GitHub Release: anthropics/claude-code v2.1.235 (18.08.2026)

What's changed

• Added an optional spellcheck setting that underlines misspelled words in the prompt input as you type, using your installed aspell, hunspell, or ispell


• Fixed whole-prompt-cache invalidation when a language server disconnected or reconnected mid-session


• Fixed nested markdown list items misaligning at depth 3+ and added a hanging indent to wrapped list items in the terminal UI


• Fixed prompt input highlights (slash commands, keywords, mentions) appearing shifted by one or more characters in some multi-line prompts


• Fixed Shift+Tab inside the permission prompt's comment field approving the edit and granting session-wide edit permission instead of closing the field


• Fixed the Agent tool advertising a general-purpose default in sessions where that agent is unavailable: an omitted subagent_type there now gets a clear error listing the available agents


• Fixed notebook cell delete/replace approval dialogs silently omitting the existing cell content when the notebook or cell could not be read; the dialog now says why


• Fixed slash commands run while Claude is responding showing HTML entities instead of the actual characters


• Fixed the prompt footer not showing the "Update installed" restart notice after a background auto-update


• Fixed the expanded task list (ctrl+t) always starting collapsed when resuming or relaunching into a session that still has open tasks


• Improved memory and CPU usage while cloud sessions such as /ultrareview or /autofix-pr run in the background — their event streams are no longer re-scanned and re-rendered on every update


• Improved permission dialogs: display text and "don't ask again" options now always match what a grant would cover, and "don't ask again" is withheld when contents cannot be fully displayed


• Improved the embedded grep in native macOS/Linux builds: pathological patterns now fail fast instead of exhausting memory, and -m N with -A/-C prints correct context


• Improved the context-limit error to say when auto-compact is off and point to /config to re-enable it


• Vim mode: NORMAL mode and cursor position are now preserved when toggling the detailed transcript (ctrl+o) or closing a panel


• Dialogs: arrow keys and Enter pressed in quick succession now select the option you navigated to instead of the previously highlighted one


• SendMessage now refuses messages too large for cross-session delivery up front instead of silently dropping them


• Remote Control: claude rc now applies the same enterprise-gateway availability check as interactive startup


• [VSCode] Fixed focus jumping between open Claude tabs on its own when a window with several Claude panels is restored or reloaded