Claude Code v2.1.77
Released Mar 17, 2026 (5 months ago).
241 issues reference this build
7 still open
234 resolved (97%)
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Top issues reported on v2.1.77
Ranked by community engagement (reactions and comments).
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Overloaded Error (529) during Claude Code operations
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- Agent tool documentation references SendMessage for subagent resumption, but SendMessage is gated behind Agent Teams flag
- [BUG] Logo and "Thinking" animation colors are dull/washed-out inside tmux
- [BUG] API Error 500 - Internal server error on all prompts (v2.1.77, native install)
- [MODEL] Claude Code weaponizes user's own CLAUDE.md rules to fabricate context warnings and manipulate user into reducing workload
- `.claude/skills/` edits prompt for permission despite being documented as exempt (regression in 2.1.79)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Server 500 Outage
- [BUG] Opus & Sonnet silently blocked on MaxPlan — only Haiku served, no user notification (14h+)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: 500 Internal Server Error with Claude Opus 4.6
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
- [BUG] Automatic Interruptions
- [Bug] Desktop freezes/lag during Claude Code output on high refresh rate + high resolution displays
- [BUG] AskUserQuestion preview panel truncates content with 'N lines hidden' — no way to scroll or expand
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500) - Mass Outage
- [BUG] Heavily degraded model performance during off peak business hours (March 17, 2026)
- Tasks sidebar: completed background bash tasks stay as "Running"; dismiss (X) button is unresponsive
- [BUG] Interrupted · What should Claude do instead? randomly firing across multiple parallel sessions
- [Feature Request] Expose API usage limits and rate-limit reset timer to Claude Code
- tmux: hardcoded chalk level downgrade ignores truecolor-capable terminals
- [BUG] Claude Code v2.1.78 rejecting edits in `.claude` dir in `dontAsk` mode
- [Bug] Terminal auto-scrolls to buffer start when model writes output during scroll-up
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [BUG] .git, .claude, and other protected directories aren't writable without a prompt even in bypassPermissions mode in 2.1.78+
- [BUG] VSCode Extension shows 200k context window inspite of 1M
- [BUG] 529 overloaded errors causing full-day productivity loss (2026-03-17)
- [Bug] Auto-scroll to latest event interrupts reading previous output
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
Changelog
What's changed
- Increased default maximum output token limits for Claude Opus 4.6 to 64k tokens, and the upper bound for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 models to 128k tokens
- Added
allowReadsandbox filesystem setting to re-allow read access withindenyReadregions /copynow accepts an optional index:/copy Ncopies the Nth-latest assistant response- Fixed "Always Allow" on compound bash commands (e.g.
cd src && npm test) saving a single rule for the full string instead of per-subcommand, leading to dead rules and repeated permission prompts - Fixed auto-updater starting overlapping binary downloads when the slash-command overlay repeatedly opened and closed, accumulating tens of gigabytes of memory
- Fixed
--resumesilently truncating recent conversation history due to a race between memory-extraction writes and the main transcript - Fixed PreToolUse hooks returning
"allow"bypassingdenypermission rules, including enterprise managed settings - Fixed Write tool silently converting line endings when overwriting CRLF files or creating files in CRLF directories
- Fixed memory growth in long-running sessions from progress messages surviving compaction
- Fixed cost and token usage not being tracked when the API falls back to non-streaming mode
- Fixed
CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_BETASnot stripping beta tool-schema fields, causing proxy gateways to reject requests - Fixed Bash tool reporting errors for successful commands when the system temp directory path contains spaces
- Fixed paste being lost when typing immediately after pasting
- Fixed Ctrl+D in
/feedbacktext input deleting forward instead of the second press exiting the session - Fixed API error when dragging a 0-byte image file into the prompt
- Fixed Claude Desktop sessions incorrectly using the terminal CLI's configured API key instead of OAuth
- Fixed
git-subdirplugins at different subdirectories of the same monorepo commit colliding in the plugin cache - Fixed ordered list numbers not rendering in terminal UI
- Fixed a race condition where stale-worktree cleanup could delete an agent worktree just resumed from a previous crash
- Fixed input deadlock when opening
/mcpor similar dialogs while the agent is running - Fixed Backspace and Delete keys not working in vim NORMAL mode
- Fixed status line not updating when vim mode is toggled on or off
- Fixed hyperlinks opening twice on Cmd+click in VS Code, Cursor, and other xterm.js-based terminals
- Fixed background colors rendering as terminal-default inside tmux with default configuration
- Fixed iTerm2 session crash when selecting text inside tmux over SSH
- Fixed clipboard copy silently failing in tmux sessions; copy toast now indicates whether to paste with
⌘Vor tmuxprefix+] - Fixed
←/→accidentally switching tabs in settings, permissions, and sandbox dialogs while navigating lists - Fixed IDE integration not auto-connecting when Claude Code is launched inside tmux or screen
- Fixed CJK characters visually bleeding into adjacent UI elements when clipped at the right edge
- Fixed teammate panes not closing when the leader exits
- Fixed iTerm2 auto mode not detecting iTerm2 for native split-pane teammates
- Faster startup on macOS (~60ms) by reading keychain credentials in parallel with module loading
- Faster
--resumeon fork-heavy and very large sessions — up to 45% faster loading and ~100-150MB less peak memory - Improved Esc to abort in-flight non-streaming API requests
- Improved
claude plugin validateto check skill, agent, and command frontmatter plushooks/hooks.json, catching YAML parse errors and schema violations - Background bash tasks are now killed if output exceeds 5GB, preventing runaway processes from filling disk
- Sessions are now auto-named from plan content when you accept a plan
- Improved headless mode plugin installation to compose correctly with
CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_SEED_DIR - Show a notice when
apiKeyHelpertakes longer than 10s, preventing it