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Claude Code releases

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Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.306 What's changed Fixed claude -p inside cloud sessions reporting "Not logged in" when started without the session's environment variables Fixed an API error being replaced by "prompt is too long", and…

10.21

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.305 What's changed Added sandbox.allowNestedUserNamespaces so sandboxed commands on Linux can create user namespaces (Chromium, rootless podman); this lets them get around the sandbox's file protections…

10.20

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.304 What's changed Added a transcript line when a plugin that runs first skips one of your mod's hooks, naming the event and the plugin Added decider: "person" to a mod's tool.check answer: only the…

10.19

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.303 What's changed Bug fixes and reliability improvements

10.18

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.302 What's changed Added CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL to choose the model the client-side auto mode classifier uses; it does not change the model for server-side auto mode Added an Idle compaction row to…

10.16

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.301 What's changed Added CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG_MAX_USAGE_LIMIT_WAIT_MS so unattended retry mode ( CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG ) ends a request at a usage limit that resets too far away instead of…

10.15

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.300 What's changed Added virtualText to a mod's prompt decorations: text drawn in the prompt box that never enters the draft or the submitted prompt Added cache_creation_5m_tokens and…

10.14

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.299 What's changed Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_FILE_MENTIONS environment variable: Claude gets the paths of @ file mentions to read with its file tools, not the files' contents Added idle compaction in the…

10.14

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.296 What's changed Added a code key to the Claude apps gateway's managed.policies[] : the same settings as cli , also applied in Claude Desktop's Code tab; beside desktop , it turns on Claude Desktop's…

10.09

Claude Code releasesToolsv2.1.295 What's changed Added onFailure: "block" for command and HTTP hooks: a hook that can't start, times out, or exits with an unexpected code blocks the action instead of letting it through Added Program…

10.08