You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
4Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WorktreesArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.246,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
The background sweep that removes finished job worktrees now refuses to delete one unless it finds Claude Code's own creation marker, so a checkout you made yourself is never reaped.
Details
The marker check runs before the existing live-lock and worktree-registry checks.
Unconditional on the reap path.
Evidence
no Claude Code creation marker (
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
