You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear whether the new waiting behaviour is switched on for everyone or held behind a switch.
What
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the way Claude Code connects to tools from outside services. Some MCP tools answer with a task that is still running. Claude Code now hands such a task off and waits for it to finish, with a deadline based on the tool's timeout. Before, it always sent the task to run in the background.
Why
A long-running MCP tool task can now finish and give its result within the same tool call.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether the new waiting behaviour is switched on for everyone or held behind a switch.
