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v2.1.117 Claude Code Release Notes

Apr 22, 2026
Claude's Analysisby Sonnet 4.6
Full Analysis

Default effort raised to high for Pro/Max on Opus 4.6/Sonnet 4.6; Opus 4.7 context window fixed from 200K to 1M; 13 fixes cover OAuth drops, hangs, and false malware alerts.

Changes
28
Total Changes (vs Average)
2.1×
Version Type
Patch
Release Focus
Mixed
Day Since Prior Release
1
Release # This Month
#20 of 26
Bug Fix Ratio
50%
Post-Release Edits
—
Change Category
Ecosystem Impact
MCP has appeared in 5 of the last 10 releases and Plugins / Skills in 6, reflecting sustained April focus on extensibility — dependency management, marketplace governance, and MCP session reliability all receiving repeated attention.
Key Themes
2Model behavior changes|13Broad stability pass|8MCP & plugin ecosystem hardening|5Performance & observability wins
May Help If You've Noticed
Your session suddenly asks you to log in again mid-work even though your credentials haven't changed
Opus 4.7 shows high context usage early in a chat and auto-compacts before you'd expect
Pressing Ctrl+_ to undo does nothing right after typing, or seems to skip undo steps
Plugin install stops at 'already installed' even though some dependencies are clearly missing
A subagent using a different model incorrectly triggers malware warnings on normal file reads

Changes in Claude Code v2.1.117

Improved2 changes

  • •Improved /model: selections now persist across restarts even when the project pins a different model, and the startup header shows when the active model comes from a project or managed-settings pin
  • •Faster startup when both local and claude.ai MCP servers are configured (concurrent connect now default)

Fixed14 changes

  • •Fixed Plain-CLI OAuth sessions dying with "Please run /login" when the access token expires mid-session — the token is now refreshed reactively on 401
  • •Fixed WebFetch hanging on very large HTML pages by truncating input before HTML-to-markdown conversion
  • •Fixed a crash when a proxy returns HTTP 204 No Content — now surfaces a clear error instead of a TypeError
  • •Fixed /login having no effect when launched with CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN env var and that token expires
  • •Fixed prompt-input undo (Ctrl+_) doing nothing immediately after typing, and skipping a state on each undo step
  • •Fixed NO_PROXY not being respected for remote API requests when running under Bun
  • •Fixed rare spurious escape/return triggers when key names arrive as coalesced text over slow connections
  • •Fixed SDK reload_plugins reconnecting all user MCP servers serially
  • •Fixed Bedrock application-inference-profile requests failing with 400 when backed by Opus 4.7 with thinking disabled
  • •Fixed MCP elicitation/create requests auto-cancelling in print/SDK mode when the server finishes connecting mid-turn
  • •Fixed subagents running a different model than the main agent incorrectly flagging file reads with a malware warning
  • •Fixed idle re-render loop when background tasks are present, reducing memory growth on Linux
  • •[VSCode] Fixed "Manage Plugins" panel breaking when multiple large marketplaces are configured
  • •Fixed Opus 4.7 sessions showing inflated /context percentages and autocompacting too early — Claude Code was computing against a 200K context window instead of Opus 4.7's native 1M

Other12 changes

  • •Forked subagents can now be enabled on external builds by setting CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT=1
  • •Agent frontmatter mcpServers are now loaded for main-thread agent sessions via --agent
  • •The /resume command now offers to summarize stale, large sessions before re-reading them, matching the existing --resume behavior
  • •plugin install on an already-installed plugin now installs any missing dependencies instead of stopping at "already installed"
  • •Plugin dependency errors now say "not installed" with an install hint, and claude plugin marketplace add now auto-resolves missing dependencies from configured marketplaces
  • •Managed-settings blockedMarketplaces and strictKnownMarketplaces are now enforced on plugin install, update, refresh, and autoupdate
  • •Advisor Tool (experimental): dialog now carries an "experimental" label, learn-more link, and startup notification when enabled; sessions no longer get stuck with "Advisor tool result content could not be processed" errors on every prompt and /compact
  • •The cleanupPeriodDays retention sweep now also covers ~/.claude/tasks/, ~/.claude/shell-snapshots/, and ~/.claude/backups/
  • •OpenTelemetry: user_prompt events now include command_name and command_source for slash commands; cost.usage, token.usage, api_request, and api_error now include an effort attribute when the model supports effort levels. Custom/MCP command names are redacted unless OTEL_LOG_TOOL_DETAILS=1 is set
  • •Native builds on macOS and Linux: the Glob and Grep tools are replaced by embedded bfs and ugrep available through the Bash tool — faster searches without a separate tool round-trip (Windows and npm-installed builds unchanged)
  • •Windows: cached where.exe executable lookups per process for faster subprocess launches
  • •Default effort for Pro/Max subscribers on Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 is now high (was medium)

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