claude_code_releases ยท May 12, 2026 ยท release
v2.1.140
What's changed Improved Agent tool subagent_type matching to accept case- and separator-insensitive values (e.g. "Code Reviewer" resolves to code-reviewer ) Updated agent color palette Fixed /goal silently hanging when disableAllHooks or allowManagedHooksOnly is set โ now shows a clear message instead of an indicator that never resolves Fixed a regression in settings hot-reload where symlinked settings files caused misattributed change events and spurious ConfigChange hooks Fixed claude --bg failing with "connection dropped mid-request" when the background service was about to idle-exit Fixed background service startup failing on machines with enterprise endpoint security by allowing more time Fixed remote managed settings not retrying on 401 โ now retries once with a force-refreshed token Fixed managed extraKnownMarketplaces auto-update policy not being persisted to known_marketplaces.json Fixed /loop scheduling redundant wakeups to poll for background tasks that already notify on completion Fixed a recurring event-loop stall on Windows when a missing executable (e.g. gh ) triggered synchronous where.exe re-spawns on every check Fixed Read tool calls failing validation when offset is passed as a whitespace-padded or + -prefixed string Fixed native terminal cursor not staying at the input caret when the terminal loses focus Plugins now warn when a default component folder (e.g. commands/ ) is silently ignored because plugin.json sets the matching key. Shown in /doctor , claud