You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Computer UseArea: what it touches
New FeaturesKind: in v2.1.242,
New FeaturesSection of the release
What
When Claude asks for control of an application, browsers can now only ever be granted see-only access, terminals and IDEs only clicking (no typing or pasting), and Claude's own application can never be granted at all, because that would let the model change its own permissions.
Details
Browser refusals point the model at the Claude in Chrome extension MCP for actual interaction; terminal and IDE refusals point it at Bash.
Browser and terminal refusals allow one re-request in the same turn, confirmed once, and that allowance expires at the end of the turn.
First-request warnings can be turned off ahead of time with skipFirstRequestWarnings.
Evidence
You requested access to Claude's own application.
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
