You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.288,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
MCP servers are outside programs that give Claude extra tools. When a request to one fails, Claude Code decides whether to try again. One more kind of error is now treated as final, so Claude Code does not retry after it.
Why
This may cut out repeated attempts that were never going to succeed.
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 unclear which kind of error is now treated as final.