Claude Code 2.1.286
Release 2.1.286 introduces new features including permission prompt counters, mouse support for list navigation, VSCode bookmarks panel, conversation question tracking, and channel management in Claude Tag admin settings. Multiple improvements enhance API retry logic, MCP server connections, list layout consistency, and UI refinements across the platform.
Added
- Added a count such as "2 of 5" to the permission prompt when several permission requests stack up
- Added mouse support for the "N more" rows of lists in fullscreen mode: click one to jump to that end of the list, with hover and pressed states
- [VSCode] Added bookmarks: save Claude's responses and keep them in view in a Bookmarks side panel
- [VSCode] Added the questions Claude asks and your answers to the conversation: after you answer a question card, a Questions row shows each question with your picks
- [VSCode] Added option previews to question cards in the chat panel: the highlighted choice's mockup or snippet shows beside or under the options
- [VSCode] Added rows under a message that open to the terminal output, browser tab, browser instructions and selected code sent with it
- [Claude Tag] Added an Add channel button to Claude Tag's spend limits page in admin settings, so a limit can be set on any channel, including a private one, from its channel ID or Slack link
Changed
- Changed prompts sent while nothing is running or queued to show in the normal text color right away instead of gray
- Changed how failed API requests are retried: one limit now covers a whole model call, so with the default retry settings a failing call sends at most 14 requests
- Changed
--bareto connect only the MCP servers named on the command line, send the model no system reminders, and start no background tasks; under--bare, a shell command that reaches its timeout now stops instead of moving to the background - Changed the send-now key (ctrl+enter) to move a skill's own shell command to the background instead of ending it
- Changed the WebFetch error for a rate-limited domain safety check to tell Claude not to retry it in a loop
- Changed plugin installs to refuse npm sources that are git repositories or folders, and to install plugin dependencies only from registry packages
- Changed list screens (
/artifacts,/mcp,/skills,/hooksand others) to always line up each row's details in one column after the names - Changed the overflow rows of lists to read "↑ N more" / "↓ N more" instead of "N more above" / "N more below"
- Changed
/hooksto open on one list of your configured hooks grouped by event, so viewing a hook takes one Enter instead of three - Changed the theme picker to a scrolling list that fits your terminal instead of pushing the preview off screen; number keys no longer pick a theme
- Changed
/exit's Remove worktree to run after Claude Code stops the servers and shells it started there, which on Windows could keep the folder from being deleted - Changed the
claude-apiskill's Managed Agents examples to create environments with limited networking - Removed the browser link from
/ultrareviewandclaude ultrareviewoutput - [VSCode] Changed Stop and Escape to end only the current turn; background agents keep running and can be stopped one by one from the agent map
- [VSCode] Changed the "✻ Claude Code" status bar item to show in every window, so you can open Claude when no file is open
- [Cloud sessions] Changed a routine's page to read "Due" with the scheduled time, instead of a next run time in the past, when a scheduled run is late and hasn't started
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