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anthropics/claude-code v2.1.296

Added a code key to the Claude apps gateway's managed.policies[]: the same settings as cli, also applied in Claude Desktop's Code tab; beside desktop, it turns on Claude Desktop's gateway mode

Key points

  • Added autoCompactWindow to subagent frontmatter and --agents definitions, so a subagent can auto-compact earlier than the main conversation's window
  • Added CLAUDECODEWORKFLOWSUBAGENTMODEL to run every workflow agent on one model while other subagents keep theirs
  • Added CLAUDECODEOVERLOADEDRETRYMAXDELAYMS environment variable to set a longer maximum delay for the backoff when retrying an overloaded (529) request
  • Fixed claude self-hosted-runner printing misleading errors when registration is refused: it now names the org admin setting, or says a restarted on-demand runner needs a fresh work order

Sources (1)

  • [1]anthropics/claude-code v2.1.296
    GitHub: anthropics/claude-code · Oct 9, 07:28 PM
    - Added a `code` key to the Claude apps gateway's `managed.policies[]`: the same settings as `cli`, also applied in Claude Desktop's Code tab; beside `desktop`, it turns on Claude Desktop's gateway mode
    - Added `autoCompactWindow` to subagent frontmatter and `--agents` definitions, so a subagent can auto-compact earlier than the main conversation's window

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