{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"bash-tool-prompt-adds-a-background-process-lifetime-sentence","canonical_anchor":"bash-tool-prompt-adds-a-background-process-lifetime-sentence","heading":"Bash tool instructions can explain how long background processes last","tier":"notice","area":"Bash","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/bash-tool-prompt-adds-a-background-process-lifetime-sentence","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### Bash tool instructions can explain how long background processes last\n\nUnder some conditions, the Bash tool's instructions now say `nohup` or `&` processes are usually stopped a few minutes after the reply\n\n**Unclear.** The conditions that decide whether this sentence is added are not described.\n\n**What**\n\nThe Bash tool runs shell commands, and its description tells Claude how to use it. Under some conditions, a sentence is now added to the part about `run_in_background`. It says commands run in the background keep going after the reply ends, while a process the shell detaches itself with `nohup` or `&` is usually stopped a few minutes after the reply.\n\nThe stock Bash description captured under this release is unchanged from the previous one.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes what Claude is told about the Bash tool, which can change how it starts long-running commands.\n\n- Area: Bash\n- Names: `run_in_background`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}