Agent spawn, consistent agent IDs, and new agent states
Added agent.spawn for teammates with one agent ID across plugin hook events, plus idle and waiting states in $.agent.list(). Improved large file opening performance in plugin code panes and reverted a VSCode authentication change that increased sign-outs. Enhanced error messages for failed mod bands or panes.
Added
- Added
agent.spawnfor teammates, one agent id across plugin hook events, and idle and waiting states in$.agent.list()
Changed
- [VSCode] Reverted a 2.1.288 change to
claude auth statusthat may have made sign-outs more frequent
Improved
- Improved how quickly large files open in a plugin code pane by laying the highlighted view out once at its final width
- Improved the line a mod's author sees when its band or pane fails to draw: it names the mod and says nothing was drawn
Source: original entry ↗
More from Claude Code
Follow Claude Code to get its new changes in your feed and email digest.
Claude Code 2.1.299 Release
Major update adding file mention environment variables, idle token compaction for prompt caching, new APIs for mods and plugins (including image attachment handling and session identity), improved agent and skill controls, better tool management for eval runs, and numerous behavioral changes to plugin hooks, MCP requests, and session handling.
Claude Code 2.1.296
This release adds new configuration options for managed policies, subagent behavior, workflow models, and retry handling. It includes improvements to the Claude apps gateway, Desktop Code tab settings, file reading capabilities, and session management across cloud and self-hosted environments. Pricing for Sonnet 5.5 cache reads has been updated to $0.10 per million tokens, and various UI and behavior refinements have been made to Claude Tag, VSCode, Chrome, and Slack integrations.
Claude Code 2.1.295 Release
This release adds onFailure blocking for hooks, Program Status Protocol support for terminal status display, upstream timeout configuration, improved tool descriptions, and numerous UX enhancements including file handling in chat, better error messages, and protocol improvements across VSCode, Claude Tag, and MCP integrations.