Claude Code v2.1.72

Released Mar 10, 2026 (5 months ago).

301 issues reference this build
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292 resolved (97%)

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Changelog

What's changed

  • Changed tool search to bypass the third-party proxy gate when the environment variable is set (replaces CLAUDE_CODE_PROXY_SUPPORTS_TOOL_REFERENCE, now removed)
  • Added w key in /copy to write the focused selection directly to a file, bypassing the clipboard (useful over SSH)
  • Added optional description argument to /plan (e.g., /plan fix the auth bug) that enters plan mode and immediately starts
  • Added claude plugins as an alias for claude plugin
  • Added ExitWorktree tool to leave an EnterWorktree session
  • Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CRON environment variable to immediately stop scheduled cron jobs mid-session
  • Added lsof, pgrep, tput, ss, fd, and fdfind to the bash auto-approval allowlist, reducing permission prompts for common read-only operations
  • Added support for marketplace git URLs without .git suffix (Azure DevOps, AWS CodeCommit)
  • Restored the model parameter on the Agent tool for per-invocation model overrides
  • Simplified effort levels to low/medium/high (removed max) with new symbols (○ ◐ ●) and a brief notification instead of a persistent icon. Use /effort auto to reset to default
  • Improved /config — Escape now cancels changes, Enter saves and closes, Space toggles settings
  • Improved up-arrow history to show current session's messages first when running multiple concurrent sessions
  • Improved voice input transcription accuracy for repo names and common dev terms (regex, OAuth, JSON)
  • Improved marketplace clone failure messages to show diagnostic info even when git produces no stderr
  • Improved claude plugin validate to explain that marketplace.json source paths are relative to the repo root when rejecting ../ paths
  • Improved bash command parsing by switching to a native module — faster initialization and no memory leak
  • Reduced false-positive bash permission prompts — tree-sitter parsing now handles find -exec, variable assignments, command substitutions, and many other patterns that previously triggered unnecessary prompts. Also fixed tree-sitter not loading in npm-installed versions
  • Reduced bundle size by ~510 KB
  • Changed CLAUDE.md HTML comments (<!-- ... -->) to be hidden from Claude when auto-injected. Comments remain visible when read with the Read tool
  • Fixed slow exits when background tasks or hooks were slow to respond
  • Fixed agent task progress stuck on "Initializing…"
  • Fixed skill hooks firing twice per event when a hooks-enabled skill is invoked by the model
  • Fixed several voice mode issues: occasional input lag, false "No speech detected" errors after releasing push-to-talk, and stale transcripts re-filling the prompt after submission
  • Fixed --continue not resuming from the most recent point after --compact
  • Fixed bash security parsing edge cases
  • Fixed several plugin issues: installation failing on Windows with EEXIST error in OneDrive folders, marketplace blocking user-scope installs when a project-scope install exists, CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR creating literal ~ directories, and plugin.json with marketplace-only fields failing to load
  • Fixed feedback survey appearing too frequently in long sessions
  • Fixed --effort CLI flag being reset by unrelated settings writes on startup
  • Fixed backgrounded Ctrl+B queries losing their transcript or corrupting the new conversation after /clear
  • Fixed /clear killing background agent/bash tasks — only foreground tasks are now cleared
  • Fixed worktree isolation issues: Task tool resume not restoring cwd, and background task notifications missing worktreePath and worktreeBranch
  • Fixed /model not displaying results when run while Claude is working
  • Fixed digit keys selecting menu options instead of typing in plan mode permission prompt's text input
  • Fixed sandbox permission issues: certain file write operations incorrectly allowed without prompting, and output redirections to allowlisted directories (like /tmp/claude/) prompting unnecessarily
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