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Claude Code v2.1.277 ·

Terminal image-support capability detection reworked into a settle/cache class

Terminal image-support detection was rebuilt around a proper pending/settled state machine

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Terminal image-support detection was rebuilt around a proper pending/settled state machine

What

Claude Code detects whether the terminal it's running in can display images inline. That detection logic has been rewritten to use a small internal state machine with clear stages: not yet asked, currently asking, and settled (answer known), with a way for other parts of the app to be notified once the answer settles. This sits inside a new container class that groups terminal capability checks together. The CLAUDE_CODE_FORCE_TERMINAL_IMAGES environment variable still works the same way, immediately forcing the detection to a settled, true state.

Why

This is an internal restructuring of how image-support detection is tracked; it should make the detection state more reliable to reason about, without changing the forced-on behavior of CLAUDE_CODE_FORCE_TERMINAL_IMAGES.

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