Release notes
Claude may have kept working while the screen stopped updating, leaving you to wonder whether to wait or restart. A rare internal layout error could halt redraws in an interactive session even though its process was still running; that failure is now avoided. It was like a live camera frozen on one frame while the people in the studio kept talking. A smaller change replaces busy-spinner glyphs in the terminal title, reducing tab-bar jitter in some terminals.
On Windows, Claude Code could say Git was missing even when it was installed, cutting off version-control work. The failure happened when Claude Code was launched from a parent folder of Git's installation: git or Git Bash might not be found. This changes how it finds the existing installation; it does not install another Git. It was like knowing a tool is in a building but missing the entrance because you started at a nearby intersection. Now that route reaches Git too.
After changing models with /model, opening /tui should not quietly return your session to the earlier model; it now keeps your choice. File handling also changed: newer models may use Write to overwrite an existing file they have not read in this session, matching Edit; older models must still read first. Think of changing train platforms, then looking at the timetable and being sent back to the old one. An outdated first-use note claiming auto-mode sessions cost slightly more has also been removed for Pro, Max, and Team plans.
When two sessions exchange messages, the first session after an install or upgrade could sometimes have no inbox, and messages were collapsed to one line. Now an inbox is created and both sender and body appear inline. For messages sent to a Remote Control session on another machine, the sender shows your Remote Control session name. More importantly, using /resume while connected through Remote Control no longer leaks a resumed conversation's title or history into the connected session. It is like office notes gaining an inbox, signature, and full text while old records in the next meeting room stay behind a locked door.
When running claude self-hosted-runner yourself, a checkout hook failing for a repository the session would never push to could make every fresh runner session fail. Such a repository is now skipped with a warning instead of taking down the work. A runner could also end a session in the handoff gap after a background task finished but before its follow-up turn began; that gap is now covered. It is like a relay team being disqualified because a broken equipment locker was never part of the race. Now they pass it with a notice, and the next runner is not dismissed before receiving the baton.
If you keep a project's memory folder so Claude retains context, or develop a plugin through a symlink (a shortcut file pointing somewhere else), cleanup must not mistake active material for trash. Session cleanup could delete contents inside the project's memory folder. Background plugin-cache cleanup could also delete a plugin's cache when its only version was a symlinked development checkout. Both accidental deletions are fixed. It was like an office manager clearing out notes in a project cabinet and active tools inside the workshop; now those live materials are recognized.
When the same marketplace entry existed in settings tiers with different precedence, redefining it in a higher tier should have replaced the whole entry. Instead, custom headers from another tier could be inherited. Marketplace entries now merge as whole entries, rather than as a mix of pieces. This matters if you manage several layers of settings: changing the higher-precedence form will no longer quietly bring along headers from another form. It was like filing a supplier's new contract on top, then accidentally gluing the old contract's letterhead onto it. Now the full new contract is used.
After invoking a skill (instructions that tell Claude how to handle a particular kind of work), the deferred-tools reminder could sometimes be sent to the model twice; it now appears once. More importantly, skills synced from claude.ai are restricted: they cannot shadow local commands or MCP (Model Context Protocol, a protocol that connects AI to external tools) prompts, their descriptions are sanitized and labeled, and their bodies cannot run ! commands or expand @ files on your machine. An outside manual may sit on your shelf, but it cannot cover the buttons on your desk or open files from your drawers by itself.
When Google Cloud credentials for Vertex AI are expired or missing, Claude Code used to retry for minutes before failing; it now fails within seconds. You no longer have to stare at a lit elevator button without knowing whether anything is moving. Compaction, which condenses an overlong conversation to make room, also shows more useful signals: its retry countdown and a stall hint now appear while it runs instead of leaving only a progress bar. One change surfaces an error sooner; the other tells a waiting person whether it is retrying or has stopped.
Original changelog
Original changelogThe screen keeps redrawing, and terminal tabs wobble less
Fixed interactive sessions that could stop redrawing entirely, while the process kept running, after a rare internal layout error
Updated terminal title busy-spinner glyphs to reduce tab-bar jitter on some terminals
Original changelogWindows can find Git even when Claude starts above its folder
Fixed `git` / Git Bash not being found on Windows when Claude Code is launched from a parent folder of the git installation
Original changelogModel choice no longer rolls back, and Write rules are clearer
Fixed `/tui` reverting the session to an earlier model when `/model` had been changed since the last response
Changed the Write tool so newer models can overwrite an existing file they haven't read this session, matching the Edit tool's rules; older models still require the read first
Removed the outdated note about auto mode sessions costing slightly more from the first-use notice for Pro, Max, and Team plans
Original changelogCross-session messages are visible, without leaking resumed chats
Fixed cross-session messaging sometimes starting without an inbox in the first session after install or upgrade
Fixed Remote Control `/resume` while connected leaking the resumed conversation's title or history into the connected session
Improved cross-session messages: the sender and body now display inline instead of a collapsed line, and messages to Remote Control sessions on other machines show your Remote Control session name as the sender
Original changelogSelf-hosted runners stop failing for irrelevant repos or ending early
Fixed `claude self-hosted-runner` sessions failing on every fresh runner when the `checkout` hook fails for a repository the session doesn't push to; that repository is now skipped with a warning
Fixed self-hosted runners ending sessions in the gap between a background task finishing and the follow-up turn starting
Original changelogCleanup keeps project memory and in-development plugins intact
Fixed session cleanup deleting contents inside a project's memory folder
Fixed background plugin-cache cleanup deleting a plugin's cache when its only version is a symlinked development checkout
Original changelogMarketplace settings no longer inherit headers from another tier
Fixed a settings-merge issue where a marketplace entry redefined in a higher-precedence settings tier could inherit another tier's custom headers; marketplace entries now merge as whole entries
Original changelogSkill reminders stop duplicating, and cloud skills cannot override local controls
Fixed the deferred-tools reminder occasionally being sent to the model twice after a skill invocation
Hardened skills synced from claude.ai: they no longer shadow local commands or MCP prompts, their descriptions are sanitized and labeled, and on your machine their bodies don't run `!` commands or expand `@` files
Original changelogExpired credentials fail fast, and compaction shows its progress
Improved Vertex AI credential handling: expired or missing Google Cloud credentials now fail within seconds instead of retrying for minutes
Improved compaction progress: the retry countdown and stall hint now appear during compaction instead of only a progress bar