TL;DR

• /goal sets a completion condition and Claude keeps working across turns until it's met. Works in interactive, -p, and Remote Control, with a live overlay showing elapsed time, turns, and tokens.

• Agent view (claude agents) shows every session in one list: running, blocked on you, or done (more below). Combined with /goal, this opens a fire-and-forget workflow pattern.

• Remote Control, /schedule, claude.ai MCP connectors, and notifications are disabled when an API key is set, even with a Claude.ai login present. Unset ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / apiKeyHelper / ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN to re-enable.

• Hook args: string[] (exec form) spawns commands directly without a shell, so path placeholders never need quoting (more below). Pair with the new continueOnBlock option on PostToolUse to feed rejection reasons back to Claude instead of blocking the turn.

• Compaction prompt now preserves sensitive user instructions through context compression. If you've been working around compaction dropping CLAUDE.md directives, this targets that failure mode.

New in 2.1.139, 2.1.138, 2.1.137, 2.1.136

2.1.139 (May 12, 2026)

• Added agent view (Research Preview): a single list of every Claude Code session, running, blocked on you, or done. Run claude agents to get started
• Added /goal command: set a completion condition and Claude keeps working across turns until it's met. Works in interactive, -p, and Remote Control. Shows live elapsed/turns/tokens as an overlay panel
• Added /scroll-speed command to tune mouse wheel scroll speed with a live preview
• Added claude plugin details <name> to show a plugin's component inventory and projected per-session token cost
• Added transcript view navigation: ? for keyboard shortcuts, {/} to jump between user prompts, v to toggle shortcut panel
• Added hook args: string[] field (exec form) that spawns the command directly without a shell, so path placeholders never need quoting
• Added hook continueOnBlock config option for PostToolUse, set to true to feed the hook's rejection reason back to Claude and continue the turn
• MCP stdio servers now receive CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR in their environment, matching hooks. Plugin configs can reference ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR} in commands
• Compaction prompt now asks the model to preserve sensitive user instructions
• /mcp Reconnect now picks up .mcp.json edits without a restart, and shows the HTTP status and URL when reconnecting fails
• /context all per-skill token estimates now account for the model's tokenizer and show rounded values
• claude plugin install <name>@<marketplace> now auto-refreshes the marketplace and retries before reporting a plugin as not found
• /plugin installed-plugin details now show hook event names and MCP server names cleanly
• /context now shows the providing plugin's name for plugin-sourced skills
• Remote MCP server reconnect retry on transient failures is now enabled for all users
• API requests from subagents now carry x-claude-code-agent-id / x-claude-code-parent-agent-id headers, and claude_code.llm_request OTEL spans include agent_id / parent_agent_id attributes
• Remote Control, /schedule, claude.ai MCP connectors, and notification preferences are now disabled when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / apiKeyHelper / ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is set, even if a Claude.ai login also exists. Unset the API key to use these features
• Fixed a deadlock where expired credentials and the forceRemoteSettingsRefresh policy setting blocked claude auth login/logout/status with no way to recover
• Fixed autoAllowBashIfSandboxed not auto-approving commands with shell expansions like $VAR and $(cmd)
• Fixed a bug where a hook writing to the terminal could corrupt an on-screen interactive prompt; hooks now run without terminal access
• Fixed unbounded memory growth when an HTTP/SSE MCP server streams non-protocol data; response bodies now capped at 16 MB per SSE frame
• Fixed Skill(name *) permission rules; the wildcard form now works as a prefix match, matching Bash(ls *) behavior
• Fixed settings hot-reload not detecting edits to symlinked ~/.claude/settings.json
• Fixed plugin details failing to load when the marketplace key differs from the manifest name
• Fixed /model picker "Default" row not reflecting ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL/ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL overrides
• Fixed spurious "stream idle timeout" 5 minutes after a response completed, caused by the watchdog timer not being cleared on stream cancellation
• Fixed silent exit 1 when 10+ MCP servers are configured and the cache directory is unwritable; the error message now includes the underlying cause
• Fixed a typing cursor blinking on tab names, list pointers, and select rows in dialogs
• Fixed transcript view letter shortcuts not working after mouse click
• Fixed Bash-mode up-arrow history repeating the first entry and clobbering the in-progress draft
• Fixed pasting or dropping multiple images only inserting the last one
• Fixed hyperlinks using unreadable dark navy on dark themes; they now adapt to the active theme
• Fixed model picker showing a redundant "Current model" row for third-party users whose model is set to the opus alias
• Fixed legacy Opus picker entry on PAYG 3P providers resolving to the same model as the default entry
• Fixed mouse wheel scrolling speed in Cursor and VS Code 1.92-1.104; the trackpad now scrolls at a steady rate and the mouse wheel keeps ~3 lines per notch
• Fixed scroll behavior in Windows Terminal and VS Code when attached to background sessions
• Fixed MCP resources from disconnected servers lingering in @server: autocomplete
• Fixed two-file diff snippets over-reporting the number of truncated lines by one
• Fixed Grep results not relativizing Windows drive-letter paths and count mode reporting wrong totals for single-file paths
• Fixed border-embedded text overflowing on CJK/emoji due to visual cell width miscalculation
• Fixed fuzzy-match highlighting splitting emoji and astral-plane characters mid-pair
• Fixed skill argument names containing regex metacharacters breaking argument substitution
• Fixed ProgressBar rendering a full block for an almost-full fractional cell
• Fixed task polling and fs.watch being resurrected when the last subscriber leaves while a fetch is in flight
• Fixed plugin dependency resolution leaving a stale count when the manifest name differs from the source identifier
• Fixed Insights Time-of-Day chart skewing when a session has an unparseable timestamp
• Fixed keybindings using only the cmd/super/win modifier being flagged as unparseable
• Fixed claude_code.active_time.total OpenTelemetry metric not being emitted in --print mode
• Fixed claude plugin update not preserving cross-plugin symlinks inside a marketplace
• [VSCode] Press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen the most recently closed session tab, configurable via claudeCode.enableReopenClosedSessionShortcut

