Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.287,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
A background session is a Claude Code session running out of sight while you do something else. It now has a check that reads its live status to report whether it is waiting. If the status can't be read, Claude Code logs that and treats the session as waiting.
Why
This affects when a background session counts as idle.
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 what uses this check.
