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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Tool summaries marked as tool-free helper requests, and more detail on denied prompts

Requests that write short summaries of tool use are now marked as tool-free helpers, and usage reports on denials note unanswered prompts

Under the hood Internal Changes
JSON All of v2.1.285
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
TelemetryArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.285,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Two small internal changes, neither of which changes anything you see or do:

  • Tool-use summaries: Claude Code sometimes writes a short summary of the tool calls it has made (a tool call is one action, such as reading a file or running a command). The background request that writes that summary is now labelled as a helper request that uses no tools itself.
  • Denied permission prompts: when you are asked to allow a tool call and it ends up denied, the usage data Claude Code reports now records whether that prompt went unanswered.
Why

Both changes add detail to how Claude Code labels its own background requests and records denied permission prompts.

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether marking the summary request as tool-free changes how that request runs, or only how it is labelled.

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