v2.1.74
Claude CodeSummary
This release introduces actionable suggestions via the /context command to help optimize memory and context usage, alongside a new setting to customize auto-memory storage location. Several critical bugs were resolved, including fixes for memory leaks, issues with MCP OAuth refresh tokens, and improved rendering for RTL text across various terminals.
New Features
- Added actionable suggestions to /context command to identify context-heavy tools, memory bloat, and capacity warnings with specific optimization tips
- Added autoMemoryDirectory setting to configure a custom directory for auto-memory storage
Bug Fixes
- Fixed memory leak where streaming API response buffers were not released when the generator was terminated early, causing unbounded RSS growth on the Node.js/npm code path
- Fixed managed policy ask rules being bypassed by user allow rules or skill allowed-tools
- Fixed full model IDs (e.g., claude-opus-4-5) being silently ignored in agent frontmatter model: field and --agents JSON config; agents now accept the same model values as --model
- Fixed MCP OAuth authentication hanging when the callback port is already in use
- Fixed MCP OAuth refresh never prompting for re-auth after the refresh token expires for OAuth servers that return errors with HTTP 200 (e.g. Slack)
- Fixed voice mode silently failing on the macOS native binary for users whose terminal had never been granted microphone permission; the binary now includes the audio-input entitlement so macOS prompts correctly
- Fixed SessionEnd hooks being killed after 1.5 s on exit regardless of hook.timeout; this is now configurable via CLAUDE_CODE_SESSIONEND_HOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS
- Fixed /plugin install failing inside the REPL for marketplace plugins with local sources
- Fixed marketplace update not syncing git submodules; plugin sources in submodules no longer break after update
- Fixed unknown slash commands with arguments silently dropping input; the command now shows your input as a warning
- Fixed Hebrew, Arabic, and other RTL text not rendering correctly in Windows Terminal, conhost, and VS Code integrated terminal
- Fixed LSP servers not working on Windows due to malformed file URIs
- [VSCode] Fixed delete button not working for Untitled sessions
Improvements
- Changed --plugin-dir so local dev copies now override installed marketplace plugins with the same name (unless that plugin is force-enabled by managed settings)
- [VSCode] Improved scroll wheel responsiveness in the integrated terminal with terminal-aware acceleration