What's new in Claude

Claude API·Jul 17, 2026

The legacy Workbench in the Claude Console is being sunset with access ending on August 17, 2026

Saved prompts, variables, and evals are not supported in the updated Workbench. You can export any data you want to keep from the banner and under your Organizational Settings. For more, see How do I use the Workbench? in the Claude Help Center. The experimental prompt tools APIs for generating, improving, and templatizing prompts (/v1/experimental/generate_prompt, /v1/experimental/improve_prompt, and /v1/experimental/templatize_prompt) are being retired along with the Workbench on August 17, 2026.

Claude Code·Jul 15, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.211

Added --forward-subagent-text flag and CLAUDE_CODE_FORWARD_SUBAGENT_TEXT environment variable to include subagent text and thinking in stream-json output.

Claude API·Jul 15, 2026

Mid-conversation system messages are available on Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, and Claude Opus 4.8, on…

No beta header is required. This corrects earlier availability notes.

Claude Code·Jul 14, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.210

Added a live elapsed-time counter to the collapsed tool summary line so long-running tool calls visibly tick instead of looking stuck. Added a startup warning for Write(path), NotebookEdit(path), and Glob(path) permission rules — use Edit(path) or Read(path) instead.

Claude Code·Jul 14, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.209

Fixed /model and other dialogs being blocked in claude agents background sessions (reverts an overly broad guard).

Claude Code·Jul 14, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.208

Added screen reader mode: opt-in plain-text rendering for screen reader users. Run claude --ax-screen-reader, set CLAUDE_AX_SCREEN_READER=1, or add "axScreenReader": true to settings. Added vimInsertModeRemaps setting: map two-key insert-mode sequences like jj to Escape in vim mode.

Claude API·Jul 14, 2026

You can now manage the people in your Claude Enterprise organization with the Admin API, in beta for all…

Group and custom-role requests require the anthropic-beta: ce-user-management-2026-07-13 beta header; member and invite requests take no beta header. An Admin API key with the read:org_audit scope can also call every user-management GET endpoint.

Claude apps·Jul 14, 2026

HIPAA configuration for your Claude organizations is now self-serve

You can now manage HIPAA readiness for your Claude organizations yourself. This applies to both Claude Enterprise and the Claude Platform (API). In each product, an eligible admin can review the Business Associate Agreement (BAA), download the implementation guide, and enable the HIPAA configuration in a single flow.

Claude Code·Jul 11, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.207

Auto mode is now available without CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_AUTO_MODE opt-in on Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry; disable via disableAutoMode in settings. Fixed the terminal freezing and keystrokes lagging while streaming responses containing very long lists, tables, paragraphs, or code blocks.

Claude Code·Jul 10, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.206

Added directory path suggestions to /cd, matching /add-dir behavior. Added a /doctor check that proposes trimming checked-in CLAUDE.md files by cutting content Claude could derive from the codebase.

Claude API·Jul 10, 2026

Dreams now supports Claude Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5

We've expanded the Access Transparency documentation of cmek_preserve events with a filter example, an example event payload, and two preservation reason codes (policy_violation_investigation, csae_report).

Claude apps·Jul 10, 2026

Updated memory for Claude

Memory on Claude now works as a set of individual, categorized entries that Claude reads and updates during your conversations, replacing the previous daily memory summary.

Claude apps·Jul 9, 2026

A new way to reflect with Claude

Your monthly recap is a new feature at Settings > Reflect that shows you the topics you spent time on, your most active day and peak hour, and observations about how you work with Claude. It's in beta on Free, Pro, and Max plans on the web and Claude Desktop, and requires memory to be on. Alongside it, Settings > Time and focus lets you set optional break reminders and quiet hours.

Claude Code·Jul 8, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.205

Added an auto mode rule that blocks tampering with session transcript files.

Claude Code·Jul 8, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.204

Fixed hook events not streaming during SessionStart hooks in headless sessions, which could cause remote workers to be idle-reaped mid-hook.

Claude API·Jul 8, 2026

You can now set an expiration when you create an API key or an Admin API key in the Claude Console

Choose a preset, a custom duration, or Never. For keys with a lifetime of at least 7 days, Anthropic emails the creator before expiration. Existing keys are unaffected. The Admin API reports each key's expiration in the expires_at field.

Claude Code·Jul 7, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.203

Added a warning when your login is about to expire, so you can re-authenticate before background sessions are interrupted. Added a grey ⏸ badge to the footer when in manual permission mode, making the active mode always visible.

