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Claude Code v2.1.242 ·

Asking the user to escalate from one app to the whole screen

A session can ask to escalate from one app to full screen control, and hand it back.

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What probably matters to youSection of the release

request_full_control and release_full_control need a host takeover handler that this build does not supply.

What

Two tools, request_full_control and release_full_control, let a session ask permission to move from controlling one application to controlling the whole screen, and hand that control back. Escalation needs the host's takeover handler and an explicit user approval; during scheduled or unattended runs it is refused with the reason code unattended_no_approver.

Details
  • The permission dialog now carries a preferred-mode default, so a user who prefers per-app control keeps it as the default choice.
  • The access-request result includes guidance steering the model toward the per-app tools when that is the user's preference.
  • Neither tool name nor the preferred-mode setting exists in v2.1.241.
Evidence

release_full_control

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

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