Claude Code v2.1.73
Released Mar 11, 2026 (5 months ago).
68 issues reference this build
0 still open
68 resolved (100%)
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Top issues reported on v2.1.73
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- [Bug] Scroll position jumps when Claude streams output during upward scrolling
- Voice push-to-talk requires double /voice toggle on session start (regression from v2.1.70 fix)
- [BUG] Spurious Usage Spikes and 100% Weekly Limit Lockout After Plan Upgrade
- [BUG] OSC 8 hyperlinks in custom statusline broken inside tmux — rendering layer analysis
- Expose background task count in statusLine JSON input
- [BUG] Bypass permissions not working in Antigravity/VS Code Remote SSH despite all configurations (v2.1.73)
- High native memory usage (~1.77 GB RSS) on fresh session
- [BUG] CLI does not emit can_use_tool control_request when --permission-prompt-tool stdio
- [BUG] Voice mode: 'No speech detected' — WebSocket blocked by Cloudflare challenge (403)
- [BUG] Windows 11 KB5079473 (March 2026) causes consistent heap exhaustion in Claude Code on WSL2
- PreToolUse hooks and --allowedTools not enforced in headless -p mode
- Bug: Spaces in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} break hook commands
- [BUG] [VSCODE] Fails to re-open plan when opening a previous session after a restart (or have any way to re-open the plan manually)
- [BUG] spinnerVerbs, SpinnerTipsOverride, and spinnerTipsEnabled settings are ignored
- High memory usage: 5.9GB external ArrayBuffers within 26 seconds of startup
- Cannot paste text in VSCode extension chat input field
- [BUG] [VSCODE] Fails to re-prompt (ask user tool) when opening a previous session after a restart
- [BUG] Scheduled tasks with Chrome MCP pause execution until user focuses the task in UI
- Memory leak: 4.2 GB RSS after 3.5 minutes, native memory dominates V8 heap
- [Bug] Plan mode misinterprets AskUserQuestion option selection as plan update request
- [MODEL] Model fails to follow explicit sequential instructions in CLAUDE.md after recent update
- [BUG][VSCode] @ file mention picker does not play well with .gitignore
- VS Code extension session history dropdown not showing all saved conversations
- Hooks with shell commands cause 5+ minute hangs/crashes on Windows
- Memory leak: BytesInternalReadableStreamSource ArrayBuffer accumulation (3.3GB in 59s)
- [Bug] Code-review plugin excessive permission prompts and unnecessary cd calls
- Memory leak: ArrayBuffers not released, ~6 GB/hour growth rate
- [Bug] Memory Leak in Claude Code CLI
- High memory growth rate in native memory (~18.6 MB/s) on Windows 11
- Memory leak: ArrayBuffers grow at ~23GB/hour, 6GB in under 5 minutes on Windows
Changelog
What's changed
- Added
modelOverridessetting to map model picker entries to custom provider model IDs (e.g. Bedrock inference profile ARNs) - Added actionable guidance when OAuth login or connectivity checks fail due to SSL certificate errors (corporate proxies,
NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS) - Fixed freezes and 100% CPU loops triggered by permission prompts for complex bash commands
- Fixed a deadlock that could freeze Claude Code when many skill files changed at once (e.g. during
git pullin a repo with a large.claude/skills/directory) - Fixed Bash tool output being lost when running multiple Claude Code sessions in the same project directory
- Fixed subagents with
model: opus/sonnet/haikubeing silently downgraded to older model versions on Bedrock, Vertex, and Microsoft Foundry - Fixed background bash processes spawned by subagents not being cleaned up when the agent exits
- Fixed
/resumeshowing the current session in the picker - Fixed
/idecrashing withonInstall is not definedwhen auto-installing the extension - Fixed
/loopnot being available on Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry and when telemetry was disabled - Fixed SessionStart hooks firing twice when resuming a session via
--resumeor--continue - Fixed JSON-output hooks injecting no-op system-reminder messages into the model's context on every turn
- Fixed voice mode session corruption when a slow connection overlaps a new recording
- Fixed Linux sandbox failing to start with "ripgrep (rg) not found" on native builds
- Fixed Linux native modules not loading on Amazon Linux 2 and other glibc 2.26 systems
- Fixed "media_type: Field required" API error when receiving images via Remote Control
- Fixed
/heapdumpfailing on Windows withEEXISTerror when the Desktop folder already exists - Improved Up arrow after interrupting Claude — now restores the interrupted prompt and rewinds the conversation in one step
- Improved IDE detection speed at startup
- Improved clipboard image pasting performance on macOS
- Improved
/effortto work while Claude is responding, matching/modelbehavior - Improved voice mode to automatically retry transient connection failures during rapid push-to-talk re-press
- Improved the Remote Control spawn mode selection prompt with better context
- Changed default Opus model on Bedrock, Vertex, and Microsoft Foundry to Opus 4.6 (was Opus 4.1)
- Deprecated
/output-stylecommand — use/configinstead. Output style is now fixed at session start for better prompt caching - VSCode: Fixed HTTP 400 errors for users behind proxies or on Bedrock/Vertex with Claude 4.5 models