2.1.83

New Features:

• Added managed-settings.d/ drop-in directory for deploying independent policy fragments
• Added CwdChanged and FileChanged hook events for reactive environment management
• Added sandbox.failIfUnavailable setting to exit with error when sandbox unavailable
• Added disableDeepLinkRegistration setting to prevent claude-cli:// protocol handler registration
• Added CLAUDE_CODE_SUBPROCESS_ENV_SCRUB=1 to strip credentials from subprocess environments
• Added transcript search with / key and n/N navigation in transcript mode
• Added Ctrl+X Ctrl+E as alias for external editor
• Pasted images now insert [Image #N] chip at cursor for positional reference
• Agents can declare initialPrompt in frontmatter to auto-submit first turn
• Made chat:killAgents and chat:fastMode rebindable via keybindings.json

Fixes:

• Fixed mouse tracking escape sequences leaking to shell prompt
• Fixed Claude Code hanging on exit on macOS
• Fixed screen flashing blank after idle
• Fixed diffing very large files (now times out after 5 seconds)
• Fixed UI freeze on startup when voice input enabled (3s delay)
• Fixed startup regression with claude.ai MCP config fetch (~3s wait)
• Fixed --mcp-config bypassing managed policy enforcement
• Fixed claude.ai MCP connectors unavailable in single-turn --print mode
• Fixed caffeinate process not terminating on exit
• Fixed bash mode not activating with !-prefixed suggestions
• Fixed stale slash command selection
• Fixed /config menu showing both search and list selection
• Fixed background subagents becoming invisible after context compaction
• Fixed background agent tasks stuck in running state
• Fixed --channels showing unavailable message on first launch
• Fixed uninstalled plugin hooks continuing to fire
• Fixed queued commands flickering during streaming
• Fixed slash commands sent to model as text during processing
• Fixed scrollback jumping when collapsed groups finish
• Fixed scrollback jumping when model starts/stops thinking
• Fixed SDK session history loss on resume from hook progress messages
• Fixed copy-on-select not firing outside terminal window
• Fixed ghost characters in height-constrained lists
• Fixed Ctrl+B interfering with readline backward-char
• Fixed tool result files never being cleaned up
• Fixed space key swallowed after voice hold-to-talk
• Fixed ALSA library errors on Linux without audio hardware
• Fixed voice mode SoX detection on Termux/Android
• Fixed Remote Control sessions showing as Idle
• Fixed footer navigation selecting invisible Remote Control pill
• Fixed memory leak in remote sessions (tool use IDs accumulating)

Improvements:

• Improved Bedrock SDK cold-start latency
• Improved --resume memory usage and startup latency
• Improved plugin startup (commands, skills, agents load from cache)
• Improved Remote Control session titles (AI-generated within seconds)
• Improved WebFetch to identify as Claude-User
• Reduced WebFetch peak memory usage
• Reduced scrollback resets from once per turn to once per ~50 messages
• Faster claude -p startup with unauthenticated MCP servers (~600ms)
• Bash ghost-text suggestions include just-submitted commands
• Increased non-streaming fallback token cap and timeout
• Interrupting prompt before response restores input
• /status now works while Claude responds
• Plugin MCP servers duplicating org-managed connector suppressed
• Linux respects XDG_DATA_HOME for protocol handler registration
• Changed "stop background agents" keybinding from Ctrl+F to Ctrl+X Ctrl+K
• Deprecated TaskOutput tool in favor of Read
• Added CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONSTREAMING_FALLBACK env var
• Plugin options now available externally with configuration at enable time
• Claude can reference on-disk path of clipboard-pasted images
• Ctrl+L clears screen and forces full redraw
• --bare -p pattern ~14% faster
• MEMORY.md truncates at 25KB as well as 200 lines
• Disabled AskUserQuestion and plan-mode tools with --channels

Additional Fixes:

• Fixed API 400 when pasted image queued during failing tool call
• Fixed MCP tool calls hanging when SSE connection drops
• Fixed Remote Control session titles showing raw XML
• Fixed remote sessions forgetting history after container restart
• Fixed remote sessions requiring re-login on transient auth errors
• Fixed rg ... | wc -l hanging in sandbox mode on Linux
• Fixed voice input hold-to-talk not activating with CJK IME
• Fixed --worktree hanging with forward slash in name
• [VSCode] Fixed spinner not showing "Not responding" state
• [VSCode] Fixed session history not loading on reopen
• [VSCode] Added Esc-twice for keyboard-navigable rewind picker
• [VSCode] Fixed "Fork conversation" and rewind actions failing