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Claude Code v2.1.299 ·

Claude Code drops stuck error output instead of waiting on it

If error output backs up for over 10 seconds and 1 MiB, Claude Code now drops it and leaves a notice saying messages were dropped

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What

Standard error, or stderr, is the channel programs use for error and status messages. If messages written there back up for more than 10 seconds and more than 1 MiB, Claude Code now drops them and writes a notice in their place saying messages were dropped. The debug log gets a similar note.

For background sessions, advice about command-line flags now says to run /stop, then claude --resume from your shell.

Why

A program that stops reading Claude Code's error output can no longer make Claude Code hang. Some of those messages may be lost, and the notice tells you so.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed bare mode notices in background sessions telling you to restart without --bare, which keeps the mode; they now name /stop and claude…

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