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Claude Code v2.1.286 ·

Plugin messages, chat keys and MCP servers get new handling for remote sessions

Plugin messages can be marked as coming from the user, a chat key format is now validated, and MCP servers can be refused or removed on remote workers

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What

Several related pieces changed in how Claude Code handles messages and tool servers in sessions that run on remote machines, called workers:

  • Messages that come from a plugin now keep a flag saying whether they should be treated as coming from the user.
  • Consent checks for artifacts now take a flag limiting them to the user.
  • A host chat key in the form chat:<uuid> is now checked and reported as unset, malformed, ignored or used.
  • An MCP server (an outside program that gives Claude extra tools) can be refused with the message "Not admitted: this name is reserved for a first-party server, and this entry cannot be added after session start".
  • An MCP server can be removed with the message "Removed: its per-tool limits are more than this worker can keep; it returns when the session next moves to another worker".
Why

If a tool server disappears or is refused during a remote session, these messages explain why: its name clashes with one of Anthropic's own servers, or it asks for more per-tool limits than the current worker supports.

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The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what switches these paths on or what the user-only flags change in practice.

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