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AI news in August 2026: Codex & Claude

August 2026, from our verified data: 35 releases (27 Claude Code, 8 Codex CLI) and 21 reset entries. Posts are our one-line summaries linked to the originals; releases link to their own pages, which summarise the changes; reset entries say whether a reset was completed, reported, announced or banked.

Usage resets

Completed and reported resets, announcements and banked resets. Only Completed entries count as a finished reset. Full monthly logs: Codex resets in August 2026.

Claude Code releases (27)

  • Claude Code 2.1.252Fixed Bash commands failing with "task output swap refused (tasks dir moved or linked)" on some Macs · Fixed "always allow" not saving in…
  • Claude Code 2.1.251Added PreModelSwitch and PostModelSwitch hook events (block, confirm, or annotate a model switch); SessionStart resume hooks now receive session staleness and the estimated re-cache…
  • Claude Code 2.1.250
  • Claude Code 2.1.248Added --restricted (or CLAUDE_CODE_RESTRICTED=1): removes the built-in tools that run commands or code and WebFetch (unless named in --tools), keeps file tools inside the…
  • Claude Code 2.1.247Added the SendFeedback tool: when something goes wrong in a session, Claude can draft a feedback report for you to review and send from…
  • Claude Code 2.1.246Added a startup warning for Bash allow rules with a wildcard before the subcommand (e.g. Bash(git main)), since they also match options inserted before…
  • Claude Code 2.1.245Fixed a crash on startup on Linux distributions that ship glibc 2.44 (for example Arch Linux, CachyOS and Fedora Rawhide)
  • Claude Code 2.1.241
  • Claude Code 2.1.240
  • Claude Code 2.1.239Cost estimates (/cost, status line, --max-budget-usd) now include the 1.1× US-only-inference premium for data-residency workspaces · Added the one-time fullscreen renderer offer on Bedrock,…
  • Claude Code 2.1.238Added a keybindingFlavor setting: set it to "readline" to make Ctrl+W in the prompt delete back to the previous whitespace, as in Bash; the…
  • Claude Code 2.1.237Fixed prompt caching for sessions using an LLM gateway or custom base URL · Added a built-in "Concise" output style: Claude leads with results…
  • Claude Code 2.1.236Added ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL environment variable: sets the model new sessions start on, while a /model pick still overrides it and persists across restarts (unlike ANTHROPIC_MODEL)…
  • Claude Code 2.1.235Added an optional spellcheck setting that underlines misspelled words in the prompt input as you type, using your installed aspell, hunspell, or ispell ·…
  • Claude Code 2.1.234Added the optional CLAUDE_CODE_PROJECT_DIR_NAME environment variable: hosts that give each session its own config directory can choose a short name for the per-project transcript…
  • Claude Code 2.1.233Added GitLab merge request URL support to the --worktree flag and the claude agents view (where MRs display as !N) · Added an opt-in…
  • Claude Code 2.1.232Subagent forking is now on by default: a subagent_type: "fork" subagent inherits the full conversation and prompt cache, and non-teammate agent spawns in interactive…
  • Claude Code 2.1.231Fixed MCP OAuth sign-in failing with a redirect URI mismatch for servers that use a pre-registered OAuth client, such as Slack
  • Claude Code 2.1.229Documented claude remote-control --continue for resuming the most recent Remote Control session · Added server-supplied Claude Code hook support for self-hosted runner sessions, matching…
  • Claude Code 2.1.228Fixed interactive sessions that could stop redrawing entirely, while the process kept running, after a rare internal layout error · Fixed git / Git…
  • Claude Code 2.1.227Fixed feature flags being evaluated without the user's subscription tier when a session started with an expired login token, which could wrongly prompt Max…
  • Claude Code 2.1.226
  • Claude Code 2.1.225Added gateway spend-limit support to Claude Code's usage warning; the limit-reached message now names the cap, its reset time, and the operator's message (requires…
  • Claude Code 2.1.224Added self-hosted environments: claude self-hosted-runner turns your own machines or containers into a place Claude Code web, mobile, and desktop sessions can run, on…
  • Claude Code 2.1.223Added owner wildcard entries ("owner/") to the strictKnownMarketplaces and blockedMarketplaces managed settings for allowing or blocking all marketplace repos under a GitHub org ·…
  • Claude Code 2.1.222Fixed worktree-isolated sessions and their subagents being able to run destructive git commands against the main checkout; isolation now applies to file edits and…
  • Claude Code 2.1.221[VSCode] Added Focus view: a chat-menu toggle that hides tool activity behind an expandable per-turn summary with a live running-tool indicator, toggled with Ctrl+Alt+F…

Claude Code changelog

Codex CLI releases (8)

  • Codex CLI 0.151.0Added a configurable grace period for discovering tools from optional MCP servers. (#41199) · Extensions can now inspect or replace MCP tool results before…
  • Codex CLI 0.150.1Remote compaction now counts retained images toward its token budget by default, trimming older images as needed. (#41003) · Changelog · 41003 Backport retained-image…
  • Codex CLI 0.150.0Reference other Codex tasks with @ mentions, and ask agents to read, create, or message tasks from the terminal. (#40308, #40315) · /copy now…
  • Codex CLI 0.149.1Changelog
  • Codex CLI 0.149.0Added an interactive codex agents dashboard for searching, starting, opening, renaming, and stopping tasks, with configurable shortcuts. (#39094, #39112, #39114, #39142) · Added /cd,…
  • Codex CLI 0.148.0Export complete TUI conversations to Markdown with /export, either to the clipboard or a new file. (#37358) · Fork sessions with codex exec fork,…
  • Codex CLI 0.147.0Organize conversations into persistent, manually ordered sections and browse long transcripts incrementally. (#35722, #36007, #36380, #36948, #36950) · Enable automatically reviewed approvals with the…
  • Codex CLI 0.146.1Apply safer automatic-review defaults for cyber-capable models and explain permission changes in the terminal interface. (#37057) · Changelog · 37057 [0.146] Backport safer cyber-model…

Codex CLI changelog

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