{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"left-arrow-backgrounding-ignores-a-confirming-press-that-fol","canonical_anchor":"left-arrow-backgrounding-ignores-a-confirming-press-that-fol","heading":"A too-quick left-arrow confirmation no longer sends a task to the background","tier":"notice","area":"Background Tasks","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/left-arrow-backgrounding-ignores-a-confirming-press-that-fol","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### A too-quick left-arrow confirmation no longer sends a task to the background\n\nWhen Claude Code is still waiting on a tool, a second \u2190 press that comes too quickly no longer confirms backgrounding\n\n**What**\n\nPressing the left arrow key (\u2190) can move running work into the background, after a hint asks you to confirm. Claude Code now looks at how long it has been since your previous press. If the confirming press arrives within a short threshold while Claude Code is still waiting on a tool, the press is ignored. Claude Code keeps waiting and notes this in its debug log. Before, only the gap between presses was checked.\n\n**Why**\n\nA second press that lands too soon no longer sends work to the background by accident.\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}