Week 18 · April 27 – May 1, 2026 changedwhats-new/2026-w18
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33> Claude Code on Windows runs without Git Bash, claude auth login accepts a pasted OAuth code when the browser callback can't reach localhost, claude project purge cleans up local state per project, and pasting a PR URL into /resume finds the session that created it.
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5Releases [v2.1.120 → v2.1.126](/docs/en/changelog#2-1-120)
5Releases [v2.1.120 → v2.1.126](/docs/en/changelog.md#2-1-120)
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6868Git for Windows is no longer required. When Bash is absent, Claude Code uses PowerShell as the shell tool, and when the PowerShell tool is enabled it is treated as the primary shell. PowerShell 7 installed via the Microsoft Store, MSI without PATH, or a `.NET` global tool is now detected automatically.
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7474MCP servers can opt out of tool-search deferral with `alwaysLoad: true` in their config so all of that server's tools are always availableNew `claude plugin prune` removes orphaned auto-installed plugin dependencies, and `plugin uninstall --prune` cascades`/skills` now has a type-to-filter search box so you can find a skill in a long list without scrolling`PostToolUse` hooks can replace tool output for any tool via `hookSpecificOutput.updatedToolOutput`, not only MCP toolsNew [`claude ultrareview`](/docs/en/ultrareview) subcommand runs `/ultrareview` non-interactively from CI or scripts: prints findings to stdout (`--json` for raw output) and exits 0 on completion or 1 on failure`--dangerously-skip-permissions` now bypasses prompts for writes to `.claude/`, `.git/`, `.vscode/`, shell config files, and other previously protected paths, while catastrophic removal commands still prompt as a safety netThe `/model` picker can list models from your gateway's `/v1/models` endpoint when `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` points at an Anthropic-compatible gateway; opt in with `CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_GATEWAY_MODEL_DISCOVERY=1` since v2.1.129MCP servers that hit a transient error during startup now auto-retry up to 3 times instead of staying disconnected`ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_SERVICE_TIER` selects an Amazon Bedrock service tier: `default`, `flex`, or `priority``/terminal-setup` enables iTerm2's clipboard access setting so `/copy` works, including from tmuxGoogle Cloud's Agent Platform now supports X.509 certificate-based Workload Identity Federation (mTLS ADC)Significant memory leak fixes: image-heavy sessions, `/usage` on large transcript histories, and long-running tools without progress events
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76[Full changelog for v2.1.120–v2.1.126 →](/docs/en/changelog#2-1-120)
76[Full changelog for v2.1.120–v2.1.126 →](/docs/en/changelog.md#2-1-120)
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