--workload CLI Flag / Claude Code v2.1.71

What

A new --workload <tag> flag for billing-header attribution, allowing organizations to tag Claude Code usage by workload category.

Usage

claude --workload my-project-tag

Details

Sets the cc_workload header on API requests for cost attribution
Process-scoped; primarily used by SDK daemon callers that spawn subprocesses for cron work
Only works with --print mode

Evidence

Workload tag (search for "cc_workload=") — M31 at line ~64100

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

How sure we are

One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.

Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed --print hanging forever when team agents are configured — the exit loop no longer waits on long-lived in_process_teammate tasks

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.71 →

The build it came inv2.1.71

6 Mar 2026 · 18 entries, this one is #6.

Either side of it

v2.1.70Older
v2.1.72Newer

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Names in this entry

cli--print
Print response without interactive mode (see Agent SDK documentation for programmatic usage details)

Anthropic's note

Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.71 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.

Fixed --print hanging forever when team agents are configured — the exit loop no longer waits on long-lived in_process_teammate tasks

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