v2.1.153

What's changed

• Added skipLfs option to github/git plugin marketplace sources to skip Git LFS downloads during clone and update


• Claude Code now shows a one-time notice when your npm global install can't auto-update; /doctor lists the fixes


• Status line commands now receive COLUMNS and LINES environment variables so scripts can size output to the terminal width


• claude agents: autocomplete in the dispatch input now suggests native slash commands and bundled skills, not just project skills


• claude agents: PR column now shows PR #N for a single PR or N PRs for multiple


• claude doctor now shows the result of your last update attempt


• Combined the separate "needs authentication" startup notifications for MCP servers and connectors into a single message


• macOS: background agents now appear as "Claude Code" in Privacy & Security and keep their permission grants across upgrades


• Fixed stateful MCP servers without the optional GET SSE stream reconnect-looping on tools/list (regression in v2.1.147)


• Fixed a regression where a custom API gateway could receive the user's Anthropic OAuth credential instead of the gateway's own token


• Fixed subagent (Agent tool) frontmatter MCP servers ignoring --strict-mcp-config, --bare, remote mode, enterprise managed MCP config, and managed-settings MCP server allow/deny policies


• --strict-mcp-config no longer strips inline mcpServers from explicitly-passed agent definitions (--agents / SDK agents), and blocked subagent MCP servers now surface a visible warning


• Fixed the Windows PowerShell installer reporting "Installation complete!" when installation actually failed


• Fixed claude update installing the latest version instead of the configured release channel's version for npm installations


• Fixed excessive memory usage (multiple GB) when resuming a session by transcript file path on machines with many stored sessions


• Fixed claude agents and claude --bg running on a stale daemon started before binary-takeover support, even after upgrading


• Fixed a hang where the CLI could fail to exit when stdin was closed without EOF in stream-json mode, leaving a stale session marker behind


• Fixed malformed file:// links in Claude's responses not being clickable in the terminal


• Fixed claude --help rendering unwrapped output on terminals narrower than 92 columns


• Fixed MCP tool progress notifications not rendering in the collapsed tool view


• Fixed Agent tool with subagent_type: 'claude' running in an undocumented temporary worktree, which could silently discard outputs written to gitignored paths


• /bg while Claude is responding now continues the response in the background session instead of dropping it


• Fixed /btw keyboard shortcuts becoming unresponsive in background sessions while a task is running


• Fixed background sessions writing temp files to $CLAUDE_JOB_DIR triggering a "sensitive file" permission prompt


• Fixed recovering a background agent whose working directory was deleted showing a truncated stack trace instead of a clear error message


• Fixed EnterWorktree not being available immediately in background sessions (previously required ToolSearch first)


• Fixed cmd+k in iTerm2/Terminal.app not repainting attached background sessions


• Fixed the IME candidate window appearing at the bottom of the screen instead of next to the input caret in attached background sessions on Windows


• Fixed background-color bleed when attaching to a background agent from 256-color-only terminals after the agent had rendered file diffs


• Fixed /copy and copy-on-select silently failing to update the system clipboard when attached to a background session inside tmux


• Fixed opening claude agents with Remote Control enabled leaving zombie session entries on the Code tab after exiting


• Fixed /rename in background sessions not updating the session banner immediately


• Fixed Windows update rollback: if a Windows update fails, Claude Code now restores the original executable by copy and tells you how to recover


• [VSCode] Fixed Claude Code processes not shutting down cleanly when VS Code closed on Windows, causing false "unclean exit" reports and orphaned MCP servers


• /model now saves your selection as the default for new sessions (matching the IDE). Press s in the picker to switch models for the current session only.


• If you customized the modelPicker:setAsDefault keybinding, rename it to modelPicker:thisSessionOnly in keybindings.json (the d action was replaced by s)