Claude Code v2.1.96

Released Apr 8, 2026 (4 months ago).

"References this build" means the issue body mentions running 2.1.96 (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 v2.1.96

Ranked by community engagement (reactions and comments).

• [BUG] Disabling telemetry also disables 1-hour prompt cache TTL
  Resolved 💬 13 👍 163 #45381
• claude.ai Gmail MCP regression: create_draft missing threadId parameter
  Open 💬 30 👍 25 #45775
• [Bug] Thinking summaries not displayed when `showThinkingSummaries` enabled in settings.json
  Open 💬 21 👍 12 #48065
• [BUG] degraded thinking performance since Dec/Feb still persisting (stop ignoring your paying customers pls)
  Resolved 💬 9 👍 9 #45586
• MCP tool text output not displayed to user in terminal
  Resolved 💬 5 👍 8 #45839
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 7 #45351
• VSCODE Extension: Chat panel inline code and code blocks have no background, ignore VSCode theme tokens
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 6 #45841
• [BUG] Breaking Change: Claude Code CLI Removed from Pro Plan Without Notice
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 6 #45236
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
  Resolved 💬 11 👍 3 #45349
• [BUG] API Error 400 persists after claiming $100 third-party usage credit
  Resolved 💬 7 👍 4 #45124
• Image dimension error blocks ALL responses instead of gracefully degrading
  Resolved 💬 2 👍 5 #45038
• [BUG] /resume finds no conversations when submodule has an active secondary worktree
  Resolved 💬 7 👍 3 #45179
• [MODEL] Max number of tokens per file is now 10000 instead of 25000.
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 4 #45019
• Frequent ECONNRESET failures with Opus 4.6 (1M context)
  Resolved 💬 6 👍 3 #45164
• Keybinding override for "enter" does not suppress default "chat:submit" action
  Resolved 💬 5 👍 3 #45209
• [BUG] VSCode extension doesn't load MCP servers on Windows due to drive letter case mismatch in .claude.json project key lookup
  Resolved 💬 2 👍 4 #45195
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Overloaded
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 2 #45047
• [BUG] ultraplan 404 preventing the session from starting
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 3 #45171
• resume shows stale messages: broken parentUuid chain after context compaction
  Open 💬 5 👍 2 #46603
• Claude Desktop (Electron) causes NTFS NonPaged Pool kernel memory leak on Windows (~0.5GB/min)
  Resolved 💬 11 #45889
• BUG: Max 20x subscription ignored - Claude Code ONLY bills to Extra Usage
  Resolved 💬 8 👍 1 #45249
• [Bug] Ultraplan agent has wrong git state, gets confused
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 2 #46321
• RFC: Deterministic tool gate — hooks are necessary but insufficient for governance enforcement
  Resolved 💬 9 #45427
• remote.enableRemoteControlForAllSessions does not auto-connect sessions for remote control
  Resolved 💬 2 👍 2 #45044
• Bug: "undefined is not an object (evaluating '$.input_tokens')" error crashes the session
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #46932
• Grep tool: spawn 'rg' ENOENT on macOS v2.1.96 (regression of #15026)
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #45470
• [Feature Request] Improve terminal scrolling performance in VS Code integration
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #45366
• [Bug] Claude in Chrome: CLI MCP client never connects to bridge socket when Desktop is also installed
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #45318
• [BUG] MCP tools with oneOf/allOf/anyOf in schema cause unrecoverable session crash
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #45106
• [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Overloaded (529)
  Resolved 💬 4 👍 1 #45063

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