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Claude Code v2.1.236 19 Aug 2026

Remote sessions can push a permission mode to the local session

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Cloud Sessions Notable

A cloud session can now change your local session's permission mode, if the mode passes validation.

What

A cloud or remote session can now broadcast a permission mode change and have the local session adopt it, provided the mode is one of the allowed values and the local validator accepts it.

Details

Rejected broadcasts are logged rather than applied silently, and accepted ones are logged too.
The remote control-request path also counts successful set_permission_mode calls.
Only runs in the remote/cloud session wiring; local-only sessions are unaffected.

Evidence

[remote] Applied permission-mode broadcast:

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

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