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Claude Code v2.1.318 ·

Ctrl+X hint in background tasks now names a backend-specific action

The ctrl+x hint in the background-tasks panel no longer always says "delete"; the action word now depends on where the task runs

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What

The background-tasks panel lists jobs Claude Code is running out of view. Pressing ctrl+x acts on the selected job. The word describing that action used to be fixed as "delete". It now comes from the job's backend, meaning the place or system that runs it.

  • The confirmation hint, which read "ctrl+x again to delete", now reads "stopped · ctrl+x again to" followed by the backend's action word.
  • The ctrl+x action label is chosen from the backend by So(h.state.backend) instead of being "delete".
  • The footer hint reads "ctrl+x to" plus the backend's word for finished jobs, and still "ctrl+x to stop" for running ones. Whether a job can be removed (canDelete) also now depends on the backend.

Why

For some kinds of job, "delete" was not an accurate description of what ctrl+x does. The hint you see may now use a different word, so read it before pressing ctrl+x a second time.

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