Other Changes in the Same Release
v2.1.181 also bundles a few improvements you'll actually feel day to day. Here's what's listed in the official changelog.
- Streaming was improved so long paragraphs print line by line right away instead of waiting for the first newline.
- Pointing the
CLAUDE_CLIENT_PRESENCE_FILE environment variable at a marker file lets you suppress mobile push notifications while you're at your computer.
- If the API connection drops mid-thinking, it now retries automatically instead of showing "Connection closed while thinking."
- The bundled Bun runtime moved up to 1.4, and on macOS you can opt in to sending Apple Events via
sandbox.allowAppleEvents.
The rest are smaller bug fixes — prompt caching, writing files to network drives, subagent panel behavior, and so on. How much of a difference you actually feel is something to judge by updating and using it yourself.
Just Update the Usual Way
If you're already using Claude Code, grab v2.1.181 through your usual update path and it applies right away. You can check the full list of changes in the official changelog below.
Source: Claude Code Changelog
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