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Claude Code v2.1.248

Away-from-keyboard auto-answer re-checks before answering

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Away-from-keyboard auto-answers now bail out if you interacted first; set afkTimeoutMs or CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS.

afkTimeoutMsCLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS
What

When a question times out because you are away, Claude now re-checks staleness before submitting the automatic answer and bails out if you interacted in the meantime, if the pending questions changed, or if the answer is rejected. Previously the answer was delivered unconditionally. Only active when a timeout is set, via afkTimeoutMs or the CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS environment variable, and not in screen-reader or background sessions.

Details
  • Auto-advance and skip telemetry are now only emitted when the answer actually goes through.
Evidence

CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS

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

Related

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