Claude Code v2.1.97

Claude Code v2.1.97 was released on April 8, 2026.

Summary

- Added focus view toggle (Ctrl+O) in NOFLICKER mode showing prompt, one-line tool summary with edit diffstats, and final response - Added refreshInterval status line setting to re-run the status l...

Release Notes

• Added focus view toggle (Ctrl+O) in NOFLICKER mode showing prompt, one-line tool summary with edit diffstats, and final response
• Added refreshInterval status line setting to re-run the status line command every N seconds
• Added workspace.gitworktree to the status line JSON input, set when the current directory is inside a linked git worktree
• Added ● N running indicator in /agents next to agent types with live subagent instances
• Added syntax highlighting for Cedar policy files (.cedar, .cedarpolicy)
• Fixed --dangerously-skip-permissions being silently downgraded to accept-edits mode after approving a write to a protected path
• Fixed and hardened Bash tool permissions, tightening checks around env-var prefixes and network redirects, and reducing false prompts on common commands
• Fixed permission rules with names matching JavaScript prototype properties (e.g. toString) causing settings.json to be silently ignored
• Fixed managed-settings allow rules remaining active after an admin removed them until process restart
• Fixed permissions.additionalDirectories changes in settings not applying mid-session
• Fixed removing a directory from settings.permissions.additionalDirectories revoking access to the same directory passed via --add-dir
• Fixed MCP HTTP/SSE connections accumulating ~50 MB/hr of unreleased buffers when servers reconnect
• Fixed MCP OAuth oauth.authServerMetadataUrl not being honored on token refresh after restart, fixing ADFS and similar IdPs
• Fixed 429 retries burning all attempts in ~13 seconds when the server returns a small Retry-After — exponential backoff now applies as a minimum
• Fixed rate-limit upgrade options disappearing after context compaction
• Fixed several /resume picker issues: --resume <name> opening uneditable, Ctrl+A reload wiping search, empty list swallowing navigation, task-status text replacing conversation summary, and cross-project staleness
• Fixed file-edit diffs disappearing on --resume when the edited file was larger than 10KB
• Fixed --resume cache misses and lost mid-turn input from attachment messages not being saved to the transcript
• Fixed messages typed while Claude is working not being persisted to the transcript
• Fixed prompt-type Stop/SubagentStop hooks failing on long sessions, and hook evaluator API errors displaying "JSON validation failed" instead of the actual message
• Fixed subagents with worktree isolation or cwd: override leaking their working directory back to the parent session's Bash tool
• Fixed compaction writing duplicate multi-MB subagent transcript files on prompt-too-long retries
• Fixed claude plugin update reporting "already at the latest version" for git-based marketplace plugins when the remote had newer commits
• Fixed slash command picker breaking when a plugin's frontmatter name is a YAML boolean keyword
• Fixed copying wrapped URLs in NOFLICKER mode inserting spaces at line breaks
• Fixed scroll rendering artifacts in NOFLICKER mode when running inside

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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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