Claude Code v2.1.240

Release Context

• This was the 194th Claude Code release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
• It shipped 1 day after Claude Code v2.1.239 (August 21, 2026).
• Claude Code: ships every 1 days — 20 releases in the last month.

Shipped around the same time

Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:

• Antigravity CLI v1.1.20 (August 25, 2026)
• OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.149.1 (August 24, 2026)
• Grok Build v1.0.10 (August 24, 2026)
• Grok Build v1.0.9 (August 24, 2026)
• Antigravity CLI v1.1.19 (August 22, 2026)

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