2.1.138 (May 12, 2026)

• Internal fixes

2.1.137 (May 12, 2026)

• [VSCode] Fixed extension failing to activate on Windows

2.1.136 (May 12, 2026)

• Added CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FEEDBACK_SURVEY_FOR_OTEL to re-enable the session quality survey for enterprises capturing responses through OpenTelemetry
• Added settings.autoMode.hard_deny for auto mode classifier rules that block unconditionally regardless of user intent or allow exceptions
• Fixed MCP servers configured in .mcp.json, plugins, and claude.ai connectors silently disappearing after /clear in the VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin, and Agent SDK
• Fixed a rare login loop where a concurrent credential write could overwrite a freshly-rotated OAuth token and force re-login
• Fixed MCP OAuth refresh tokens being lost when multiple servers refresh concurrently; users with several remote MCP servers should no longer need daily re-authentication
• Fixed an API error (400) when extended thinking emitted a redacted thinking block after a tool call
• Fixed --resume / --continue not finding sessions when the project path contains underscores
• Fixed plan mode not blocking file writes when a matching Edit(...) allow rule exists
• WSL2: image paste from Windows clipboard now works via a PowerShell fallback when xclip/wl-paste cannot read image data
• Fixed plugin Stop/UserPromptSubmit hooks failing when cache cleanup deletes a version still in use by a running session
• Improved visual consistency across slash command dialogs: standardized footer hints, dialog spacing, and arrow-key styling, and the dialog frame now appears immediately during loading instead of popping in after
• Fixed colors appearing at wrong positions in bash command output and markdown code blocks
• Fixed ReasonML diffs rendering corrupted "undefined" text artifacts at word-diff boundaries
• Fixed worktree exit dialog warning about uncommitted files in the wrong directory after worktree removal
• Fixed @ file picker not matching files created mid-session in small non-git directories
• Fixed @-mention file picker not finding files in directories with more than 100 entries
• Fixed failed tool calls not being click-to-expand in fullscreen mode when their output was truncated
• Fixed Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace getting swapped after using Ctrl+G to open an external editor on terminals with persistent extended-key modes
• Fixed /usage weekly reset showing time of day instead of the calendar date
• Fixed welcome banner ellipsis causing column overflow on CJK terminals
• Fixed /insights crash when session history contains tool calls with malformed input fields
• Fixed a renderer crash when a tool's collapsibility classification changes mid-session
• Fixed a skills entry in plugin.json hiding the plugin's default skills/ directory, and listing a file path now shows an error instead of failing silently
• Fixed IDE shell-integration lock files not respecting CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
• Fixed trailing whitespace in copied terminal output during streaming
• Fixed plugin uninstall and enable/disable not matching slugs case-insensitively
• Fixed tool error truncation marker showing a negative count for surrogate-pair strings
• Fixed env vars from CLAUDE_ENV_FILE SessionStart hooks going stale after /resume or /clear
• Fixed /branch saving a multi-line session title when given a pasted multi-line name
• Fixed a stray leading space on the second line of wrapped text at the column boundary
• Fixed Esc not dismissing dialogs in /install-github-app, /desktop, /resume, and /web-setup
• Fixed /doctor MCP schema errors not naming the missing field or showing the source file path
• Fixed Bash permission prompts showing an internal parser diagnostic instead of a user-readable explanation
• Fixed plugin slash commands with spaces (e.g. /myplugin review) not resolving to their namespaced form
• Fixed AskUserQuestion discarding multi-select answers when supplied as an array
• Fixed /clear <name> not labeling the cleared session for /resume
• Fixed CronList output missing qualifiers and the scheduled prompt
• Fixed "Jump to bottom" overlay leaving color artifacts on CJK characters in fullscreen mode
• Fixed wide markdown tables leaving a stale bordered render in terminal scrollback while streaming
• Fixed pasted text being silently dropped when a long prompt with a pasted-text placeholder was auto-truncated
• Fixed /release-notes getting stuck on an old version after a failed changelog refresh
• Fixed /mcp server list not scrolling when there are more servers than fit in the terminal
• Fixed mid-input slash command autocomplete not working after an initial slash command
• Fixed scrolling to bottom re-engaging auto-follow with autoScrollEnabled: false
• Fixed prompt suggestions being auto-submitted by Enter on an empty input instead of requiring Tab or arrow to accept
• Fixed keyboard shortcut hints not reflecting rebound keys from keybindings.json
• Fixed /settings language change being reverted on Escape after confirming
• Fixed /terminal-setup only appearing in autocomplete on exact name match instead of partial prefixes
• Fixed "Chat about this" on an AskUserQuestion dialog erasing the question text
• Fixed MCP tool results being invisible when the server returns content blocks
• Improved error message when --worktree collides with an existing or stale worktree
• Changed plugin marketplace removal key to d (matching delete elsewhere) instead of r which collided with retry

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