Claude Code
Latest release v2.1.316 on 2026-10-31 · Actively maintained · 15 releases in 90 days
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git…
| Latest release | v2.1.316 on 2026-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | Actively maintained — pushed within the last 14 days, with 3 or more releases in 90 days |
| Stars | 154,138 (+108 since yesterday) |
| Releases in 90 days | 15 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-31 |
| Repository | anthropics/claude-code |
| Open issues | 16,203 |
Claude Code release notes and changelog
v2.1.316 2026-10-31
What's new
- Added CLAUDECODEDISABLEULTRATHINK, which turns the ultrathink keyword off
- Added pooled group budgets to the Claude apps gateway
- Added CLAUDECODEDISABLELOOPEDCROSSCERTDROP to keep system cross-certificates that certify each…
- Added CLAUDECODESUBAGENTEFFORT to set the effort level subagents run at when nothing else…
Fixed
- Fixed shell commands being left running on macOS and Linux when Claude Code exits by itself,…
- Fixed bash aliases with line breaks in their value (except in Git Bash), and functions whose…
- Fixed bash scripts started from the Bash tool stopping after their first command when…
- Fixed PowerShell hooks not blocking on exit code 2 when the command begins with a type cast,…
Changed
- Improved /code-review started from the Code tab in Claude Desktop or on the web: cloud and…
- Improved /diff on large repositories
- Improved the messages shown when /ultrareview, a cloud session or a cloud agent finds no…
- Improved SSL certificate errors to name the likely causes, among them a server that leaves out…
v2.1.314 2026-10-30
What's new
- Added permissions.blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories
- Added an optional groups list to Claude apps gateway upstreams
- Added guardrailtrace to Claude apps gateway Bedrock upstreams, to log which Amazon Bedrock…
- Added idle compaction to VS Code and Claude Desktop's Code tab
Fixed
- Fixed sessions failing turn after turn with "Invalid effort level" when an organization's…
- Fixed claude -p exiting with code 0 and no output when startup failed; it now prints the error…
- Fixed Bedrock sessions with many images failing every turn and /compact with "400 Input is too…
- Fixed Microsoft Foundry sessions failing when the resource has no deployment for the default…
Changed
- Improved memory use in long headless and SDK turns that run many subagents: the parent session…
- Improved prompt history: Ctrl+R now matches text inside collapsed [Pasted text] pills
- Improved the /design-sync upload prompt to show the folder, the project and the files it will…
- Improved /permissions review tab, now called Recently blocked
v2.1.312 2026-10-27
What's new
- Added oidc.useridclaim to the Claude apps gateway, to identify people by an idtoken claim…
- Added click to send: in fullscreen, clicking the "to send now" hint under a queued message…
Fixed
- Fixed managed settings and organization policy not being fetched for the rest of the session…
- Fixed Claude overwriting a very large CLAUDE.md, rules file or file in a subdirectory after…
- Fixed per-directory and paths
- Fixed a rare case where the first reply after resuming a session in the terminal could be…
Changed
- Improved the prompt's effort indicator
- Improved WebFetch errors in cloud sessions
- Changed Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry and Mantle to use the shorter system prompt for model names…
- Changed automatic model switches after a flagged message to also cover model names Claude Code…
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