{"version":"2.1.221","anchor":"browser-tabs-claude-is-told-to-close-tabs-it-opened","canonical_anchor":"browser-tabs-claude-is-told-to-close-tabs-it-opened","heading":"Browser tabs: Claude is told to close tabs it opened","tier":"notice","area":"Chrome & Browser","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.221\/e\/browser-tabs-claude-is-told-to-close-tabs-it-opened","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.221","markdown":"### Browser tabs: Claude is told to close tabs it opened\n\nClaude now closes browser tabs it opened, so you get fewer stray tabs left behind.\n\n**What**\n\nThe `tabs_create_mcp` description now includes explicit cleanup instructions, so browser sessions should accumulate fewer stray tabs.\n\n**Details**\n\n- each created tab should be closed with `tabs_close_mcp` once the work is done\n- a tab is left open only when the user asked for it\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Tabs you create are yours to clean up`\n\n- Area: Chrome & Browser\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}