{"version":"2.1.305","anchor":"background-task-mcp-status-polling-respects-holdcapped","canonical_anchor":"background-task-mcp-status-polling-respects-holdcapped","heading":"Background tasks marked as hold-capped no longer send MCP status updates","tier":"internal","area":"MCP","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.305\/e\/background-task-mcp-status-polling-respects-holdcapped","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.305","markdown":"### Background tasks marked as hold-capped no longer send MCP status updates\n\nClaude Code now skips MCP status notifications for background tasks whose status is marked as hold-capped\n\n**What**\n\nA background task is work Claude Code keeps running while you carry on. MCP is the system that lets Claude Code talk to add-on tool servers. Claude Code sends status notifications about background tasks through MCP, and it now skips them for any task whose status record is marked as hold-capped.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis stops repeated notifications for tasks in that state.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}