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Claude Code 2.1.97
Released
Claude Code 2.1.97 was released on April 8, 2026 with 46 documented changes.
What changed in Claude Code 2.1.97?
In our words, from the release notes — never copied.
- Users can now toggle a dedicated focus view within `NO_FLICKER` mode, which highlights the prompt, a tool summary with edit differences, and the final response.
- Several issues related to the `--resume` command were addressed, fixing problems with uneditable sessions, data loss, and diffs disappearing.
- The system now properly respects user-defined authentication server URLs and handles rate-limit retries more effectively, impacting integrations with identity providers.
- Significant improvements and fixes were made to permissions handling, including more robust checks for Bash tool execution and ensuring settings changes are immediately applied.
- Various fixes and improvements enhance the `NO_FLICKER` mode experience, resolving issues with scrolling, text copying, memory leaks, and display on different terminals.
- The product now supports syntax highlighting for Cedar policy files and includes several internal improvements for image handling, session transcripts, and agent management.
Is this the latest version?
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