Claude Code v2.1.200
Claude Code v2.1.200 was released on .
Summary
Claude Code 2.1.200 gives you more control over when AI interactions continue automatically—now they pause by default unless you configure them otherwise. We've also squashed numerous reliability issues affecting background sessions and agents, so your workflows stay stable ev...
Release Context
- This was the 156th Claude Code release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Claude Code v2.1.199 (July 2, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Devin Desktop v3.4.22 (July 4, 2026)
- Antigravity CLI v1.0.16 (July 2, 2026)
- Kiro CLI v2.11.0 (July 2, 2026)
- Antigravity CLI v1.0.15 (July 1, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.68 (July 1, 2026)
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Release Notes
- Changed AskUserQuestion dialogs to no longer auto-continue by default; opt into an idle timeout via /config
- Changed the "default" permission mode to "Manual" across the CLI, --help, VS Code, and JetBrains; --permission-mode manual and "defaultMode": "manual" are accepted alongside default
- Fixed a crash at startup when disabledMcpServers or enabledMcpServers in .claude.json is set to a non-array value
- Fixed background sessions silently stopping mid-turn after sleep/wake or when reopening a stalled session
- Fixed background sessions re-running a turn cancelled with Esc after a stall respawn
- Fixed background agents never starting again after a crash left a stale daemon.lock whose PID the OS reused
- Fixed background-agent daemon handover so a reinstalled older build can no longer take over the daemon; build recency is now judged by the version's embedded build timestamp
- Fixed background-agent roster issues: transient corruption permanently disabling orphan cleanup, older binaries not preserving fields written by newer versions, and socket auth tokens being stripped during daemon restarts
- Fixed subagents cut off by a rate limit before producing any text output returning an empty result instead of failing cleanly
- Fixed control bytes from background-agent output reaching the terminal in the agent view
- Fixed claude agents --plugin-dir <dir> not showing the plugin's agents and skills in the agent view when the flag is placed after agents
- Fixed project-scoped plugins not loading correctly from git worktrees of the same repository
- Fixed /mcp server list not tracking focus for screen readers and magnifiers
- Fixed voice dictation showing a misleading "Voice connection failed" message when a recording captures no audio
- Fixed rendering flicker under tmux 3.4+ by enabling synchroni
Other Recent Claude Code Releases
- v2.1.215 (July 19, 2026)
- v2.1.214 (July 18, 2026)
- v2.1.212 (July 16, 2026)
- v2.1.211 (July 15, 2026)
- v2.1.210 (July 14, 2026)
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