Claude Code v2.1.274

Released Sep 17, 2026 (28 days ago).

131 issues reference this build
109 still open
22 resolved (17%)

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Changelog

What's changed

  • Added a visible warning when memory usage is critical, with steps to free memory or restart safely
  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_STARTUP_WAIT_MS to bound how long the first non-interactive turn waits for connecting MCP servers (0 = don't wait)
  • Added effort attribute to the claude_code.llm_request OpenTelemetry trace span, matching the api_request event
  • Added claude_code.managed_settings_resolved OTel event: managed-settings sources and policy helper state; redacted settings and digests with OTEL_LOG_MANAGED_SETTINGS=1
  • Added store.connect_timeout_seconds to the Claude apps gateway config to lengthen the Postgres connect timeout (default 5 seconds), and improved the boot error when the database is unreachable to point to store.postgres_url and the configured timeout
  • Added enduser.sub, the IdP subject, to the telemetry Claude Desktop and Cowork send through a Claude apps gateway
  • Added a Claude apps gateway warning when a replica has more requests open than the 256 it sends upstream at once, and a startup log line showing that limit
  • Added click-to-expand for collapsed teammate and agent messages in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed sessions getting stuck endlessly retrying "unexpected tool_use_id" 400 errors: corrupted transcripts now self-heal where possible, and otherwise a clear error (with a /rewind hint) ends the loop
  • Fixed MCP servers configured as http that only speak legacy HTTP+SSE failing to connect when they answer the first request with 422 or another 4xx error
  • Fixed Streamable HTTP MCP tool calls timing out after about 5 minutes even when a longer per-server timeout was set
  • Fixed MCP prompts and resources not refreshing when a server sends list-changed notifications without declaring listChanged
  • Fixed MCP tool calls refused with 403 insufficient_scope being reported as an expired sign-in: the error now names the missing permissions and points to /mcp re-authentication
  • Fixed hook-driven sessions (such as an active /goal) ending with "Prompt is too long" instead of compacting when the context overflowed again after a reactive compaction
  • Fixed an active /goal being lost when resuming (--continue / --resume) a session that had compacted
  • Fixed claude agents losing --model, --effort, --permission-mode, --allow-dangerously-skip-permissions and --agent after an auto-update relaunch
  • Fixed a per-turn slowdown when a language server publishes project-wide diagnostics for thousands of files
  • Fixed subagents with model: "opus" on Bedrock, Vertex or Foundry leaving the session's model when its id has no recognizable model family (unless ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL is set)
  • Fixed self-hosted runner sessions failing every turn with a 401 after a few failed token refreshes, until the next scheduled refresh; the runner now keeps retrying, and fetches a new token after a 401
  • Fixed clickable links to local file paths doing nothing in VS Code and other terminals that require a file:// URI
  • Fixed the transcript renumbering ordered lists in your own messages (typing "3. 2. 1." displayed "3. 4. 5."); numbers and "N)" markers now show as typed
  • Fixed AskUserQuestion preview notes being attached to a previously chosen option instead of the highlighted one
  • Fixed AskUserQuestion preview mode dropping the highlighted option when submitting a note with Enter
  • Fixed a resumed background agent keeping half of an interrupted tool batch when one of its calls was approved with a message
  • Fixed a local claude -p --resume started with CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_INTERRUPTED_TURN not reporting background tasks the previous process left unfinished
  • Fixed the first turn of a cloud session sometimes starting without the tools of an SDK-hosted MCP server that was still connecting
  • Fixed background agent notifications claiming the agent had no live background work when it was still waiting on its own background task and would resume
  • Fixed error hints in Claude De