{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"message-forwarding-to-claude-desktop-stops-itself-looping","canonical_anchor":"message-forwarding-to-claude-desktop-stops-itself-looping","heading":"Message forwarding to Claude Desktop stops itself looping","tier":"internal","area":"Claude Desktop","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/message-forwarding-to-claude-desktop-stops-itself-looping","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Message forwarding to Claude Desktop stops itself looping\n\nMessage forwarding to Claude Desktop stops after a set number of self-forwards instead of looping.\n\n**What**\n\nAn internal path forwards messages toward a Claude Desktop mailbox tool and counts how many forwards have happened since your last prompt. Once a self-forward cap is reached it stops and returns a paused result instead of forwarding indefinitely.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The cap is a fixed internal constant with no setting to change it.\n- Active only when the Claude Desktop session-management send tool is present.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`tht.maxSelfHops`\n\n- Area: Claude Desktop\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}