Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Session StateArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.236,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Agent definition loading, MCP connection, tool, resource and prompt caches, task-list watching, teammate mode snapshots, telemetry header caching, output path bindings, fleet roster and editor state, artifact stop latches and voice level smoothing all moved out of module globals. These caches are now discarded with their session rather than surviving for the life of the process.
Evidence
agentDefinitions
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
