Claude Code v2.1.12

Released Jan 17, 2026 (7 months ago).

"References this build" means the issue body mentions running 2.1.12 (from the bug-report template). It reflects report volume, not a proven defect count — an issue may mention a version without being caused by it. First-party data from the anthropics/claude-code tracker.

Top issues reported on v2.1.12

Ranked by community engagement (reactions and comments).

• You've hit your limit · While usage is still at 84%
  Open 💬 102 👍 77 #19673
• Skills/subagents do not inherit user-level permissions from settings.json
  Open 💬 29 👍 70 #18950
• [BUG] Unable to access Claude Code after successful OAuth login with Google account
  Open 💬 16 👍 36 #19280
• High CPU usage (100%+) when Claude Code instances are idle - v2.1.12
  Open 💬 27 👍 27 #19393
• [Bug] Claude Code performance degradation after recent update
  Open 💬 17 👍 30 #19452
• Image paste (Ctrl+V) stopped working in Windows Terminal
  Open 💬 29 👍 22 #32791
• [Bug] The github bot creates impenetrable webs of duplicate tags in bug reports -- all of which will be closed in 3 days.
  Open 💬 25 👍 15 #19267
• [BUG] Bash output shows "(No content)" on Windows native since 2.1.x - was working 2 days ago
  Open 💬 22 👍 16 #18856
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
  Resolved 💬 10 👍 15 #20176
• [BUG] Bun has crashed. This indicates a bug in Bun, not your code.
  Resolved 💬 10 👍 15 #18845
• Feature Request: Expose rate limit data in statusline JSON input
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 15 #19385
• [BUG] Sub-agents can't create sub-sub-agents, even with Task tool access
  Resolved 💬 20 👍 11 #19077
• Presence of ~/.bashrc (even empty) triggers full shell state capture with `set -o onecmd`, breaking npm/subprocess stdout on Windows/Git Bash
  Resolved 💬 18 👍 8 #19057
• CLI freezes with "No messages returned" error - never recovers
  Resolved 💬 11 👍 9 #19060
• OAuth token expired immediately after fresh login - cannot use Claude Code (blocking)
  Resolved 💬 19 👍 6 #19078
• [BUG] Custom commands in parent directory `.claude/` not discovered after latest VSCode extension update
  Open 💬 6 👍 10 #19535
• [BUG] This is not the opus 4.5 released some time ago
  Open 💬 9 👍 8 #20776
• [BUG] Cowork: Cannot mount folders from external volumes (/Volumes/)
  Resolved 💬 16 👍 5 #19318
• [BUG] Task tool `model` parameter returns 404 - Blocks cost-optimized workflows (10-30x unnecessary spending)
  Resolved 💬 10 👍 7 #18873
• [BUG] Claude Code 2.1.15 wont start: error: Invalid DNS result order.
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 8 #20025
• [BUG] Background task queue operations after completion signal cause session hang (stop_reason: null)
  Open 💬 3 👍 8 #19195
• [BUG]Claude Code ignores CLAUDE.md rules repeatedly despite acknowledgment
  Resolved 💬 10 👍 5 #19635
• [BUG] Session history lost / unable to find recent conversation sessions
  Open 💬 7 👍 6 #19262
• [BUG] Slash command autocomplete always selects wrong command regardless of typed input
  Resolved 💬 13 👍 4 #19107
• [BUG] Screen flashes/flickers when loading past conversations via /resume
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 7 #18850
• [BUG] Invalid OAuth Request: Unknown scope: org%3Acreate_api_key
  Resolved 💬 6 👍 6 #20325
• Bug: /context command executes /compact instead
  Resolved 💬 3 👍 6 #19050
• [Bug] Context limit reached prematurely before /context indicates 20% remaining
  Resolved 💬 14 👍 2 #19553
• [BUG] "No messages returned" error crashes CLI in --print mode with unhandled promise rejection
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 4 #19498
• [BUG] Session files grow to multi-GB due to normalizedMessages duplication in subagent progress entries
  Resolved 💬 11 👍 3 #19040

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