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Claude Code v2.1.287 ·

Groundwork for custom background launch rules, and a stricter disable check

Background tasks can now be disabled internally with a launch rule installed in their place, and CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS still turns them off

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What

Background tasks are commands or helpers that keep running while you carry on working. Claude Code gains a new internal setting that can disable background tasks and install a background launch rule in their place. A rule can only be installed once background tasks are disabled.

Background tasks now count as disabled when either:

Why

This looks like groundwork for letting something else take over how background tasks are launched. Setting CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS continues to turn them off.

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The writer flagged doubtNothing shows what installs a background launch rule or when.

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