{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"headless-print-mode-gains-a-livebackgroundhandoff-parameter","canonical_anchor":"headless-print-mode-gains-a-livebackgroundhandoff-parameter","heading":"Headless mode waits briefly for a settings check before it starts","tier":"notice","area":"Headless Mode","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/headless-print-mode-gains-a-livebackgroundhandoff-parameter","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### Headless mode waits briefly for a settings check before it starts\n\nHeadless mode now waits, with a time limit, for a pending settings check and accepts details for handing a live session to the background\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what supplies the handover details or whether this path is switched on.\n\n**What**\n\nHeadless mode is Claude Code running without its interactive screen, for example with `-p`. It now waits for a pending settings fetch to finish, up to a time limit, before it continues, so a refresh of your permission settings can complete first. It also now accepts details for handing over a live session that is being moved to the background.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis supports moving a session you are running in the foreground into the background while it is still going.\n\n- Area: Headless Mode\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}