{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"footer-counts-remote-background-tasks","canonical_anchor":"footer-counts-remote-background-tasks","heading":"The footer's background count now includes remote background tasks","tier":"notice","area":"Terminal UI","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/footer-counts-remote-background-tasks","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### The footer's background count now includes remote background tasks\n\nThe background task count in Claude Code's footer now adds remote background tasks, and the agents hint is hidden in some states\n\n**What**\n\nThe footer is the status line at the bottom of Claude Code's screen. Its count of background tasks, work that keeps running while you carry on, now adds remote background tasks to the tasks it counted before.\n\nThe footer also stops showing the left-arrow hint for agents in some states.\n\n**Why**\n\nRemote background tasks now show up in the footer count, so the number can be higher than before.\n\n- Area: Terminal UI\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}