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33> Claude Code sessions message each other, self-hosted environments run cloud sessions on your infrastructure, and auto mode becomes the default permission mode.
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6 <span>Releases <a href="/docs/docs/en/changelog#2-1-220">v2.1.220 → v2.1.224</a></span>
6 <span>Releases <a href="/docs/en/changelog#2-1-220">v2.1.220 → v2.1.224</a></span>
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2828 <p className="digest-feature-try">The other session shows a <code>Message from</code> row once Claude has read the message; press <code>Ctrl+O</code> to expand it. To see which sessions Claude can reach, run <code>/list-agents</code>.</p>
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30 <a className="digest-feature-link" href="/docs/docs/en/cross-session-messaging#message-another-session">Message another session</a>
30 <a className="digest-feature-link" href="/docs/en/cross-session-messaging#message-another-session">Message another session</a>
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5151 <p className="digest-feature-try">The environment shows <strong>Healthy</strong> in admin settings once the runner registers.</p>
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53 <a className="digest-feature-link" href="/docs/docs/en/self-hosted-environments-quickstart#set-up-an-environment-and-runner">Self-hosted environments quickstart</a>
53 <a className="digest-feature-link" href="/docs/en/self-hosted-environments-quickstart#set-up-an-environment-and-runner">Self-hosted environments quickstart</a>
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83 <div>The VS Code extension gets <a href="/docs/docs/en/vs-code#extension-settings">Focus view</a>, which hides tool activity behind one expandable row per turn; toggle it from the command menu or with <code>Ctrl+Alt+F</code> (<code>Ctrl+Option+F</code> on Mac)</div>
84 <div>Sandbox credential files accept <a href="/docs/docs/en/sandboxing#mask-credential-files"><code>mode: "mask"</code></a> on Linux and WSL2, so sandboxed commands read a sentinel copy while the sandbox proxy substitutes the real value on egress; credential masking also gains <code>extract</code>, JWT-aware <code>decode</code>, and AWS SigV4 re-signing options</div>
85 <div>Marketplaces can distribute a plugin as a <a href="/docs/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#zip-archives">zip archive</a> with the new <code>archive</code> source, downloaded over HTTPS with an optional SHA-256 pin, so installs work without git or npm</div>
86 <div><code>/review</code> is now an alias of <a href="/docs/docs/en/code-review#review-a-diff-locally"><code>/code-review</code></a>, and <code>/code-review</code> with no effort level reuses the level you typed last</div>
87 <div>A session you copy with <a href="/docs/docs/en/agent-view#copy-the-session-with-%2Ffork"><code>/fork</code></a> now makes its code changes in a worktree of its own instead of the original session's checkout</div>
88 <div>Plugins you install from <a href="/docs/docs/en/discover-plugins#install-plugins"><code>/plugin</code></a> activate in the current session when it's safe to do so; the install summary reports <code>Plugin is now active.</code> or tells you to run <code>/reload-plugins</code></div>
89 <div><a href="/docs/docs/en/agent-view#how-file-edits-are-isolated">Background sessions</a> that changed code in a worktree now commit and push before finishing, open a draft pull request only when the task calls for one, and follow the git instructions in your <code>CLAUDE.md</code></div>
90 <div>The 200-subagent-per-session cap is removed, so long-running sessions no longer refuse new subagents; the <a href="/docs/docs/en/sub-agents#concurrent-subagent-limit">concurrency</a> and depth limits still apply</div>
91 <div>A repository's checked-in settings can no longer turn on <a href="/docs/docs/en/remote-control#enable-remote-control-for-all-sessions">Remote Control auto-connect</a>; set <code>remoteControlAtStartup</code> in your user or managed settings instead, and project and local settings can only turn it off</div>
92 <div><a href="/docs/docs/en/worktrees#how-claude-code-enforces-isolation">Worktree isolation</a> now blocks not only file edits but also Bash commands and git redirects that reach the main checkout, in every session type and in the session's subagents</div>
83 <div>The VS Code extension gets <a href="/docs/en/vs-code#extension-settings">Focus view</a>, which hides tool activity behind one expandable row per turn; toggle it from the command menu or with <code>Ctrl+Alt+F</code> (<code>Ctrl+Option+F</code> on Mac)</div>
84 <div>Sandbox credential files accept <a href="/docs/en/sandboxing#mask-credential-files"><code>mode: "mask"</code></a> on Linux and WSL2, so sandboxed commands read a sentinel copy while the sandbox proxy substitutes the real value on egress; credential masking also gains <code>extract</code>, JWT-aware <code>decode</code>, and AWS SigV4 re-signing options</div>
85 <div>Marketplaces can distribute a plugin as a <a href="/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#zip-archives">zip archive</a> with the new <code>archive</code> source, downloaded over HTTPS with an optional SHA-256 pin, so installs work without git or npm</div>
86 <div><code>/review</code> is now an alias of <a href="/docs/en/code-review#review-a-diff-locally"><code>/code-review</code></a>, and <code>/code-review</code> with no effort level reuses the level you typed last</div>
87 <div>A session you copy with <a href="/docs/en/agent-view#copy-the-session-with-%2Ffork"><code>/fork</code></a> now makes its code changes in a worktree of its own instead of the original session's checkout</div>
88 <div>Plugins you install from <a href="/docs/en/discover-plugins#install-plugins"><code>/plugin</code></a> activate in the current session when it's safe to do so; the install summary reports <code>Plugin is now active.</code> or tells you to run <code>/reload-plugins</code></div>
89 <div><a href="/docs/en/agent-view#how-file-edits-are-isolated">Background sessions</a> that changed code in a worktree now commit and push before finishing, open a draft pull request only when the task calls for one, and follow the git instructions in your <code>CLAUDE.md</code></div>
90 <div>The 200-subagent-per-session cap is removed, so long-running sessions no longer refuse new subagents; the <a href="/docs/en/sub-agents#concurrent-subagent-limit">concurrency</a> and depth limits still apply</div>
91 <div>A repository's checked-in settings can no longer turn on <a href="/docs/en/remote-control#enable-remote-control-for-all-sessions">Remote Control auto-connect</a>; set <code>remoteControlAtStartup</code> in your user or managed settings instead, and project and local settings can only turn it off</div>
92 <div><a href="/docs/en/worktrees#how-claude-code-enforces-isolation">Worktree isolation</a> now blocks not only file edits but also Bash commands and git redirects that reach the main checkout, in every session type and in the session's subagents</div>
9393 <div>A Bash command can no longer hide part of itself from permission checks, and tab or invisible-Unicode padding no longer hides part of a command from the approval dialog</div>
9494 <div>PreToolUse auto-allow hooks no longer bypass tool restrictions in Claude Code's internal side tasks such as summaries and compaction</div>
95 <div>The <a href="/docs/docs/en/ultraplan">Ultraplan</a> research preview is removed, including the <code>/ultraplan</code> command and the <code>ultraplan</code> keyword; use plan mode or Claude Code on the web instead</div>
95 <div>The <a href="/docs/en/ultraplan">Ultraplan</a> research preview is removed, including the <code>/ultraplan</code> command and the <code>ultraplan</code> keyword; use plan mode or Claude Code on the web instead</div>
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