{"version":"2.1.304","anchor":"left-running-programs-tracker-gains-a-counting-mode","canonical_anchor":"left-running-programs-tracker-gains-a-counting-mode","heading":"Tracking of programs left running by commands can now count them","tier":"internal","area":"Bash Tool","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.304\/e\/left-running-programs-tracker-gains-a-counting-mode","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.304","markdown":"### Tracking of programs left running by commands can now count them\n\nThe tracker for programs that commands leave running in the background can now count them, not only record them\n\n**What**\n\nSome commands that Claude Code runs start programs that keep running after the command itself has finished. Claude Code keeps track of these. Before, it only recorded them, and only when a switch was on. It now also has a counting mode that counts how many are still running, and it can check whether a given turn (one round of you asking and Claude answering) or agent is being followed.\n\n**Why**\n\nIn practice this gives Claude Code a way to know how many leftover programs are still running.\n\n- Area: Bash Tool\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}