Claude Code v2.1.97
Released Apr 8, 2026 (4 months ago).
161 issues reference this build
2 still open
159 resolved (99%)
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Top issues reported on v2.1.97
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- [BUG] /buddy returns "Unknown skill: buddy"
- [BUG] /buddy command and companion completely missing in v2.1.97 (works in v2.1.96)
- /buddy slash command no longer available — returns 'Unknown skill: buddy'
- [Bug] Terminal scroll speed too fast in Claude Code TUI after Cursor v3.0.13 update (macOS trackpad)
- [Bug] `/buddy` command removed or no longer functional
- Feature: visual screen clear without resetting conversation context
- [BUG] API Error: Extra usage is required for 1M context when invoking skill with model: frontmatter from Opus 4.6 [1m] session on Max plan
- [BUG] Cowork fails on every new task with "Claude Code process exited with code 1."
- [Feature Request] /buddy feature should not consume user token quota or provide compensatory credits
- Opus 4.6 is getting dumber
- [BUG] /btw question re-executes after exiting debug view (Ctrl+O) during subagent task
- v2.1.98 regression: rw bind mounts inside ~/.claude shadowed by parent ro mount
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- [BUG] 16% of 5-hour usage limit consumed by simple investigation prompt.
- Auto mode unavailable despite Max plan subscription
- [Windows] --dangerously-load-development-channels does not enable inbound channel notifications
- [BUG] authServerMetadataUrl is ignored when MCP server discovery succeeds — should override, not fallback
- [Bug] OTEL environment variables propagate to child processes causing unintended telemetry
- [BUG] Resume Session does not work in directories that did not have previous sessions
- [BUG] Your account does not have access to Claude Code. Please run /login.
- [BUG] Jetbrains Plugin cannot connect properly on WSL
- [BUG] Bash tool timeout kills Claude Code process (SIGTERM propagation), not just the child command
- [BUG] What happend to buddy?
- [Bug] Terminal setup command blocked on Windows Terminal
- effortLevel setting in settings.json not applied on startup
- [Bug] Homebrew formula outdated: v2.1.89 vs released v2.1.97
- Chrome extension not connecting to Claude Code CLI
- iOS app cannot spawn new remote control sessions (web app works)
- [BUG]
- [Bug] Model performance degradation: Increased multi-turn requirement for task completion
Changelog
What's changed
- Added focus view toggle (
Ctrl+O) inNO_FLICKERmode showing prompt, one-line tool summary with edit diffstats, and final response - Added
refreshIntervalstatus line setting to re-run the status line command every N seconds - Added
workspace.git_worktreeto the status line JSON input, set when the current directory is inside a linked git worktree - Added
● N runningindicator in/agentsnext to agent types with live subagent instances - Added syntax highlighting for Cedar policy files (
.cedar,.cedarpolicy) - Fixed
--dangerously-skip-permissionsbeing silently downgraded to accept-edits mode after approving a write to a protected path - Fixed and hardened Bash tool permissions, tightening checks around env-var prefixes and network redirects, and reducing false prompts on common commands
- Fixed permission rules with names matching JavaScript prototype properties (e.g.
toString) causingsettings.jsonto be silently ignored - Fixed managed-settings allow rules remaining active after an admin removed them until process restart
- Fixed
permissions.additionalDirectorieschanges in settings not applying mid-session - Fixed removing a directory from
settings.permissions.additionalDirectoriesrevoking access to the same directory passed via--add-dir - Fixed MCP HTTP/SSE connections accumulating ~50 MB/hr of unreleased buffers when servers reconnect
- Fixed MCP OAuth
oauth.authServerMetadataUrlnot being honored on token refresh after restart, fixing ADFS and similar IdPs - Fixed 429 retries burning all attempts in ~13 seconds when the server returns a small
Retry-After— exponential backoff now applies as a minimum - Fixed rate-limit upgrade options disappearing after context compaction
- Fixed several
/resumepicker issues:--resume <name>opening uneditable, Ctrl+A reload wiping search, empty list swallowing navigation, task-status text replacing conversation summary, and cross-project staleness - Fixed file-edit diffs disappearing on
--resumewhen the edited file was larger than 10KB - Fixed
--resumecache misses and lost mid-turn input from attachment messages not being saved to the transcript - Fixed messages typed while Claude is working not being persisted to the transcript
- Fixed prompt-type
Stop/SubagentStophooks failing on long sessions, and hook evaluator API errors displaying "JSON validation failed" instead of the actual message - Fixed subagents with worktree isolation or
cwd:override leaking their working directory back to the parent session's Bash tool - Fixed compaction writing duplicate multi-MB subagent transcript files on prompt-too-long retries
- Fixed
claude plugin updatereporting "already at the latest version" for git-based marketplace plugins when the remote had newer commits - Fixed slash command picker breaking when a plugin's frontmatter
nameis a YAML boolean keyword - Fixed copying wrapped URLs in
NO_FLICKERmode inserting spaces at line breaks - Fixed scroll rendering artifacts in
NO_FLICKERmode when running inside zellij - Fixed a crash in
NO_FLICKERmode when hovering over MCP tool results - Fixed a
NO_FLICKERmode memory leak where API retries left stale streaming state - Fixed slow mouse-wheel scrolling in
NO_FLICKERmode on Windows Terminal - Fixed custom status line not displaying in
NO_FLICKERmode on terminals shorter than 24 rows - Fixed Shift+Enter and Alt/Cmd+arrow shortcuts not working in Warp with
NO_FLICKERmode - Fixed Korean/Japanese/Unicode text becoming garbled when copied in no-flicker mode on Windows
- Fixed Bedrock SigV4 authentication failing when
AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCKorANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URLare set to empty strings (as GitHub Actions does for unset inputs) - Improved Accept Edits mode to auto-approve filesystem commands prefixed with safe env vars or process wrappers (e.g.
LANG=C rm foo,timeout 5 mkdir out) - Improved auto mode and bypass-permissions mode to auto-approve sa