and `git config` for the rest of a session after a sandboxed command failed to start (Linux)

[What's changed] Fixed resumed `claude -p` sessions whose tools all come from MCP servers failing with "At least one tool must have defer_loading=false"

[What's changed] Fixed turns failing with "API returned an empty or malformed response" when an LLM gateway returns the non-streaming reply as `text/plain`

[What's changed] Fixed sustained high CPU usage and repeated tool-list requests when an MCP server sends `list_changed` notifications in a tight loop

[What's changed] Fixed tool search returning no match when Claude selects an MCP tool by its bare name instead of its full `mcp__server__tool` name

[What's changed] Fixed cross-session messages held by the receiving session's permission-mode policy leaving no trace: headless senders now get a delivery notice, and `SendMessage` results no longer imply it was read

[What's changed] Fixed Claude starting a second copy of a background command (such as a watch task or dev server) that was still running after the conversation was compacted

[What's changed] Fixed `/reload-skills` reporting a skill count that disagreed with the slash menu after `/cd`

[What's changed] Fixed `/resume` and `/teleport` keeping the previous conversation's file-read tracking, so Claude could edit files the resumed conversation had never read

[What's changed] Fixed self-hosted runner sessions silently losing all host config (settings, skills, plugins, MCP servers) when the host config directory exceeds 64 MiB; added `--host-config-snapshot disk|memory`

[What's changed] Fixed skills synced from claude.ai staying on disk indefinitely after signing out; copies not refreshed within `cleanupPeriodDays` now move to the recoverable trash at the next launch

[What's changed] Fixed spinner tips suggesting commands that aren't available for your account type or are disabled in your session

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed the Hooks and Permission rules dialogs reporting a save that landed as failed, and the Hooks dialog going blank under a plugin-only policy lock or showing color codes in save errors

[What's changed] [Claude Code on the web] Fixed a cloud session sometimes taking about ten minutes to respond after its process exited while the session still looked live; sending a message now restarts it right away

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Fixed Claude in a channel where it stays active losing its working context about once an hour when the conversation is mostly in threads; thread activity now keeps it from being reset

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Fixed a thread that asked Claude to watch a pull request no longer hearing about CI failures, comments and reviews after Claude was restarted in that thread

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Fixed deleting the first message of a thread Claude had already replied in not ending Claude's work there; it now stops, as it did when a message with no replies was deleted

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Fixed Claude holding back a post because of an earlier instruction addressed to a different bot or assistant; only instructions addressed to Claude bind it, and it asks when unsure

[What's changed] [Code Review] Fixed a pull request in a repository reviewed once per PR sometimes getting no review when a commit arrived while its review was waiting to start; it now reviews the requested commit

[What's changed] [Code Review] Fixed Code Review occasionally posting the same findings two or three times when GitHub reported an error for a review it had in fact created

[What's changed] [Code Review] Fixed follow-up reviews re-posting a security finding a person had already resolved when a later push moved the lines it was anchored to

[What's changed] [Code Review] Fixed reopening a finished /ultrareview cloud session in the Claude app starting the whole review over again unprompted

[What's changed] Windows: Fixed PowerShell commands failing with "Exit code 1" and no output when the session's temp output path reaches 260 characters

[What's changed] Fixed the tool and command lists not updating when the organization policy finishes loading after startup or changes mid-session

[What's changed] Fixed org policy being fetched through, and rejected by, third-party local proxies set via `ANTHROPIC_UNIX_SOCKET`; they are again treated like other custom gateways, including for Remote Control

[What's changed] Fixed settings file changes made outside the session going unnoticed on macOS machines whose system file-event service is saturated; the watcher now falls back to polling

[What's changed] Fixed Ctrl+O cancelling pending MCP server reconnects, and `/mcp` sent from Remote Control failing while the transcript view is open

[What's changed] Fixed the Claude in Chrome prompt telling the model to load tools through ToolSearch when ToolSearch is unavailable

[What's changed] Fixed `/model` warning about losing the conversation cache when switching back to the model the conversation actually ran on

[What's changed] Fixed `/resume` and `/continue` showing only 1-2 sessions in fullscreen mode on short terminals

[What's changed] Fixed `--resume` dropping the 1M context window (`[1m]`) when the resumed session's model family differs from the configured default model

[What's changed] Fixed artifacts attached with `/artifacts` disappearing from the session after `--resume`

[What's changed] Fixed background sessions (`claude --bg`, `claude agents`) not watching the artifacts they publish for republishes made elsewhere

[What's changed] Fixed custom agents, slash commands and output styles beyond the first not loading from a virtual drive that reports inode 0, such as an encrypted vault mounted as a Windows drive

[What's changed] Fixed the `/add-dir` path input: the left and right arrow keys now move the cursor, and Enter adds only the typed path instead of also adding the highlighted completion

[What's changed] Fixed text fields outside the main prompt moving a leading `!` to the end of what you typed (`!foo` came out as `foo!`)

[What's changed] Fixed the interactive `/hooks` menu crashing when a hook matcher is named after an inherited object property such as `__proto__` or `constructor`

[What's changed] Fixed a fullscreen rendering glitch where text kept a stale background color after the box around it lost its background

[What's changed] Fixed Delete in st and Alt+arrow keys in rxvt-unicode not working in attached background sessions

[What's changed] Fixed the terminal's replies to capability queries (`^[[?1;2c`) appearing at the shell prompt or in an editor when Claude Code exits, is suspended, or opens an editor right after starting

[What's changed] Changed Claude apps gateway, Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry sessions so that they no longer refresh a leftover claude.ai login that the session does not use

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed Hooks dialog saves: no duplicate hook on replace, a header name retyped in other capitals keeps its secret, and settings.local.json is gitignored before the save returns

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed session history showing only the current session when the workspace is on a Windows mapped network drive or SUBST drive

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed the session list's Active filter hiding open idle sessions when Open is also checked in the filter menu

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed a new chat switching back to the previous chat when the session list refreshed

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed open tabs and the side bar keeping the old config folder until a window reload after `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` changed in the `environmentVariables` setting

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed console windows flashing on Windows when the extension runs background commands such as git, ripgrep, and the sign-in status check

[What's changed] [VSCode] Fixed the prompt cache clock's hover text appearing only after a delay, and the auto-compact icon showing the browser's own tooltip beside its popup

[What's changed] [Claude Tag] Fixed the reply-mode card Claude posts on joining a busy channel saying it "sees a lot of automated posts" when the channel is only chatty or large; the card now names the real reason