Claude Code v2.1.238

Claude Code v2.1.238 was released on August 20, 2026.

Summary

Claude Code 2.1.238 now lets you customize keyboard shortcuts with Bash-style editing and adds smarter plugin installation with automatic security token generation. You'll also find new options for managing self-hosted runner shutdowns more gracefully—check the full release no...

Release Context

This was the 192nd Claude Code release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
It shipped 1 day after Claude Code v2.1.237 (August 19, 2026).
Claude Code: ships every 1 days — 20 releases in the last month.

Why it matters: Bash-style editing now available in Claude prompts.

Shipped around the same time

Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:

Antigravity CLI v1.1.19 (August 22, 2026)
Antigravity CLI v1.1.18 (August 22, 2026)
Devin Desktop v3.8.20 (August 21, 2026)
Antigravity CLI v1.1.17 (August 20, 2026)
OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.149.0 (August 20, 2026)

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Release Notes

Added a keybindingFlavor setting: set it to "readline" to make Ctrl+W in the prompt delete back to the previous whitespace, as in Bash; the default ("classic") is unchanged
Plugin marketplaces: headersHelper on a url marketplace or a catalog entry runs a command that mints HTTP headers (e.g. a short-lived token) for catalog and same-origin archive fetches
A catalog entry's headersHelper runs only when you install or update that plugin, after its command is shown; claude plugin install/update ask [y/N] (or pass -y)
Added claude self-hosted-runner --defer-shutdown-max-min <minutes>: on SIGTERM, keep serving attached sessions, park what is left after that many minutes, then exit
Added claude self-hosted-runner --proxy-authori

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