You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ArtifactsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.265,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The watch action on artifacts (which lets Claude monitor an artifact, for example to reply to comments on it) now checks whether an earlier request in the same session to let Claude reply to that artifact's comments was declined. If it was declined and hasn't since been separately approved, Claude Code now refuses to start or restart the watch outright, telling the model that only your own next message can trigger asking again - it won't automatically re-ask on its own.
Why
This stops Claude from repeatedly re-requesting a permission you already turned down within a session, closing a path where a declined request could otherwise resurface through a different tool.
