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Claude Code v2.1.280 ·

New classifier for retryable automode failure reasons

Automode now groups blocked, unavailable, and parsing-error failures as one retryable category

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What

A new internal function now classifies certain automode failure reasons as belonging to one group: automode-blocked, automode-unavailable, and automode-parsing-error are all treated as the same category, distinct from other outcomes like user-rejected, permission-rule, interrupted, and cancelled.

Why

Grouping these reasons together lets Claude Code treat them consistently, for example when deciding whether a failed automode attempt is worth retrying, rather than handling each reason as a one-off case.

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