{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"away-from-keyboard-auto-answer-re-checks-before-answering","canonical_anchor":"away-from-keyboard-auto-answer-re-checks-before-answering","heading":"Away-from-keyboard auto-answer re-checks before answering","tier":"use","area":"Agents","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/away-from-keyboard-auto-answer-re-checks-before-answering","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Away-from-keyboard auto-answer re-checks before answering\n\nAway-from-keyboard auto-answers now bail out if you interacted first; set afkTimeoutMs or CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen 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.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Auto-advance and skip telemetry are now only emitted when the answer actually goes through.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS`\n\n- Area: Agents\n- Names: `afkTimeoutMs`, `CLAUDE_AFK_TIMEOUT_MS`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}