{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"background-task-state-keep-blocked-tempo-on-a-new-turn-and","canonical_anchor":"background-task-state-keep-blocked-tempo-on-a-new-turn-and","heading":"Blocked background tasks stay marked as blocked on a new turn","tier":"notice","area":"Background Tasks","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/background-task-state-keep-blocked-tempo-on-a-new-turn-and","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Blocked background tasks stay marked as blocked on a new turn\n\nA background task that is waiting on something now keeps its blocked status on a new turn instead of being reset to active\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear exactly what counts as still waiting.\n\n**What**\n\nBackground tasks, work Claude Code runs alongside your conversation, can be marked as blocked when they are waiting for something. Before, every new turn reset them to active and cleared what they were waiting for. Now a blocked task that is still waiting keeps its blocked status and the reason.\n\nClaude Code also now keeps track of the output a background task has produced so far.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes how background agents show that they are blocked.\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}