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What's changed

Added managed-settings.d/ drop-in directory alongside managed-settings.json, letting separate teams deploy independent policy fragments that merge alphabetically
Added CwdChanged and FileChanged hook events for reactive environment management (e.g., direnv)
Added sandbox.failIfUnavailable setting to exit with an error when sandbox is enabled but cannot start, instead of running unsandboxed
Added disableDeepLinkRegistration setting to prevent claude-cli:// protocol handler registration
Added CLAUDE_CODE_SUBPROCESS_ENV_SCRUB=1 to strip Anthropic and cloud provider credentials from subprocess environments (Bash tool, hooks, MCP stdio servers)
Added transcript search — press / in transcript mode (Ctrl+O) to search, n/N to step through matches
Added Ctrl+X Ctrl+E as an alias for opening the external editor (readline-native binding; Ctrl+G still works)
Pasted images now insert an [Image #N] chip at the cursor so you can reference them positionally in your prompt
Agents can now declare initialPrompt in frontmatter to auto-submit a first turn
chat:killAgents and chat:fastMode are now rebindable via ~/.claude/keybindings.json
Fixed mouse tracking escape sequences leaking to shell prompt after exit
Fixed Claude Code hanging on exit on macOS
Fixed screen flashing blank after being idle for a few seconds
Fixed a hang when diffing very large files with few common lines — diffs now time out after 5 seconds and fall back gracefully
Fixed a 1–8 second UI freeze on startup when voice input was enabled, caused by eagerly loading the native audio module
Fixed a startup regression where Claude Code would wait ~3s for claude.ai MCP config fetch before proceeding
Fixed --mcp-config CLI flag bypassing allowedMcpServers/deniedMcpServers managed policy enforcement
Fixed claude.ai MCP connectors (Slack, Gmail, etc.) not being available in single-turn --print mode
Fixed caffeinate process not properly terminating when Claude Code exits, preventing Mac from sleeping
Fixed bash mode not activating when tab-accepting !-prefixed command suggestions
Fixed stale slash command selection showing wrong highlighted command after navigating suggestions
Fixed /config menu showing both the search cursor and list selection at the same time
Fixed background subagents becoming invisible after context compaction, which could cause duplicate agents to be spawned
Fixed background agent tasks staying stuck in "running" state when git or API calls hang during cleanup
Fixed --channels showing "Channels are not currently available" on first launch after upgrade
Fixed uninstalled plugin hooks continuing to fire until the next session
Fixed queued commands flickering during streaming responses
Fixed slash commands being sent to the model as text when submitted while a message is processing
Fixed scrollback jumping when collapsed read/search groups finish after scrolling offscreen
Fixed scrollback jumping to top when the model starts or stops thinking
Fixed SDK session history loss on resume caused by hook progress/attachment messages forking the parentUuid chain
Fixed copy-on-select not firing when you release the mouse outside the terminal window
Fixed ghost characters appearing in height-constrained lists when items overflow
Fixed Ctrl+B interfering with readline backward-char at an idle prompt — it now only fires when a foreground task can be backgrounded
Fixed tool result files never being cleaned up, ignoring the cleanupPeriodDays setting
Fixed space key being swallowed for up to 3 seconds after releasing voice hold-to-talk
Fixed ALSA library errors corrupting the terminal UI when using voice mode on Linux without audio hardware (Docker, headless, WSL1)
Fixed voice mode SoX detection on Termux/Android where spawning which is kernel-restricted
Fixed Remote Control sessions showing as Idle in the web session list while actively running
Fixed footer navigation selecting an invisible Remote Control pill in config-driven mode
Fixed memory leak in remote sessions where tool use IDs accumulate indefinitely
Improved Bedrock SDK cold-start latency by overlapping profile fetch with other boot work
Improved --resume memory usage and startup latency on large sessions
Improved plugin startup — commands, skills, and agents now load from disk cache without re-fetching
Improved Remote Control session titles: AI-generated titles now appear within seconds of the first message
Improved WebFetch to identify as Claude-User so site operators can recognize and allowlist Claude Code traffic via robots.txt
Reduced WebFetch peak memory usage for large pages
Reduced scrollback resets in long sessions from once per turn to once per ~50 messages
Faster claude -p startup with unauthenticated HTTP/SSE MCP servers (~600ms saved)
Bash ghost-text suggestions now include just-submitted commands immediately
Increased non-streaming fallback token cap (21k → 64k) and timeout (120s → 300s local) so fallback requests are less likely to be truncated
Interrupting a prompt before any response now automatically restores your input so you can edit and resubmit
/status now works while Claude is responding, instead of being queued until the turn finishes
Plugin MCP servers that duplicate an org-managed connector are now suppressed instead of running a second connection
Linux: respect XDG_DATA_HOME when registering the claude-cli:// protocol handler
Changed "stop all background agents" keybinding from Ctrl+F to Ctrl+X Ctrl+K to stop shadowing readline forward-char
Deprecated TaskOutput tool in favor of using Read on the background task's output file path
[VSCode] Spinner now turns red with "Not responding" when the backend hasn't responded for 60 seconds
[VSCode] Fixed session history not loading correctly when reopening a session via URL or after restart