Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SubagentsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.317,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
A subagent is a helper Claude starts to handle part of a task. Claude Code runs a background check that classifies subagent settings, and that check now records its outcome: success, or one of three failure reasons:
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Why
This only adds reporting and does not change what you see.