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The Claude Code Changelog

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.

Latest Episodes:

Slashing Subagent Token Costs in Claude Code 2.1.292 Oct 07, 2026

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James and Lachlan explore Claude Code 2.1.292, which introduces a dedicated effort parameter for subagents to dramatically slash token costs in multi-agent workflows. They also cover practical orchestration tips, CI-friendly retry configurations, and critical security patches for UNC paths.

Fixing Claude Code Web Limits: Search Refills and WebFetch Pagination Oct 06, 2026

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Lachlan and James break down Claude Code versions 2.1.290 and 2.1.291, highlighting new hourly refills for WebSearch budgets and pagination support for truncated WebFetch pages. They also cover critical regression fixes and expanded permission prompts for Bash commands with wildcards.

Claude Code Code Review Gets Max Findings Control Oct 05, 2026

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This episode breaks down the new --max findings flag for Claude Code code review, including how to cap, uncape, and reset findings, plus when to use effort levels and review comments or fixes. It also covers important caveats like sticky settings, background subagent behavior, and related quality-of-life updates in recent Claude Code releases.

Claude Code 2.1.289: Permission Fixes and Agent Spawn Hooks Oct 04, 2026

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This episode covers Claude Code 2.1.289, highlighting fixes to permission rules, sandbox behavior, symlinked file access, and managed machine safeguards. It also breaks down new agent spawn hooks, improved status tracking, and several stability and plugin updates.

Claude Code 2.1.288 Fixes Rule Loading on New Files Oct 03, 2026

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This episode covers a fix in Claude Code 2.1.288 that makes path-scoped rules and nested CLAUDE.md files load on Write and Edit, even when a file is created before any read. It also breaks down the new InstructionsLoaded hook details, rule-loading caveats, and a handful of smaller workflow updates in the release.

Claude Code 2.1.287: Mods, Security Risks, and New Guardrails Oct 02, 2026

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We break down the new Claude Mods system in Claude Code 2.1.287, including how in-process TypeScript hooks differ from classic JSON hooks, what the built-in You should know mod does, and why security teams are urging caution.

Plus: validation tips for third-party mods, team guardrails, 1M context defaults, VS Code updates, and an MCP fix for sign-in prompt changes.

Claude Code 2.1.286: The verify Skill Before Commit Oct 01, 2026

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This episode explores Claude Code 2.1.286 and its new verify skill, which runs checks before commits so the agent catches its own mistakes. It also covers related polish like clearer permission prompts, safer transcript actions, background command handling, and a model fallback retry.

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Claude Code changelog - Claude Code Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog

Plugin Setup Gets Headless Support Sep 30, 2026

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We dig into the latest release updates that make plugin setup far smoother for unattended builds, including install-time config for bundled servers, a command to inspect missing options, and safer ways to pass secrets without exposing them in shell history.

Also covered: a fixed bug that silently skipped unconfigured bundled servers, SSH install support that now respects your custom git SSH settings, and a few quality-of-life changes like WebFetch disabling, background command timeouts, and launching Claude Desktop from the terminal.

Claude Code 2.1.284 and the Sonnet 5.5 Shift Sep 29, 2026

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We unpack Claude Code 2.1.284 and the quiet switch to Sonnet 5.5, from the 1M-token context window and cheaper cache reads to the new 512-token cache minimum. Plus: adaptive thinking defaults, tool-calling changes, keybinding controls, and the token-counting gotchas that could affect your bill.

Claude Code 2.1.283 Finally Reveals Ghost Runs Sep 28, 2026

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We dig into Claude Code 2.1.283’s new OTEL logging support, which finally captures MCP, WebFetch, and WebSearch outputs inside trace spans so you can see what your agent actually saw. We also cover the security risks, content limits, and a few welcome MCP quality-of-life fixes like clearer context breakdowns and fewer zombie processes.

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