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Claude Code v2.1.235

Very large plans cannot be approved

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Plan Mode

Plans over 200,000 characters or with cut-out content can no longer be approved, only sent back for more planning.

What

When Claude finishes planning and asks to proceed, the plan text is now checked against a 200,000-character cap and a test for elided content first. A plan that fails either check offers no approval option at all: every "Yes" row is removed and only "No, keep planning" remains, with an explanation in the dialog. Unconditional in this build.

Details
  • The dropped options are the clear-context, bypass-permissions, auto mode, accept-edits and manually-approve variants, plus the shift+tab hint.
  • The dialog reads "(the plan is too large to be shown in full — approval is withheld; send feedback asking for a shorter plan, or press Esc)".
  • The way out is to reply asking for a shorter plan, or press Esc.
Evidence

(the plan is too large to be shown in full \uFFFD approval is withheld; send feedback asking for a shorter plan, or press Esc)

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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