Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.271,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
When Claude Code detects it is running low on memory and hasn't yet shed any background workers, it now first runs a lighter pass that retires only workers doing monitoring work, logging "low memory, monitoring only". Only after that does it fall through to the previous, broader retirement pass that targets a wider set of workers.
Why
This gives Claude Code a gentler first response to memory pressure, freeing up monitoring-only workers before resorting to shutting down more workers than necessary.
