Claude Code 2.1.53 release notes

Version

2.1.53

Released

25 February 2026

Status

Stable release

What's new in Claude Code 2.1.53

The official notes for Claude Code 2.1.53 list 8 changes: 8 fixes.

• 8 fixes

Highlights

• fix Fixed a UI flicker where user input would briefly disappear after submission before the message rendered
• fix Fixed bulk agent kill (ctrl+f) to send a single aggregate notification instead of one per agent, and to properly clear…
• fix Fixed graceful shutdown sometimes leaving stale sessions when using Remote Control by parallelizing teardown network calls
• fix Fixed --worktree sometimes being ignored on first launch
• fix Fixed a panic ("switch on corrupted value") on Windows

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.

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