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anthropics/claude-code
anthropics/claude-code published a release: v2.1.281 — corroborated across 2 sources (github_releases, pages)
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anthropics/claude-code release: v2.1.281
name: v2.1.281
published: 2026-09-23T19:19:15Z
url: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.281
## What's changed
- Added Claude apps gateway support for newer Claude Desktop keys in `desktop` policy blocks, including `blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories` and `disableBypassPermissionsMode`
- Added `assume_role` on Claude apps gateway Bedrock upstreams: the gateway calls Bedrock as an IAM role it assumes through STS, in another AWS account if needed, optionally one session per developer
- Added `guardrail: {id, version}` on Claude apps gateway Bedrock upstreams to apply an Amazon Bedrock guardrail to every request sent through them (set it on all Bedrock upstreams or none)
- Added `telemetry.resource_attributes` to the Claude apps gateway config, to put fixed labels on the telemetry of Claude Desktop and `/login` sessions
- Added `"attribution": false` in `settings.json` to hide all commit and PR attribution; older CLI versions skip a settings file that holds it, so keep the object form in files shared across versions
- Added MCP URL-mode elicitation on 2026-07-28 protocol connections, so servers can ask Claude Code to open a browser-based flow; no waiting dialog is left on screen when the server has no way to confirm completion
- Added MCP server checks to `claude plugin validate`: it reports `.mcp.json` entries that would be silently dropped at load, undeclared `${user_config.*}` references, and insecure URLs
- Added an auto mode recommendation to `/insights` that estimates how many permission prompts auto mode could have handled in your recent sessions
- Added a scrollbar to the `/skills`, `/mcp` and `/plugin` Installed lists in fullscreen mode, like the one `/workflows` now has: it appears while the mouse is over the list and can be clicked or dragged
- Fixed a crash ("unreco
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