Unclear It is not stated which sessions are run as chat-relayed, so it is unclear when this mode applies.
What
Claude Code can run sessions in the background, and a classifier gives each one its status text. A classifier here is a step that reads the session's messages and decides what state it is in, such as blocked or failed. This release changes what that classifier reads and how it behaves.
- Virtual messages (marked
isVirtual) are now filtered out before classification. Before, every message counted. - A new
chatRelaymode is passed into the classify call. One finding saw it set from a size check. The other saw it set only whenn.chatRelay === true, the recap flag is off, the engine is the llm one, and one more check passes. - In
chatRelaymode, the quick pre-classification result is skipped unless its state is blocked or failed. - A new
CLASSIFIER_CHAT_RELAY_ADDENDUMblock is added to the classifier's instructions in this mode. - Script posts are also passed into the classify call.
- Whether
chatRelaywas on is now recorded with each classification.
Why
This changes how the status text for background sessions is worked out, adding a separate path for sessions whose chat is relayed. Status lines for those sessions may read differently. Virtual messages no longer affect the status of any session.
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It is not stated which sessions are run as chat-relayed, so it is unclear when this mode applies.