This release brings improvements to Agent tool subagent type matching, allowing for flexible, case- and separator-insensitive input. Plugin developers benefit from new warnings about silently ignored default component folders. Significant reliability enhancements include a resolution for `/goal` commands silently hanging, improved background service startup on enterprise systems, and better resilience for remote managed settings. Additional fixes address settings hot-reload regressions, event-loop stalls on Windows, and `Read` tool validation issues, ensuring a more stable and user-friendly experience.
Improved1
- Improved Agent tool `subagent_type` matching to accept case- and separator-insensitive values (e.g. `"Code Reviewer"` resolves to `code-reviewer`)
Changed2
- Updated agent color palette
- Plugins now warn when a default component folder (e.g. `commands/`) is silently ignored because `plugin.json` sets the matching key. Shown in `/doctor`, `claude plugin list`, and `/plugin`.
Fixed10
- Fixed `/goal` silently hanging when `disableAllHooks` or `allowManagedHooksOnly` is set — now shows a clear message instead of an indicator that never resolves
- Fixed a regression in settings hot-reload where symlinked settings files caused misattributed change events and spurious `ConfigChange` hooks
- Fixed `claude --bg` failing with "connection dropped mid-request" when the background service was about to idle-exit
- Fixed background service startup failing on machines with enterprise endpoint security by allowing more time
- Fixed remote managed settings not retrying on 401 — now retries once with a force-refreshed token
- Fixed managed `extraKnownMarketplaces` auto-update policy not being persisted to `known_marketplaces.json`
- Fixed `/loop` scheduling redundant wakeups to poll for background tasks that already notify on completion
- Fixed a recurring event-loop stall on Windows when a missing executable (e.g. `gh`) triggered synchronous `where.exe` re-spawns on every check
- Fixed `Read` tool calls failing validation when `offset` is passed as a whitespace-padded or `+`-prefixed string
- Fixed native terminal cursor not staying at the input caret when the terminal loses focus
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