You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
4Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PermissionsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.248,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
When auto mode blocks an action, Claude is now told to first try an unblocked alternative (a feature branch, sanitized data, a narrower scope), and otherwise to hold the request and batch all consent asks until parallel work finishes, each phrased as one sentence with the item needing consent in bold and an invitation to approve them all at once.
Details
The prompt forbids ending the turn or declaring the task done with asks still held.
A shorter variant, chosen by the kind of denial, keeps the previous "STOP and explain to the user" behaviour.
Selected per denial kind, not by an environment variable.
Evidence
never end your turn or declare the task done with asks still held.
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
