Claude Code 2.1.243 release notes

Added a Loops breakdown to /usage: per-loop run count, total tokens, tokens per run, and last run, so runaway or chatty /loop tasks are easy to spot
Added modelPicker setting: curate the /model picker with an ordered, labeled list of models (any id spelling, including Vertex/Bedrock ids), appended to or replacing the built-in lineup
Added promptCacheTtl and subagentPromptCacheTtl settings so API-key and cloud-provider users can keep a 1-hour prompt cache on the main conversation while subagents stay at 5 minutes
Added modelPricing managed setting so an organization's contracted per-model rates and discount multiplier are used for /cost, the status line, and telemetry cost figures instead of list price
Added a keyless sign-in under /login → Anthropic Console: "Sign in with your Console account" (recommended) alongside creating an API key, so organizations that don't allow API keys can sign in
Added a Skipped sources line to /status that lists managed settings sources (for example managed-settings.json) present but not applied because a higher-precedence managed source is active
Added a managed marker in /mcp and /plugins on claude.ai connectors whose authentication is managed by your organization
Added a tip pointing claude.ai users who haven't connected GitHub for Claude Code on the web to /web-setup
Added a /status line showing whether GitHub is connected for Claude Code on the web (Pro/Max), pointing to /web-setup when it isn't
Added the model (and effort level) each subagent ran on to /tasks and the agent detail dialogs
Fixed remote MCP servers in non-interactive (-p) and SDK sessions never recovering after a dropped connection; they now reconnect automatically or report as failed
Fixed MCP server sign-in started from the desktop app failing with "Invalid redirect URI" on servers that support client ID metadata documents (for example Linear)
Fixed auto mode staying unavailable at startup when a temporary server-side disable was cached and later flag fetches failed
Fixed auto mode tool calls being denied as "temporarily unavailable" after about a minute of waiting when the API was briefly overloaded and asked the client to retry
Fixed the /model picker silently ignoring an Ultracode selection; picking Ultracode now applies it to the current session
Fixed /resume only listing the 50 most recent sessions; the picker now loads more as you scroll
Fixed cloud sessions resuming after a mid-turn restart with a pending hook or background-task notification re-sent as the prompt instead of the normal continuation message
Fixed cross-session messaging silently turning off inside user namespaces and rootless containers after the 2.1.232 socket-directory hardening
Fixed text that hangs outside its container (for example the sign-in URL in /login) losing its leading columns when another part of the screen repaints
Fixed spellcheck not underlining a misspelled word typed directly after an emoji
Fixed background subagents not waking when their last background Bash task completes
Fixed sessions going silent for 10+ minutes when the Anthropic API never starts a response: the request now times out after ~3 minutes, retries once, then shows API Error: No response from API
Fixed auth, model-availability, and other client-generated error messages rendering like model output instead of as error lines
Fixed workload identity federation in CI: processes in one job share the exchanged token instead of re-exchanging the single-use token; a rejected exchange fails fast with the server's message
Fixed server-managed companyAnnouncements not showing at startup in a session that began with signing in (for example the first launch after /logout)
Fixed hook if conditions like Bash(cat *) firing on unrelated Bash commands when the command contained $() or backtick command substitution followed by more arguments
Fixed plugin dependencies declared with a marketplace field never resolving when both plugins are loaded together via --plugin-dir
Fixed /reload-plugins keeping the LSP tool after the last LSP plugin is disabled; it now also warns before an LSP plugin change that would re-read the conversation
Fixed --agents silently ignoring invalid JSON or invalid agent definitions; it now exits with a clear error, like --mcp-config
Fixed /status showing "Found invalid entries in: ." with no filename when ~/.claude.json has an invalid MCP server entry
Fixed /clear removing the /rename session name from the prompt bar even though the name was kept for the new session
Fixed Ctrl+R history search and up-arrow history breaking when ~/.claude/history.jsonl contains a malformed entry
Fixed Ctrl+[ not leaving vim INSERT mode in terminals that encode modified keys (modifyOtherKeys / kitty protocol)
Fixed the local IDE connection being routed through HTTPS_PROXY (and sometimes failing) when localhost was listed in NO_PROXY but not lowercase no_proxy; both casings are now honored
Fixed sandbox network-violation details being dropped from the Bash tool result when the blocked command still exited 0 (for example curl printing the proxy's 403 page)
Fixed the status line rate_limits fields and /usage still showing a rate-limit window's pre-reset usage percentage after the window reset while the session was idle
Fixed claude --teleport <session> exiting on uncommitted changes instead of offering to stash them and continue, as the session picker already does
Fixed /web-setup repeatedly asking you to log in when an older GitHub CLI (without gh auth token) was already authenticated
Fixed Claude in Chrome losing its connection to Claude Code after an auto-update cleaned up the version it was set up with; the native host now launches via the stable claude launcher

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