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Killed background tasks can report that they hit the output limit

A finished background task now reports either its exit code or that it was killed, with an output-limit reason when known

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Unclear It is not certain that this reporting belongs to background tasks rather than some other part of Claude Code.

What

A background task is a command that keeps running while Claude carries on with other work. How its end is reported has changed. The result is now one of two shapes:

  • Exited, with the exit code (the number a program returns when it stops)
  • Killed, with the reason output_limit when the size of the task's output file is known
Why

When a task is stopped because it produced too much output, the report can now say so instead of only saying it was killed.

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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not certain that this reporting belongs to background tasks rather than some other part of Claude Code.

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