{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"subagent-max-spawn-depth-can-be-read-from-cached-client-data","canonical_anchor":"subagent-max-spawn-depth-can-be-read-from-cached-client-data","heading":"Subagent nesting limit can now come from a second remote source","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/subagent-max-spawn-depth-can-be-read-from-cached-client-data","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Subagent nesting limit can now come from a second remote source\n\nHow deeply subagents can start other subagents can now be set from cached account data before Claude Code falls back to the remote setting\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether a limit of at least 1 is still required.\n\n**What**\n\nA subagent is a helper copy of Claude given part of a task, and subagents can start subagents of their own. Claude Code limits how deep that nesting can go. To find the limit, it now looks first at data cached for your account. If no limit is found there, it uses the remote setting from Anthropic's servers. Before, only that remote setting was used, and only when it was a whole number of at least 1.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe nesting limit can now be set through a second remote channel.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}