LaunchDevelopersJune 30, 2026

Claude Code 2.1.196: org defaults, AWS gateway, agent hooks

Version 2.1.196 adds organization default models (set by admins in org console) and background agent notifications that fire hooks on need input/completion. The built-in Explore agent now inherits the session's model (capped at opus) instead of running on haiku, and transient network errors now retry with backoff.

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