Claude Code v2.1.226

Released Aug 8, 2026 (22 days ago).

"References this build" means the issue body mentions running 2.1.226 (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 v2.1.226

Ranked by community engagement (reactions and comments).

• Desktop 1.30096.1: PR status icons missing from session list after update
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 7 #86617
• [Bug] Fable model unusable for coding tasks
  Open 💬 4 👍 6 #85438
• [BUG] VSCode: forking copies the conversation but never attaches the new tab to it - blank chat, and the fork is invisible in the session list (2.1.226)
  Open 💬 5 👍 5 #85008
• [BUG] VSCode: the Remote Control banner's × disables Remote Control instead of dismissing the notice
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 5 #86110
• [BUG] Organization has disabled Claude subscription access" now blocking CLI too (previously desktop-app only)
  Resolved 💬 2 👍 3 #85127
• [BUG] Remote Control: after a host reboot the environment re-registers with the same ID but drops all pre-existing sessions — claude.ai/code shows them, sending fails with "session not found", transcripts intact on disk
  Open 💬 2 👍 3 #85028
• [BUG] Remote (Streamable HTTP) MCP form elicitation never reaches the client: no dialog, no `Elicitation` hook, server times out at -32001
  Open 💬 3 👍 2 #85442
• [Bug] Rapid, unexplained usage limit consumption during normal usage
  Open 💬 2 👍 2 #85446
• [Bug] Tool edits create/delete files without permission. Crap tool useless
  Open 💬 7 #85531
• Remote Control: messages from the mobile app are silently lost, and /remote-control opens a modal that blocks the input box
  Open 💬 1 👍 2 #85187
• [Bug] Claude Code prefers shell commands over Edit tool for file mutations, hiding changes from transcript
  Open 💬 1 👍 2 #85170
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Message flagged by safeguards policy
  Resolved 💬 6 #86013
• [BUG] Held-for-approval cross-session message to a background recipient has no approval UI — parked forever
  Open 💬 3 👍 1 #85888
• VS Code extension 2.1.226: worktree sessions unfindable in history search after reboot (+2 related)
  Open 💬 6 #85624
• CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL silently discards explicit per-call subagent model since v2.1.223; documented warning never fires; subagent metadata records requested (not effective) model
  Open 💬 3 👍 1 #85592
• Long responses corrupt terminal scrollback — earlier output overwritten mid-stream (iTerm2)
  Open 💬 0 👍 2 #85508
• [Bug] Terminal rendering broken with Bangla language input
  Open 💬 3 👍 1 #85441
• [BUG] CVP-approved personal account still hit by cyber-safeguard false positives in Claude Code (Sonnet 5)
  Open 💬 3 👍 1 #85222
• [Bug] Assistant generates fabricated conversation turns and role markers
  Open 💬 5 #85286
• CoworkVMService DACL blocks its own crash-recovery config; after a crash nothing restarts it and Dispatch hangs silently
  Open 💬 2 👍 1 #85231
• [BUG] Background subagents lose ListMcpResourcesTool/ReadMcpResourceTool - MCP resources unreachable from subagents by default
  Open 💬 2 👍 1 #85230
• Skills need a frontmatter opt-out from post-compaction replay (stale $ARGUMENTS re-executed; real-world unintended git push)
  Open 💬 2 👍 1 #85138
• Claude in Chrome: extension binds native host successfully but CLI always reports "Browser extension is not connected"
  Resolved 💬 5 #85101
• [BUG] Nested subagent (depth-2) completion notifications route to root session and are discarded on 2.1.250 — regression of #75043 item 2
  Open 💬 1 👍 1 #90256
• AskUserQuestion hard-freezes CLI tab (Esc/Ctrl+C dead) when options use the preview/"press n to add notes" layout
  Resolved 💬 4 #86130
• CLAUDE.md (user-level, ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md) intermittently not loaded in new sessions (claude-desktop)
  Open 💬 1 👍 1 #85601
• You've hit your session limit · resets 3pm (America/Bogota)
  Resolved 💬 1 👍 1 #85572
• [BUG] .mcp.json at a Windows drive root is never discovered — absent from claude mcp list, no warning
  Open 💬 1 👍 1 #85525
• security-guidance: layer 3 agentic commit review is default-on, unbudgeted, and its token usage is computed then discarded
  Open 💬 4 #85421
• [BUG] Claude Desktop — recurring GPU process crash tied to Preview feature, corrupts MSIX package
  Resolved 💬 4 #85081

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