What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
When a /goal cannot be evaluated because background shells or agents are still running, Claude Code now injects a check-in message on an interval. It says either "Goal check-in: background work still running", listing the blocking shells and agents and telling Claude to check their progress, or "Goal check-in: background work no longer running". The default interval is 30 minutes; set CLAUDE_CODE_GOAL_CHECKIN_MINUTES to override it, or to 0 to switch check-ins off.
Details
The override is validated as a whole number of minutes between 0 and 10080 (one week).
Gated on tengu_saffron_wren, which defaults on when the server says nothing.
Each injection reports tengu_goal_checkin_injected with what triggered it, how long evaluation has been deferred, and how many check-ins have fired.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up CLAUDE_CODE_GOAL_CHECKIN_MINUTES, on Keep Claude working toward a goal.Send a message at any time to start the next turn immediately. To turn automatic retries off, set [`CLAUDE_CODE_GOAL_CHECKIN_MINUTES`](/docs/en/env-vars) to `0`, which also turns [check-ins](#background-work-defers-evaluation) off.goalsee the edit
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /goal, on Claude Code changelog.* Fixed `/goal` runs silently stalling after API errors, network drops, or token limits: the goal now retries with backoff, or pauses and says why, including until a usage limit resetschangelogsee the edit
What has happened since
Flag reading movedThe flag server now returns on for tengu_saffron_wren, read as this account.A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading movedThe flag server now returns nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_saffron_wren, read as this account.A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /goal, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agree/goal now clears itself with a notice when a turn dies on an unrecoverable error (e.g. revoked auth, an exhausted credit balance, or a…
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: CLAUDE_CODE_GOAL_CHECKIN_MINUTES
