Claude Code 2.1.261 release notes

Version

2.1.261

Released

4 September 2026

Status

Stable release

What's new in Claude Code 2.1.261

The official notes for Claude Code 2.1.261 list 67 changes: 4 new features, 25 fixes, 1 performance improvement, 2 security changes and 35 other changes.

• 4 new features
• 25 fixes
• 1 performance improvement
• 2 security changes
• 35 other changes

Highlights

• security change Fixed the Bedrock setup wizard hanging when AWS or an AWS credential helper never responds (it now times out with…
• security change Fixed gcpAuthRefresh opening a browser at startup when the Google credential check was slow, even though the credential was still…
• new feature Added an "Organization policy" line to /status and claude doctor that says why your organization's policy could not be loaded…
• new feature Added bashOutputMaxChars and taskOutputMaxChars settings to raise how much command and background-task output Claude receives inline before it is saved…
• new feature Added --append-subagent-system-prompt-file to read the subagent system prompt from a file, for prompts too large to pass on the command…

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 2.1.261)

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