You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
HooksArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.242,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Loading of Claude Code's built-in hooks now takes account of whether hooks are disabled, whether only managed hooks are allowed, and whether everything is switched off, can be skipped entirely, and reports the resulting live set so other parts of the app know which built-in hooks are in play.
Evidence
notifyBuiltinHooksLoaded
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.