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v2.1.233 Claude Code Release Notes

Aug 14, 2026Source: Anthropic changelog
Claude's Analysisby Sonnet 4.6
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Todo/task tools (TaskCreate, TodoWrite) are off by default on Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, Fable 5, Mythos 5+; set CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TODO_TOOLS=1 to restore them.

Changes
20
Total Changes (vs Average)
1.6×
Version Type
Patch
Release Focus
Mixed
Day Since Prior Release
1
Release # This Month
#12 of 12
Bug Fix Ratio
40%
Post-Release Edits
—
Change Category
Ecosystem Impact
Windows has appeared in 3 of the last 5 releases (all within the last 10), including today's revert of a permission-check regression shipped just one day earlier in v2.1.232.
Key Themes
1Todo tools opt-out by default on newest models|2Windows: yesterday's regression fixed today|4Cross-platform reliability cleanup|4Small quality-of-life additions
May Help If You've Noticed
Todo/task tracking suddenly stopped appearing in your agent's workflow
Windows kept asking for approval on simple commands you'd already allowed
Connections to your MCP server kept dropping and reconnecting repeatedly
Notification hooks silently stopped firing in Claude Desktop or VS Code
An idle Linux session kept one CPU core pinned at 100% for no reason

Changes in Claude Code v2.1.233

Added4 changes

  • •Added GitLab merge request URL support to the --worktree flag and the claude agents view (where MRs display as !N)
  • •Added an opt-in forward_user_identity apps gateway setting on Anthropic upstreams that sends the signed-in user's identity as headers, so a proxy behind the gateway can attribute spend per user
  • •Added opt-in memory cgroup support for Bash tool commands on Linux (CLAUDE_CODE_TOOL_MEMORY_LIMIT) so a runaway build can't stall the session
  • •Added CLAUDE_CODE_WEBFETCH_CACHE_TTL_MS environment variable to configure the WebFetch session URL cache TTL (default unchanged: 15 minutes)

Improved5 changes

  • •Improved claude self-hosted-runner session start time: the session branch is now created without rewriting the working tree, and two server round trips no longer block the agent's launch
  • •Improved apps gateway error forwarding: 400/413 errors from Vertex, Foundry, and Claude Platform on AWS upstreams now carry the upstream's own message; fixes a bug with auto-compact on apps gateway
  • •Improved claude plugin validate to check a bare .claude/skills directory, reporting SKILL.md files whose frontmatter fails to parse
  • •Improved screen reader mode: the /effort selector renders as a numbered list with a typed-number prompt, and hint and dialog text is no longer clipped
  • •Improved print mode diagnostics: a [claude-code:unrecognized_model] line is written to stderr when a request goes out for a model ID Claude Code doesn't recognize; map it with modelOverrides to silence

Fixed8 changes

  • •Fixed cloud sessions occasionally being marked as lost when the environment shut down while Claude was waiting on a permission prompt
  • •Fixed MCP v2 connections endlessly reopening the subscriptions/listen stream against servers that terminate long-held streams on a fixed timeout (e.g. serverless hosts)
  • •Fixed Notification hooks not firing for permission prompts when running under Claude Desktop or VS Code
  • •Fixed idle sessions on Linux sometimes keeping one CPU core at 100% when sandboxing is enabled
  • •Fixed bundled skill aliases like /checkup and /review reporting "Unknown command" in -p mode or with plugins/MCP loaded when a user or project skill shadows the bundled skill
  • •Fixed skill/command argument substitution to prevent argument values from being re-expanded as template markers
  • •Fixed Windows paths spelled with the NT \??\ device prefix bypassing UNC path validation, closing an NTLM credential-leak vector
  • •Windows: fixed auto mode repeatedly stopping for manual approval on ordinary cd <dir> && <command> > file Bash commands (a 2.1.232 regression)

Changed1 change

  • •Changed the GitHub app setup tip to no longer appear in repositories whose origin remote is on gitlab.com or bitbucket.org; the enterprise marketplace tip now covers non-GitHub internal git hosts

Removed1 change

  • •Reverted the 2.1.232 Bash permission changes for Cygwin-style symlinks on Windows and for input redirections (< file); a narrower version will return in a later release

Other1 change

  • •Todo/task-tracking tools (TaskCreate/Get/Update/List, TodoWrite) are no longer available on Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, Fable 5, Mythos 5, and newer models; set CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TODO_TOOLS=1 to bring them back

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