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Sweep 02 Oct 2026 · 18:55Z Build v2.1.288 509 read Stable v2.1.285 Latest v2.1.288 Next v2.1.288 Feeds RSS JSON llms.txt llms-full.txt Unofficial

Claude Code v2.1.288 ·

Messages sent to Claude can fold text together and send poll events as text

Before sending a conversation to Claude, Claude Code can now fold some text together and can send poll events as plain text

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Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
API RequestsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.288,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Before sending a conversation to Claude, Claude Code tidies the messages up. That step now works out which pieces of text to fold together. When a request asks for it, it also sends poll events as plain text.

Why

This changes how parts of your conversation are packaged when they are sent to Claude.

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 doubtWhat turns on sending poll events as text, and what poll events are here, is not known.

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