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claude_code_releases · Oct 14, 2026 · release
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claude-code v2.1.299
github.comOct 14, 2026
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- Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_FILE_MENTIONS environment variable: Claude gets the paths of @ file mentions to read with its file tools, not the files' contents
- Added idle compaction in the terminal: a 200K+ token conversation left idle for about 54 minutes is compacted before its one-hour prompt cache expires, so yo...
- Added CLAUDE_CODE_IDLE_COMPACT_MIN_TOKENS to change idle compaction's 200K-token minimum; "idleCompaction": false in settings.json turns it off. Both need v2...
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