2.1.198
Highlights:
- Claude in Chrome is generally available, offering direct browser access to sessions and agents with no install
- Background agents auto-commit, push, and open draft PRs in worktree after finishing code, automating delivery
- Docs now advise grep for searches and clarify head_limit/unlimited/offset semantics to reduce surprises
CLI changelog
- Added background agent notifications in claude agents — sessions that need input or finish now fire the Notification hook (agent_needs_input / agent_completed)
- Added /dataviz skill for chart and dashboard design guidance with a runnable color-palette validator
- Gateway: added Claude Platform on AWS (anthropicAws) as an upstream provider; model-not-found responses now advance the failover chain
- Fixed brief network drops mid-response aborting the turn — transient errors like ECONNRESET now retry with backoff instead of failing
- Fixed excessive background classifier requests when sandboxed processes repeatedly accessed the same network host
- Fixed background tasks in web, desktop, and VS Code task panels getting stuck on "Running" after they finish or after resuming a session
- Fixed agent teams: a teammate that dies on an API error now reports "failed" to the lead, and messaging a stuck teammate wakes it to retry immediately
- Fixed the /diff panel not refreshing when you switch branches or commit outside the session
- Fixed markdown tables overflowing and wrapping their right border when rendered in fullscreen mode
- Fixed Claude Platform on AWS and Mantle sessions dead-ending with "Please run /login" when the STS token expires — awsAuthRefresh now runs automatically
- Fixed "no route to host" for local-network hosts in macOS background agent sessions by declaring Local Network entitlements
- Fixed /desktop failing with "Cannot determine working directory" after entering and exiting a worktree
- … +20 more CLI changelog entries
Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#21198
Metadata
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Time since 2.1.197 release: 1d 11h 0m 49s
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Bundle file size: +573.6 kB (+1.9%)
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Prompt files: +4 (+13.3%)
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Prompt tokens: +8,930 (+22.6%)
Prompt token mix by kind:
- tools: 48.1%→47.1%
- system-reminder: 44.6%→46.9%
- system-data: 3.4%→2.7%
- skill: 1.7%→1.4%
- system: 1.5%→1.2%
- agent: 0.8%→0.6%
Files:
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Other prompt changes
- Documented a ripgrep-backed grep tool and instructs agents to always use it for search tasks.
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