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Claude Code v2.1.280 ·

'Get the Claude app on your phone' QR dialog now requires a confirm-close (press Esc twice)

The phone-app QR code dialog now needs Esc pressed twice to close instead of once

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What

The onboarding dialog that shows a QR code for getting the Claude app on your phone now requires pressing Escape twice to close. The first press shows a 'Press Esc again to close' prompt instead of closing the dialog immediately.

Why

This prevents the dialog from being dismissed by an accidental single Escape press, requiring a deliberate second press to confirm closing it.

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Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up Esc, on Claude Code changelog. * Fixed Ctrl+C or Ctrl+D pressed twice quitting Claude Code instead of closing the dialog in the remaining dialogs and pickers, such as `/memory`, `/hooks`, `/mcp` (including a server's sign-in screen), `/export`, `/copy`, `/theme`, and `/… changelog see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up Esc, on Claude Code changelog.

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