• Write tool behavior changed for newer models. Overwriting an existing file no longer requires reading it first, matching Edit's existing rules; older models still require the read.
• Cloud-synced skills hardened against shadowing and injection (more below). Skills from claude.ai can no longer shadow local slash commands or MCP prompts, and on your machine their bodies won't run ! commands or expand @ file references.
• /tui no longer silently reverts your /model choice. If you changed models mid-session, /tui was resetting to the model the session started with.
• Session cleanup was deleting your project memory folder contents. If .claude/memory/ files vanished during cleanup, this was the cause.

New in 2.1.228

2.1.228 (August 12, 2026)

• 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 sanitized and labeled, and on your machine their bodies don't run ! commands or expand @ files
• Improved cross-session messages: the sender and body now display inline instead of a collapsed line, and messages to Remote Control sessions on other machines show your Remote Control session name as the sender
• Improved Vertex AI credential handling: expired or missing Google Cloud credentials now fail within seconds instead of retrying for minutes
• Improved compaction progress: the retry countdown and stall hint now appear during compaction instead of only a progress bar
• Updated terminal title busy-spinner glyphs to reduce tab-bar jitter on some terminals
• Changed the Write tool so newer models can overwrite an existing file they haven't read this session, matching the Edit tool's rules; older models still require the read first
• Removed the outdated note about auto mode sessions costing slightly more from the first-use notice for Pro, Max, and Team plans

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