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v2.1.216 Claude Code Release Notes

Jul 20, 2026
Claude's Analysisby Sonnet 5
Full Analysis

Sweeping stability pass fixes a quadratic slowdown in long sessions, resume/hang bugs, worktree isolation leaks, and MCP re-auth that revoked working credentials mid-swap.

Changes
40
Total Changes (vs Average)
3.2×
Version Type
Patch
Release Focus
Bug Fixes
Days Since Prior Release
2
Release # This Month
#18 of 22
Bug Fix Ratio
75%
Post-Release Edits
—
Change Category
Ecosystem Impact
Plugins/Skills has appeared in 9 of the last 10 releases (5 of 5 most recent), showing sustained investment in extensibility reliability alongside this release's slash-menu and prefix fixes.
Key Themes
13Session & Background-Agent Reliability|3Worktree & Git Isolation Hardening|5MCP, Auth & Security Fixes|8Windows, Terminal & Input Parsing|11Editor, Plugin & Workflow Polish
May Help If You've Noticed
Long sessions felt sluggish or took ages to resume
Commands got randomly denied right after your login refreshed
Background agent sessions lost their custom setup after resuming
Multi-agent sessions mixed files with the wrong project's folder
Terminal looked glitchy after closing a memory/plan editor

Changes in Claude Code v2.1.216

Added1 change

  • •Added sandbox.filesystem.disabled setting to skip filesystem isolation while keeping network egress control

Improved5 changes

  • •Improved the /fork confirmation to one line with the new session's name, claude attach id, and a note when the copy shares your checkout
  • •Improved validation of git and gh command arguments in the PowerShell tool
  • •Improved the /ultrareview diff-too-large error to show configured limits, measured diff size, and largest contributing files
  • •Improved /code-review ultra empty-diff message to name the exact base ref and suggest passing an explicit base
  • •Improved the spend limit adjustment prompt to show the server's reason when a spend limit change is rejected

Fixed30 changes

  • •Fixed a slowdown in long sessions where message normalization cost grew quadratically with the number of turns, causing multi-second stalls and slow resumes
  • •Fixed auto mode denying commands with "HTTP 401" classifier errors after the OAuth token expired or rotated mid-session
  • •Fixed AskUserQuestion telling Claude to continue even when your answer asked it to wait or explain first — free-text answers now get neutral wording
  • •Fixed Claude Code on the web re-asking the same question and dropping your answer after the session sat idle for a few minutes
  • •Fixed @-mentions silently attaching nothing after file-modifying hooks, vim dot-repeat of c-operators and paste, statusline running twice on resume, and resume-picker hangs on failure
  • •Fixed resumed background agent sessions reverting to the default agent: the agent's prompt and tool restrictions are now restored
  • •Fixed worktree-isolated subagents redirecting git into the shared checkout via git -C, --git-dir, or GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE
  • •Fixed worktree sessions landing in another project's leftover worktree when the working directory did not match the selected project
  • •Fixed background sessions whose worktree has no git repository being undeletable
  • •Fixed claude daemon stop --any potentially terminating an unrelated process via a stale legacy daemon lockfile
  • •Fixed Esc-Esc at an idle prompt not opening the rewind picker in long-running sessions with background tasks
  • •Fixed Bash command permission checking for compound statements with redirects inside && lists or negations
  • •Fixed pressing Ctrl+X twice in the agent list failing to delete a session, and deleted sessions reappearing when their background worker had died
  • •Fixed background subagents getting cancelled when a high-priority message arrives during their startup window
  • •Fixed mouse and focus garbage in the terminal while a GUI editor from /memory, /plan, /keybindings, or Ctrl+G is open; /memory no longer waits for the editor to close
  • •Fixed Claude-in-Chrome 403-looping on reconnect when the session's OAuth token lacks a required scope
  • •Fixed workflow saves and scheduled-task writes following a symlink at .claude, which could redirect writes outside the project
  • •Fixed MCP re-authenticate revoking working credentials before the new sign-in succeeds, and the reconnect needs-auth message in background sessions pointing at an unusable command
  • •Fixed read-only commands on Windows accessing network paths without a permission prompt
  • •Fixed Bash command parsing of non-ASCII characters to match real shell word boundaries
  • •Fixed PowerShell tool permission validation of commands containing invisible Unicode characters
  • •Fixed dialogs in fullscreen mode stretching past the right-hand edge of their panel
  • •Fixed the /config settings list in fullscreen mode clipping its keyboard-hint footer
  • •Fixed the transcript-mode (Ctrl+O) footer hint wrapping on terminals narrower than 104 columns
  • •Fixed the Prometheus metrics endpoint (OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER=prometheus) emitting invalid # UNIT lines
  • •Fixed skills and commands changed during a session not appearing in the slash menu until restart
  • •Fixed plugin skills with a name frontmatter field losing their plugin prefix in slash-command autocomplete
  • •Fixed telemetry misreporting permission denials: failed permission-prompt requests no longer count as user rejections, and user interrupts are now reported as user aborts instead of rejections
  • •[VSCode] Fixed right-to-left text (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian) rendering in the wrong order when mixed with English or code
  • •Fixed cloud sessions dropping the in-flight message when the session's container restarts mid-turn — the interrupted turn now re-runs on resume instead of leaving the session unresponsive

Changed1 change

  • •Updated the bundled dataviz skill: reordered the default chart palette and fixed guidance that suggested direct labels for four-series charts

Other3 changes

  • •/context now shows an explicit warning when the conversation exceeds the context window, and a failed /compact displays as an error
  • •/rewind no longer restores or deletes files through symlinks or hard links at tracked paths and reports how many paths it skipped
  • •Background sessions: /mcp and /install-github-app now park a "needs input" request in the agent view when no client is attached

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