Claude apps·Jul 7, 2026

Claude Cowork on web and mobile, plus 1 more change

Claude Cowork is now available on web and mobile in addition to desktop. We are rolling this capability out over the next several weeks starting with the Max plan, with more plans to follow. Cowork runs your sessions remotely (in beta), so your sessions and files are saved to your Claude account and go where you go, on any device. Work continues when you close your laptop, and scheduled tasks run with no device online. Chat and Cowork also share one home now, with one place for your projects and artifacts across both. The Microsoft 365 connector now goes beyond search. With write tools enabled, Claude can draft, send, and organize email, manage calendar events, update mailbox settings, and create and update files in OneDrive and SharePoint. Read and search tools work as before, and Teams remains read-only. Before members can use write tools, a Microsoft Entra administrator needs to consent to the updated permission set and an admin needs to enable them for the organization.

Claude Code·Jul 6, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.202

Added a "Dynamic workflow size" setting in /config for controlling how large Claude generally makes dynamic workflows (small/medium/large agent counts) — an advisory guideline, not an enforced cap. Added workflow.run_id and workflow.name OpenTelemetry attributes to telemetry emitted by workflow-spawned agents, so a workflow run's activity can be reconstructed from OTel data.

Claude Code·Jul 3, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.201

Claude Sonnet 5 sessions no longer use the mid-conversation system role for harness reminders.

Claude Code·Jul 3, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.200

Changed AskUserQuestion dialogs to no longer auto-continue by default; opt into an idle timeout via /config. Changed the "default" permission mode to "Manual" across the CLI, --help, VS Code, and JetBrains; --permission-mode manual and "defaultMode": "manual" are accepted alongside default.

Claude Code·Jul 2, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.199

Stacked slash-skill invocations like /skill-a /skill-b do XYZ now load all leading skills (up to 5), not just the first. Fixed SSL certificate errors (TLS-inspecting proxies, missing NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS, expired certs) burning retries before showing actionable guidance — they now fail immediately with the fix hint.

Claude API·Jul 2, 2026

We've added the agent-memory-2026-07-22 beta header, which changes how listing memories behaves: results are…

Page cursors issued without the header aren't valid with it, so restart from the first page when you adopt it. On memory store endpoints, agent-memory-2026-07-22 replaces managed-agents-2026-04-01; sending both returns a 400 error. On July 22, 2026, the managed-agents-2026-04-01 header adopts the same list behavior. The Python (0.116.0), TypeScript (0.110.0), Go (1.56.0), Java (2.48.0), Ruby (1.55.0), PHP (0.36.0), C# (12.35.0), and CLI (1.16.0) SDKs now send agent-memory-2026-07-22 on all memory store calls instead of managed-agents-2026-04-01.

Claude Code·Jul 1, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.198

Added background agent notifications in claude agents — sessions that need input or finish now fire the Notification hook (agent_needs_input / agent_completed). Added /dataviz skill for chart and dashboard design guidance with a runnable color-palette validator.

Claude API·Jul 1, 2026

We've restored access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

Claude apps·Jul 1, 2026Announcement

Model entitlements for Enterprise plans (beta)

Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 restored We are restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5. Admins on Enterprise plans can now control what models their users have access to, and what effort level settings they can use.

Claude Code·Jun 30, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.197

Introducing Claude Sonnet 5: now the default model in Claude Code, with a native 1M-token context window and promotional pricing of $2/$10 per Mtok through August 31. Update to version 2.1.197 for access. https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5.

Claude API·Jun 30, 2026

Claude Managed Agents session event streams now support event deltas

Opt in with the event_deltas[] query parameter on GET /v1/sessions/{session_id}/events/stream. The event_start and event_delta events preview an agent message's text as it's generated, before the complete agent.message event arrives. Listing sessions for Claude Managed Agents now supports backward pagination. When creating a Claude Managed Agents session, you can now override the agent's configuration for that session. Claude Managed Agents vaults now support an injection_location setting on environment variable credentials (the Environment variable tab). Webhooks for Claude Managed Agents now cover the agent, deployment, and deployment run lifecycle.

Claude apps·Jun 30, 2026Announcement

Claude Sonnet 5 launch

We launched Claude Sonnet 5, our most agentic Sonnet model yet, with substantial improvements over Sonnet 4.6 in reasoning, tool use, coding, and knowledge work.