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Claude Code release notes — page 6
Stable releases of Claude Code from the anthropics/claude-code GitHub repository, newest first. Each entry summarises the main changes and links to the full official notes; every version also has its own page. This page covers versions 2.1.154 to 2.1.176.
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Short summaries here; each version has its own page with a summary of the changes and a link to the official release notes. New entries appear after a successful sync.
Claude Code 2.1.176
Session titles are now generated in the language of your conversation (set the language setting to pin a specific language) · Added footerLinksRegexes setting…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.175
Added enforceAvailableModels managed setting — when enabled, the availableModels allowlist also constrains the Default model (a Default that would resolve to a disallowed model…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.174
Added wheelScrollAccelerationEnabled setting to disable mouse-wheel scroll acceleration in fullscreen mode · Fixed the /model picker hiding the model family that Default resolves to…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.173
Fixed Fable 5 model names with a [1m] suffix not being normalized — Fable 5 includes 1M context by default, so the suffix is…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.172
Sub-agents can now spawn their own sub-agents (up to 5 levels deep) · Amazon Bedrock now reads the AWS region from ~/.aws config files…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.170
Introducing Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class model that we’ve made safe for general use. Fable’s capabilities exceed those of any model we’ve ever made…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.169
Added --safe-mode flag (and CLAUDE_CODE_SAFE_MODE) to start Claude Code with all customizations (CLAUDE.md, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP servers) disabled for troubleshooting · Added /cd…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.168
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.167
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.166
Added fallbackModel setting to configure up to three fallback models tried in order when the primary model is overloaded or unavailable; --fallback-model now also…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.165
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.163
Added requiredMinimumVersion and requiredMaximumVersion managed settings — Claude Code refuses to start if its version is outside the allowed range and directs the user…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.162
claude agents --json now includes waitingFor showing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g. permission prompt) · --tools: explicitly listing Grep/Glob now provides…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.161
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES values are now included as labels on metric datapoints, so you can slice usage metrics by custom dimensions like team or repo ·…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.160
Added a prompt before writing to shell startup files (.zshenv, .zlogin, .bash_login) and ~/.config/git/, which could otherwise lead to unintended command execution · acceptEdits…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.159
Internal infrastructure improvements (no user-facing changes)
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.158
Auto mode is now available on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry for Opus 4.7 and Opus 4.8. Opt in by setting CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AUTO_MODE=1
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.157
Plugins in .claude/skills directories are now automatically loaded, no marketplace required · Added claude plugin init to scaffold a new plugin in .claude/skills ·…
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.156
Fixed an issue when using Opus 4.8 where thinking blocks were modified, leading to API errors.
Official notes on GitHubClaude Code 2.1.154
Opus 4.8 is here! Now defaults to high effort · /effort xhigh for your hardest tasks · Introducing dynamic workflows: ask Claude to create…
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