Claude Code v2.1.4

January 10, 2026

Summary

- Added CLAUDECODEDISABLEBACKGROUNDTASKS environment variable to disable all background task functionality including auto-backgrounding and the Ctrl+B shortcut - Fixed "Help improve Claude" setting...

Release Notes

- Added CLAUDECODEDISABLEBACKGROUNDTASKS environment variable to disable all background task functionality including auto-backgrounding and the Ctrl+B shortcut - Fixed "Help improve Claude" setting fetch to refresh OAuth and retry when it fails due to a stale OAuth token

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