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Claude Code v2.1.246 ·

Background jobs with a duplicate name get a numbered suffix

Background jobs with clashing names get a numbered suffix so you can tell them apart.

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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Background TasksArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.246,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

Before a background session starts, its name is checked against the names of existing jobs and, if it clashes, is given a suffix like (2). Repeat clashes read the existing number back out and increment it.

Details
  • The seed records that the name came from a collision rather than being chosen directly.
  • Renaming is best effort: if the list of existing jobs cannot be read, the original name is used as is.
Evidence

nameSource: "collision"

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

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