{"version":"2.1.277","anchor":"new-helper-disarms-the-startup-wedge-watchdog-on-background","canonical_anchor":"new-helper-disarms-the-startup-wedge-watchdog-on-background","heading":"New helper disarms the startup wedge watchdog on background-agent kickoff","tier":"internal","area":"Background Tasks","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.277\/e\/new-helper-disarms-the-startup-wedge-watchdog-on-background","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.277","markdown":"### New helper disarms the startup wedge watchdog on background-agent kickoff\n\nStarting a background agent now disarms a startup watchdog that could otherwise flag it as stuck\n\n**What**\n\nWhen a background agent is kicked off, Claude Code now also calls `disarmStartupWedgeWatchdog()` on the server, in addition to the existing startup call that already ran.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis prevents the startup watchdog (a mechanism that detects a process stuck, or \"wedged\", during startup) from misfiring against background agents as they start up.\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}