Claude Code 2.1.302 released

A maintenance release with fixes for memory handling, model selection, session management, and integrations across multiple platforms.

What changed in 2.1.302

• Added CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL environment variable to control the client-side auto mode classifier model; added idle compaction toggle to /config with explanatory notices.
• Fixed 'Prompt is too long' errors during turn stops, request failures when switching providers mid-session, and prompt cache misses with mid-session tool additions.
• Fixed Read tool loading oversized images into memory (now refuses files over 128 MB) and PowerShell tool not finding plugin commands.
• Fixed plugin installations showing wrong versions with reftable format, settings changes lost when subcommands exit early, and MCP servers showing no tools with certain protocol versions.
• Fixed cloud session cost and usage resetting, worktree isolation on git 2.56+, exFAT/FAT32 file write refusals on Windows, and improved startup time with many plugins.

Check before you update

• Fork subagents now enabled by default; set CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT=0 to disable.
• Sessions with no permission mode on third-party providers now start in default mode instead of auto; use --permission-mode auto to keep auto mode.
• Desktop app and VS Code subagent execution changed to always run main conversation subagents in background.

Summarised by AgentGid from Anthropic's official release notes on GitHub, as reported there; read the original before relying on it. Price, status and release dates come from our daily data.