Claude Code 2.1.228 release notes

Version

2.1.228

Released

11 August 2026

Status

Stable release

What's new in Claude Code 2.1.228

The official notes for Claude Code 2.1.228 list 18 changes: 11 fixes, 1 security change and 6 other changes.

• 11 fixes
• 1 security change
• 6 other changes

Highlights

• security change Improved Vertex AI credential handling: expired or missing Google Cloud credentials now fail within seconds instead of retrying for minutes
• fix Fixed interactive sessions that could stop redrawing entirely, while the process kept running, after a rare internal layout error
• fix Fixed git / Git Bash not being found on Windows when Claude Code is launched from a parent folder of…
• fix Fixed /tui reverting the session to an earlier model when /model had been changed since the last response
• fix Fixed cross-session messaging sometimes starting without an inbox in the first session after install or upgrade

Our short summary: changes are counted and classified automatically from the official notes, and highlights are shortened. The complete, authoritative list is in the official release notes on GitHub.

Full release notes on GitHub (Claude Code 2.1.228)

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