Claude Code v2.1.229 ·
Concurrency docs say available CPUs
Parallel agent limits are now described as capped by available CPUs, not total cores.
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.229,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The explanation of how many agents run at once now states the cap as min(16, available CPUs - 2) rather than referring to cpu cores.
Evidence
min(16, available CPUs - 2)
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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