Claude Code v2.1.228
Claude Code v2.1.228 was released on .
Summary
Claude Code 2.1.228 fixes critical issues where interactive sessions could freeze visually while still running in the background, and resolves a Windows compatibility problem preventing Git from being found when Claude Code launches from certain folder locations. We've also pa...
Release Context
- This was the 183rd Claude Code release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Claude Code v2.1.227 (August 10, 2026).
- Claude Code: ships every 2.1 days — 19 releases in the last month.
Why it matters: Interactive sessions stop freezing mid-work now.
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.80 (August 14, 2026)
- Antigravity CLI v1.1.13 (August 14, 2026)
- Devin Desktop v3.7.25 (August 13, 2026)
- Kiro CLI v2.18.0 (August 12, 2026)
- Gemini CLI v0.55.1 (August 11, 2026)
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Release Notes
- Fixed interactive sessions that could stop redrawing entirely, while the process kept running, after a rare internal layout error
- Fixed git / Git Bash not being found on Windows when Claude Code is launched from a parent folder of the git installation
- Fixed /tui reverting the session to an earlier model when /model had been changed since the last response
- Fixed cross-session messaging sometimes starting without an inbox in the first session after install or upgrade
- Fixed Remote Control /resume while connected leaking the resumed conversation's title or history into the connected session
- Fixed claude self-hosted-runner sessions failing on every fresh runner when the checkout hook fails for a repository the session doesn't push to; that repository is now skipped with a warning
- Fixed self-hosted runners ending sessions in the gap between a background task finishing and the follow-up turn starting
- Fixed session cleanup deleting contents inside a project's memory folder
- Fixed background plugin-cache cleanup deleting a plugin's cache when its only version is a symlinked development checkout
- Fixed a settings-merge issue where a marketplace entry redefined in a higher-precedence settings tier could inherit another tier's custom headers; marketplace entries now merge as whole entries
- Fixed the deferred-tools reminder occasionally being sent to the model twice after a skill invocation
- Hardened skills synced from claude.ai: they no longer shadow local commands or MCP prompts, their descriptions are saniti
Other Recent Claude Code Releases
- v2.1.232 (August 13, 2026)
- v2.1.231 (August 13, 2026)
- v2.1.226 (August 8, 2026)
- v2.1.225 (August 7, 2026)
- v2.1.224 (August 7, 2026)
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