{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"escctrlc-cancel-logic-adjusted","canonical_anchor":"escctrlc-cancel-logic-adjusted","heading":"Esc and Ctrl+C no longer count a viewed agent as background work","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/escctrlc-cancel-logic-adjusted","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### Esc and Ctrl+C no longer count a viewed agent as background work\n\nWhen deciding what Esc or Ctrl+C cancels, Claude Code no longer treats an agent you are viewing as background work\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what Esc or Ctrl+C now does differently when you are viewing an agent.\n\n**What**\n\nPressing Esc or Ctrl+C cancels what Claude Code is doing. The check behind that now has an extra condition: when you are viewing an agent, a helper Claude runs on part of a task, that state no longer counts as background work.\n\n**Why**\n\nWhat Esc does may now be different when agents are running in the background.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}