{"version":"2.1.311","anchor":"shell-parse-analytics-track-background-jobs","canonical_anchor":"shell-parse-analytics-track-background-jobs","heading":"Usage data now notes shell commands that start background jobs","tier":"internal","area":"Telemetry","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311\/e\/shell-parse-analytics-track-background-jobs","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311","markdown":"### Usage data now notes shell commands that start background jobs\n\nWhen a shell command uses `&` to run something in the background, Claude Code's usage data now records it as a background job\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code looks at the shell commands it runs and records some facts about them. A command using `&`, which runs something in the background, is now recorded as starting a background job. Before, `&` was only recorded as joining commands together.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis only changes the usage data Claude Code reports.\n\n- Area: Telemetry\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}