Release notes

Claude Code 2.1.74

· 2 new· 13 fixed

Added2

  • Added actionable suggestions to `/context` command — identifies context-heavy tools, memory bloat, and capacity warnings with specific optimization tips
  • Added `autoMemoryDirectory` setting to configure a custom directory for auto-memory storage

Improved1

  • vscodeImproved scroll wheel responsiveness in the integrated terminal with terminal-aware acceleration

Changed1

  • Changed `--plugin-dir` so local dev copies now override installed marketplace plugins with the same name (unless that plugin is force-enabled by managed settings)

Fixed13

  • Fixed memory leak where streaming API response buffers were not released when the generator was terminated early, causing unbounded RSS growth on the Node.js/npm code path
  • Fixed managed policy `ask` rules being bypassed by user `allow` rules or skill `allowed-tools`
  • Fixed full model IDs (e.g., `claude-opus-4-5`) being silently ignored in agent frontmatter `model:` field and `--agents` JSON config — agents now accept the same model values as `--model`
  • Fixed MCP OAuth authentication hanging when the callback port is already in use
  • Fixed MCP OAuth refresh never prompting for re-auth after the refresh token expires, for OAuth servers that return errors with HTTP 200 (e.g. Slack)
  • Fixed voice mode silently failing on the macOS native binary for users whose terminal had never been granted microphone permission — the binary now includes the `audio-input` entitlement so macOS prompts correctly
  • Fixed `SessionEnd` hooks being killed after 1.5 s on exit regardless of `hook.timeout` — now configurable via `CLAUDE_CODE_SESSIONEND_HOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS`
  • Fixed `/plugin install` failing inside the REPL for marketplace plugins with local sources
  • Fixed marketplace update not syncing git submodules — plugin sources in submodules no longer break after update
  • Fixed unknown slash commands with arguments silently dropping input — now shows your input as a warning
  • Fixed Hebrew, Arabic, and other RTL text not rendering correctly in Windows Terminal, conhost, and VS Code integrated terminal
  • Fixed LSP servers not working on Windows due to malformed file URIs
  • vscodeFixed delete button not working for Untitled sessions

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