Claude Code v2.1.250

Release Context

• This was the 201st Claude Code release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
• It shipped the same day as Claude Code v2.1.248 (August 27, 2026).
• Claude Code: ships every 0.8 days — 24 releases in the last month.

Shipped around the same time

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

• GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.82 (August 29, 2026)
• OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.151.0 (August 29, 2026)
• Grok Build v1.0.13 (August 28, 2026)
• GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.81 (August 27, 2026)
• Antigravity CLI v1.1.22 (August 27, 2026)

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