You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
HooksArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.296,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
A hook is your own command that Claude Code runs at a set moment. A PreToolUse hook runs before a tool call (an action such as running a command or editing a file). When a PreToolUse hook stops Claude from continuing, Claude Code now attaches the same stop note that a PostToolUse hook already produces.
Separately, API errors with status code 422 are now rewritten as status code 400.
Why
Both can change what you see when a hook halts a turn or when the API rejects a request.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed managed-settings PreToolUse hooks that deny a tool call with "continue": false, and managed prompt hooks that block one, refusing the…
