Claude Code — October 2026 Releases
10 releases in October 2026.
- v2.1.296 (October 9, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.296 now syncs code settings across Claude Desktop and the gateway for more consistent behavior, while new controls let you manage wind
- v2.1.295 (October 8, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.295 gives you better control with hooks that can now block actions when they fail, and improves visibility with terminal status update
- v2.1.294 (October 8, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.294 strengthens your safety controls by fixing how instruction-based hooks are interpreted, so blocking rules actually work as intende
- v2.1.293 (October 7, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.293 now defaults to the faster, more affordable Claude Haiku 5.5 model with 1M context window, giving you better performance at lower
- v2.1.292 (October 6, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.292 now lets you install plugins directly from marketplaces and control how hard sub-agents work on your tasks. We've also improved pe
- v2.1.291 (October 6, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.291 restores reliability by fixing critical issues where chat messages could disappear and permission prompts were being ignored. Thes
- v2.1.290 (October 5, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.290 now gives you deeper visibility into your tools with serverToolUses tracking what the API itself calls, plus smarter permission co
- v2.1.289 (October 3, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.289 improves security by ensuring permission rules properly apply across complex commands and user mods on managed machines. We've als
- v2.1.288 (October 2, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.288 makes it easier to recover lost work with one keystroke and gives you more control over code review findings, plus fixes that prev
- v2.1.287 (October 1, 2026) — Claude Code 2.1.287 now lets plugins modify deeper behavior with Claude Mods, and introduces an opt-in "You Should Know" agent that watches your back