What
The Bash tool, which runs shell commands for Claude, gains a new way to run commands in the background.
- When this path is used,
run_in_backgroundis forced to true, and Bash gets akeptBackgroundShellsstarter to work with. One finding reports thatrun_in_backgroundis removed from the tool's options on this path. The other reports that it is kept in the input. - The tool setup now passes a
leanRewriteoption into tool descriptions, and the Bash description accepts it. Descriptions can now differ depending on that option. - The stock Bash description captured under this release is 9,857 characters in its longest of 3 versions, unchanged from the previous release.
tengu_structured_output_strictis unchanged in this build and still defaults to false.
Separately, MCP tool calls gain a resultNotForModel option, false by default. MCP tools come from add-on servers. When the option is set, the result's content is returned as is, and the usual image and size checks are skipped, along with saving large output to a file.
Why
MCP results that are not meant for the model should no longer be shortened or moved into files. The Bash changes lay the groundwork for keeping shells running in the background and for a different Bash description, without visible effect described yet.
tengu_structured_output_strict Off in both readingsThe flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.
This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.301: off
These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.301. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you