Claude Code 2.1.162
Claude Code 2.1.162 includes improvements to the agents CLI with better status output, new explicit tools support for Grep/Glob, UI refinements for slash commands and Remote Control, multiple bug fixes for config handling, permission rules, terminal rendering, and background session management, plus quieter startup messaging.
claude agents --jsonnow includeswaitingForshowing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g. permission prompt)--tools: explicitly listing Grep/Glob now provides the dedicated search tools on native builds with embedded search (previously these names were silently ignored)/effortnow confirms when your chosen level will persist as the default for new sessions- Clicking a slash command in the autocomplete menu now fills it into your prompt instead of running it immediately; press Enter to run
- Remote Control now shows as a persistent footer pill (with a link to the session) instead of a startup message
- Renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop in the
/idemenu,/terminal-setup, and/scroll-speed, following the editor's rebrand - Fixed a silent startup hang when the config directory is read-only or unwritable — Claude Code now starts with in-memory config and surfaces startup errors instead of showing a blank screen
- Fixed WebFetch permission rules not being applied to built-in preapproved domains; explicit
WebFetch(domain:...)deny/ask/allow rules now take precedence over the preapproved-host auto-allow - Fixed Windows permission rules never matching when spelled with backslashes (
~\,\\server\share) or case-variant paths, and Read deny rules not hiding files from Glob/Grep results - Fixed an interrupt (Esc) sent at the very start of a turn being silently dropped in stream-json/SDK sessions, leaving the turn running with no "Interrupted" feedback
- Fixed API 400
no low surrogate in stringerrors for classifier side-queries and MCP server descriptions containing emoji near a truncation boundary - Fixed MCP per-server
timeoutconfig values below 1000 ms being floored to a 1-second watchdog that aborted every tool call; sub-1000 ms values are now ignored (falling back toMCP_TOOL_TIMEOUTor default), andclaude mcp getannotates them accordingly - Fixed the LSP tool's
workspaceSymboloperation returning no results; it now accepts aqueryparameter and passes it to the language server - Fixed
claude agentscutting live status text (tool args, replies, prompts, exec output) at 60–120 columns on wide terminals; the status detail now uses the full terminal width - Fixed
claude agentstruncating long session names at 40 columns; the name column now grows with terminal width - Fixed
claude agentsattach occasionally bouncing straight back to the session list on the first try after a background-service restart - Fixed
claude agentsCtrl+V image paste doing nothing in the dispatch input and the session reply box; pasting with no image now shows a hint - Fixed backgrounding a session with ← silently losing the conversation when the background service cannot start; the session stays in the list as a failed row you can wake with Enter
- Fixed replies from the agents view that fail to send being lost; they are now queued for delivery on the next session start
- Fixed cross-session messaging (
SendMessage) silently breaking whenCLAUDE_CODE_TMPDIRor$TMPDIRpoints at a deep directory - Fixed opening a running background session from
claude agentsstalling for 5 seconds before attaching - Quieter startup: notices group by severity, and session info and announcements share a single line per launch
- Startup warnings rewritten to be shorter and clearer, each with a concrete fix
- Launch-prompt warnings (deep link/pre-filled prompt) now stay pinned below the input until you act instead of scrolling away
- Failed turns now show a compact warning line instead of a multi-line red error block
- Improved background service startup and
claude updateverification to wait out endpoint-security scanning of new binaries instead of failing after 5 seconds - Background dispatch spawn failures now report the error class name when no errno is available
- Removed the "Claude in Chrome enabled" and "marketplace installed" startup messages; model auto-updates and the team-onboarding tip now show as quiet notices under the logo
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