The Claude Code Changelog
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It feels like every day there's a new Claude Code update. This unofficial podcast, hosted by Lachlan and James (& powered by Jellypod AI), helps us stay up to date with everything Anthropic ships to Claude, from product updates, new workflows, and more. Each episode highlights what changed, how to use it, and why it matters.
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The newest 20 of 176 episodes
- Locking Down Write Boundaries in Claude Code · 5 min · Episode 176Learn how to use Claude Code's blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories setting to lock down file write boundaries during unattended or headless runs across every permission mode.
- Silent Managed Settings and Verification in Claude Code 2.1.316 · 5 min · Episode 175In Claude Code 2.1.316, server-managed settings for Team and Enterprise logins now apply automatically without an approval prompt, alongside verification checks for cached…
- Taming Worker Thinking with CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_EFFORT · 5 min · Episode 174Learn how to decouple worker reasoning from main sessions using the new CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_EFFORT environment variable in Claude Code 2.1.316. We also cover disabling…
- Locking Down Subagent Tools and Environment Variables in 2.1.313 · 5 min · Episode 173Explore the updates in Claude Code version 2.1.313, focusing on subagent tool restrictions through explicit allow and disallow lists to limit blast radius and save tokens. Learn…
- Preventing Premature Runner Shutdowns in Claude Code 2.1.311 · 5 min · Episode 172Learn how Claude Code 2.1.311's new self-hosted runner idle-hold flags prevent background processes and dev servers from being terminated prematurely. We explore how to configure…
- Custom Deployment Prompts and Guardrails in Claude Code 2.1.312 · 5 min · Episode 171Learn about changes in Claude Code 2.1.312 that alter default system prompts and refusal fallback behaviors for custom model deployment names on Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, and…
- Why Ultrathink Now Triggers xHigh Effort in Claude Code 2.1.311 · 5 min · Episode 170In Claude Code 2.1.311, the ultrathink prompt keyword now actively raises the API effort parameter to xhigh for interactive terminal sessions. We also cover how compaction…
- Managing Auto Mode Read Permissions in Claude Code 2.1.310 · 4 min · Episode 169Discover how a prompt update in Claude Code 2.1.310 clarifies the impact of denying reads outside your working directory during auto mode, plus how to manage trusted paths with…
- Claude Code’s Windows Hooks Could Fail Open—Test Yours · 5 min · Episode 168Claude Code 2.1.309 and 2.1.310 tighten sandbox and permission boundaries, including fixes for Windows hooks that could fail open. Learn how to check your version, test a…
- Claude Code 2.1.310: Replace Polling with Monitor · 6 min · Episode 167Claude Code 2.1.310 enables the Monitor tool on Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex, and Microsoft Foundry—even with telemetry or nonessential traffic disabled. Learn how to replace…
- Claude Code 2.1.309: Trust Checks for Ultrareview · 5 min · Episode 166Claude Code 2.1.309 adds a workspace-trust check to claude ultrareview. Learn how to handle the prompt, update scripts and CI with the correctly ordered --trust-workspace flag or…
- Track Claude Code Guardrails with OpenTelemetry · 5 min · Episode 165Claude Code 2.1.307 adds the claude_code.safety_event OpenTelemetry event, letting teams track when permissions, safety checks, hooks, or the sandbox stop, prompt, or send back a…
- Run Chromium and Rootless Podman in Claude Code’s Linux Sandbox · 6 min · Episode 164Claude Code 2.1.305 adds sandbox.allowNestedUserNamespaces for Linux and WSL2, enabling tools such as headless Chromium and rootless Podman to run inside the Bash sandbox. Learn…
- Teach Claude Code Auto Mode What Your Team Trusts · 5 min · Episode 163Claude Code 2.1.304 expands /auto-mode-setup to more provider and gateway sessions, helping you draft trusted environment rules from project files and recent activity. Learn what…
- Claude Code’s /advisor: Opus Guidance Without Opus for Every Task · 6 min · Episode 162How Claude Code’s experimental /advisor pairs a lower-cost executor with a stronger model that can review the full session and offer guidance. Learn how to enable it, prompt for…
- Claude Projects: Delegate Work to Parallel Code Sessions · 5 min · Episode 161Claude Projects is becoming a coordinator for parallel Claude Code cloud sessions: learn how to connect repositories, set project instructions, choose thread models and effort…
- Claude Code 2.1.302: Pin Auto-Mode Models and Fix CI Defaults · 4 min · Episode 160Claude Code 2.1.302 adds CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL, letting users on proxy, Bedrock, or Vertex setups choose the model used by the client-side auto-mode classifier. The episode…
- Stop CI Jobs From Waiting Hours on Claude Usage Limits · 5 min · Episode 159Claude Code 2.1.301 adds CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG_MAX_USAGE_LIMIT_WAIT_MS, letting CI jobs fail quickly or switch to a fallback model instead of idling through a distant quota…
- Route Claude Code Workflow Agents by Step · 5 min · Episode 158Claude Code 2.1.300 adds step-aware workflow routing: mods can rewrite an agent’s prompt and choose its model, letting teams balance cost and capability across a workflow. We…
- Taming Terminal Costs with Claude Code Idle Compaction · 5 min · Episode 157Discover how Claude Code 2.1.299 introduces idle compaction to save you tokens and speed up your workflow after stepping away from the terminal. Lachlan and James break down the…
