Claude Code v2.1.323 · 12 Nov 2026
Plugins gain a progress bar and a new backdrop format for theme.set
Plugin screens can show a progress bar, and theme.set now takes a new backdrop format that replaces the old one
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What
Plugins that draw their own screens can now use a <Progress> element, a progress bar with a label, a value, a maximum, optional value text and a colour.
theme.set also changed:
backdrop now takes a scene, a colour, a gradient or a vector image, replacing the old form with an id, glass and colour scheme.
overrideColorScheme is accepted alongside colors .
Glass blur is now measured in points instead of CSS pixels.
Why
Plugins can show progress and richer backgrounds, but a plugin still using the old backdrop format needs updating.
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setting theme.set Plugin function hooks gain theme.set and theme.clear, and clearing a backdrop by passing nothing to the draw call no longer works
setting colors The plugin theme.set call now accepts colours as well as a backdrop, and needs at least one of the two
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