Anthropic released Claude Code v2.1.238 with new keybinding settings, plugin marketplace f

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Aug 20, 2026 21:15 UTC github_releases+pages anthropics/claude-code

Anthropic released Claude Code v2.1.238 with new keybinding settings, plugin marketplace features, and self-hosted runner options, alongside numerous bug fixes.

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claude code just dropped v2.1.238, bringing a new readline keybinding flavor and some cool plugin marketplace header helper commands for devs.

anthropic pushed an update to claude code, v2.1.238, with new self-hosted runner features like deferred shutdown and proxy auth, plus a bunch of stability fixes.

[MERGED across 2 sources: github_releases, pages] shared signal: claude-api, claude-code --- github_releases :: anthropics/claude-code --- anthropics/claude-code release: v2.1.238 name: v2.1.238 published: 2026-08-20T20:33:51Z url: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.238 ## What's changed - Added a `keybindingFlavor` setting: set it to `"readline"` to make Ctrl+W in the prompt delete back to the previous whitespace, as in Bash; the default (`"classic"`) is unchanged - Plugin marketplaces: `headersHelper` on a url marketplace or a catalog entry runs a command that mints HTTP headers (e.g. a short-lived token) for catalog and same-origin archive fetches - A catalog entry's `headersHelper` runs only when you install or update that plugin, after its command is shown; `claude plugin install/update` ask `[y/N]` (or pass `-y`) - Added `claude self-hosted-runner --defer-shutdown-max-min <minutes>`: on SIGTERM, keep serving attached sessions, park what is left after that many minutes, then exit - Added `claude self-hosted-runner --proxy-authorization-command` / `--proxy-authorization-file` for egress proxies that require a freshly issued `Proxy-Authorization` header on every connection - Fixed unbounded memory growth in long interactive sessions: subagent tool results are now released once they leave the recent display window - Fixed custom, project, and plugin output styles drifting back to the default voice mid-session - Fixed `CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_PROMPT_SUGGESTION=true` not keeping prompt suggestions on when your account is near, but not over, its usage limit - Fixed worktree-isolation Bash refusals telling you to remove a redirect when the command had none - Fixed self-hosted runners occasionally being removed by the server after a single slow or lost poll request, handing their healthy session to another runner - Fixed MCP elicitation dialogs showing nothing for URLs longer than 4,096 characters, and permission prompts dropping the "don't ask a