You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Background TasksArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.246,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The background check-ins that wake Claude to review progress on a goal are now capped at three between your messages. At the cap the summary is marked "idle check-ins paused until your next message" and the model is told no further wake-ups will happen. Sending a message resets the count.
Details
The limit is a fixed constant of 3; there is no setting to change it.
At the cap the timer is only re-armed rather than firing, and the cap is recorded in telemetry.
Evidence
\xB7 idle check-ins paused until your next message
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
