Claude Code v2.1.216
Released Jul 20, 2026 (1 month ago).
188 issues reference this build
156 still open
32 resolved (17%)
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Top issues reported on v2.1.216
Ranked by community engagement (reactions and comments).
- Fable 5 falsely walled behind usage credits in interactive picker for Max accounts using a setup-token (headless -p works)
- Task/Todo tools (TaskCreate/TodoWrite) not exposed despite `todoFeatureEnabled: true` — regressed ~2026-07-21, appears account-gated
- Agents view dispatches daemon-backed sessions that inherit a merge prohibition, overriding user-authored project rules — and compliance varies between identical sessions
- [BUG] Excessive Max plan usage drain from session restart storms and agent tool-loops (v2.1.216, Opus)
- [Bug] Task/Todo registration not working in v2.1.216 despite valid local config and GrowthBook flags loaded
- [BUG] 2.1.216 sandbox regression: "bwrap: Can't mkdir /opt/.claude" — ancestor-walk denyWrite mountpoints fail-closed on non-root installs under root-owned dirs
- Fable 5 gated behind "requires usage credits" in interactive TUI on Max plan
- Built-in tools and skills intermittently absent from session context (TaskCreate/TodoWrite 'exists but is not enabled')
- [Bug] Fable 5 model unavailable in Claude Code CLI despite active Claude Max subscription
- Remote MCP servers declaring completions/logging capabilities fail to connect despite valid initialize handshake
- [BUG] Hook output over 10K silently dropped from context with zero signal — memory plugins lose injected data invisibly
- Auto-updater downloads the full ~265MB update once per running session (no cross-session lock); failed attempts leave 0-byte version files
- [BUG] Claude Desktop (Windows): regression in 1.24012.1 — tools/call never dispatched to Filesystem extension, handshake healthy, zero trace in any log
- [BUG] VSCode extension: chat file links not resolved across multi-root workspace folders (only primary root works)
- [Bug] Sandbox write-deny on `.claude/.cc-writes` prevents git worktree removal after ExitWorktree
- [BUG] --append-system-prompt-file blocks /fork while the inline --append-system-prompt doesn't; the refusal never names the blocking flag
- [BUG] VSCode extension: whitespace stripped at inline element boundaries when copying from chat panel
- [Bug] Claude Opus 5 context window size incorrectly reported as 200k instead of 1M tokens
- [BUG] Windows: Claude Code directory enumeration triggers kernel BSOD (0x139 in Ntfs!FindNextIndexEntry2) — reproducible on 2.1.216
- remoteControlAtStartup is ignored by the VS Code extension
- [VS Code] Conversation webview renderer holds ~645MB RSS; /compact and closing sessions don't release it
- [BUG] Task tools (TaskCreate/TaskUpdate/TaskList/TaskGet) exists but is not enabled in this context
- [BUG] VS Code extension: nested fenced code blocks (longer outer fence, shorter inner fence) not recognized, breaking markdown rendering for rest of message
- Workflow-internal agent() calls are not subject to blocking Agent PreToolUse hooks or a configurable runtime budget
- [Bug] Fable 5 safeguards trigger excessive false positives on routine code review tasks
- [Bug] Todo tools and /todos command missing in fresh session on v2.1.216
- Plugin registry: user-scope record with projectPath causes silent update failure and duplicate records (no CLI escape)
- [Bug] Agent auto-spawns multiple subagent forks consuming excessive quota
- [BUG] MCP tool calls fail with -32003 after approval on mobile web
- Repeated macOS 26 (Tahoe) "App Data" TCC prompts for standalone CLI binary
Changelog
What's changed
- Added
sandbox.filesystem.disabledsetting to skip filesystem isolation while keeping network egress control - Fixed a slowdown in long sessions where message normalization cost grew quadratically with the number of turns, causing multi-second stalls and slow resumes
- Fixed auto mode denying commands with "HTTP 401" classifier errors after the OAuth token expired or rotated mid-session
- Fixed AskUserQuestion telling Claude to continue even when your answer asked it to wait or explain first — free-text answers now get neutral wording
- Fixed Claude Code on the web re-asking the same question and dropping your answer after the session sat idle for a few minutes
- Fixed @-mentions silently attaching nothing after file-modifying hooks, vim dot-repeat of
c-operators and paste, statusline running twice on resume, and resume-picker hangs on failure - Fixed resumed background agent sessions reverting to the default agent: the agent's prompt and tool restrictions are now restored
- Fixed worktree-isolated subagents redirecting git into the shared checkout via
git -C,--git-dir, orGIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE - Fixed worktree sessions landing in another project's leftover worktree when the working directory did not match the selected project
- Fixed background sessions whose worktree has no git repository being undeletable
- Fixed
claude daemon stop --anypotentially terminating an unrelated process via a stale legacy daemon lockfile - Fixed Esc-Esc at an idle prompt not opening the rewind picker in long-running sessions with background tasks
- Fixed Bash command permission checking for compound statements with redirects inside
&&lists or negations - Fixed pressing Ctrl+X twice in the agent list failing to delete a session, and deleted sessions reappearing when their background worker had died
- Fixed background subagents getting cancelled when a high-priority message arrives during their startup window
- Fixed mouse and focus garbage in the terminal while a GUI editor from
/memory,/plan,/keybindings, or Ctrl+G is open;/memoryno longer waits for the editor to close - Fixed Claude-in-Chrome 403-looping on reconnect when the session's OAuth token lacks a required scope
- Fixed workflow saves and scheduled-task writes following a symlink at
.claude, which could redirect writes outside the project - Fixed MCP re-authenticate revoking working credentials before the new sign-in succeeds, and the reconnect needs-auth message in background sessions pointing at an unusable command
- Fixed read-only commands on Windows accessing network paths without a permission prompt
- Fixed Bash command parsing of non-ASCII characters to match real shell word boundaries
- Fixed PowerShell tool permission validation of commands containing invisible Unicode characters
- Fixed dialogs in fullscreen mode stretching past the right-hand edge of their panel
- Fixed the
/configsettings list in fullscreen mode clipping its keyboard-hint footer - Fixed the transcript-mode (Ctrl+O) footer hint wrapping on terminals narrower than 104 columns
- Fixed the Prometheus metrics endpoint (
OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=prometheus) emitting invalid# UNITlines - Fixed skills and commands changed during a session not appearing in the slash menu until restart
- Fixed plugin skills with a
namefrontmatter field losing their plugin prefix in slash-command autocomplete - Fixed telemetry misreporting permission denials: failed permission-prompt requests no longer count as user rejections, and user interrupts are now reported as user aborts instead of rejections
- Improved the
/forkconfirmation to one line with the new session's name,claude attachid, and a note when the copy shares your checkout - Improved validation of
gitandghcommand arguments in the PowerShell tool - Improved the
/ultrareviewdiff-too-large error to show configured limits, measured diff size, and largest contributing files - Improved `/code-review ultra