{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"background-repl-liveness-check","canonical_anchor":"background-repl-liveness-check","heading":"Background sessions can report whether they are waiting","tier":"internal","area":"Sessions","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/background-repl-liveness-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Background sessions can report whether they are waiting\n\nA background session can now check its live status to say whether it is waiting, and counts as waiting if the status can't be read\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what uses this check.\n\n**What**\n\nA 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis affects when a background session counts as idle.\n\n- Area: Sessions\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}