Claude Code v2.1.162

What's changed

• 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 the dedicated search tools on native builds with embedded search (previously these names were silently ignored)
• /effort now confirms when your chosen level will persist as the default for new sessions
• Clicking a slash command in the autocomplete menu now fills it into your prompt instead of running it immediately; press Enter to run
• Remote Control now shows as a persistent footer pill (with a link to the session) instead of a startup message
• Renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop in the /ide menu, /terminal-setup, and /scroll-speed, following the editor's rebrand
• Fixed a silent startup hang when the config directory is read-only or unwritable — Claude Code now starts with in-memory config and surfaces startup errors instead of showing a blank screen
• Fixed WebFetch permission rules not being applied to built-in preapproved domains; explicit WebFetch(domain:...) deny/ask/allow rules now take precedence over the preapproved-host auto-allow
• Fixed Windows permission rules never matching when spelled with backslashes (~\, \\server\share) or case-variant paths, and Read deny rules not hiding files from Glob/Grep results
• Fixed an interrupt (Esc) sent at the very start of a turn being silently dropped in stream-json/SDK sessions, leaving the turn running with no "Interrupted" feedback
• Fixed API 400 no low surrogate in string errors for classifier side-queries and MCP server descriptions containing emoji near a truncation boundary
• Fixed MCP per-server timeout config values below 1000 ms being floored to a 1-second watchdog that aborted every tool call; sub-1000 ms values are now ignored (falling back to MCP_TOOL_TIMEOUT or default), and claude mcp get annotates them accordingly
• Fixed the LSP tool's workspaceSymbol operation returning no results; it now accepts a query parameter and passes it to the language server
• Fixed claude agents cutting live status text (tool args, replies, prompts, exec output) at 60–120 columns on wide terminals; the status detail now uses the full terminal width
• Fixed claude agents truncating long session names at 40 columns; the name column now grows with terminal width
• Fixed claude agents attach occasionally bouncing straight back to the session list on the first try after a background-service restart
• Fixed claude agents Ctrl+V image paste doing nothing in the dispatch input and the session reply box; pasting with no image now shows a hint
• Fixed backgrounding a session with ← silently losing the conversation when the background service cannot start; the session stays in the list as a failed row you can wake with Enter
• Fixed replies from the agents view that fail to send being lost; they are now queued for delivery on the next session start
• Fixed cross-session messaging (SendMessage) silently breaking when CLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIR or $TMPDIR points at a deep directory
• Fixed opening a running background session from claude agents stalling for 5 seconds before attaching
• Quieter startup: notices group by severity, and session info and announcements share a single line per launch
• Startup warnings rewritten to be shorter and clearer, each with a concrete fix
• Launch-prompt warnings (deep link/pre-filled prompt) now stay pinned below the input until you act instead of scrolling away
• Failed turns now show a compact warning line instead of a multi-line red error block
• Improved background service startup and claude update verification to wait out endpoint-security scanning of new binaries instead of failing after 5 seconds
• Background dispatch spawn failures now report the error class name when no errno is available
• Removed the "Claude in Chrome enabled" and "marketplace installed" startup messages; model auto-updates and the team-onboarding tip n