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CLAUDE CODE 2.1.169 SHIPS WITH SAFE MODE AND WORKSPACE NAVIGATION
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Claude Code's latest release adds troubleshooting tools that let you disable customizations on the fly and move sessions between directories without breaking the prompt cache.
Claude Code v2.1.169 [1] introduces three developer-facing features: a `--safe-mode` flag that disables all customizations (CLAUDE.md, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP servers) for debugging, a `/cd` command to switch working directories mid-session without losing cached context, and a `disableBundledSkills` setting to hide built-in skills from the model. The Agent SDK [2] and claude-code-action [3] both shipped synchronized updates to match, with the Agent SDK now bundling CLI 2.1.169 and the action bumping both Claude Code and Agent SDK to their latest versions [4]. The plugin ecosystem saw five routine dependency bumps across qdrant-skills [5], sentry-cli [6], codspeed [7], expo [8], and oracle-ai-data-platform-workbench-spark-connectors [9], all validated through automated workflows but pending manual review before merge.
Action items
- → Review and merge the five pending plugin dependency bumps in claude-plugins-official anthropics/claude-plugins-official [plan]
- → Update to claude-code v2.1.169 if you use customizations or multi-directory workflows anthropics/claude-code [plan]
- → Pin claude-agent-sdk to 0.2.94 and claude-code-action to v1.0.141 for consistency anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python [monitor]
References
- [1] v2.1.169 ↗ anthropics/claude-code
- [2] v0.2.94 ↗ anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python
- [3] v1.0.141 ↗ anthropics/claude-code-action
- [4] chore: bump Claude Code to 2.1.169 and Agent SDK to 0.3.169 anthropics/claude-code-action
- [5] bump(qdrant-skills): 11df00a7 → 82337ccd ↗ anthropics/claude-plugins-official
- [6] bump(sentry-cli): 329f5c5d → 9e9fe0fb ↗ anthropics/claude-plugins-official
- [7] bump(codspeed): 9793aaf9 → c6112f16 ↗ anthropics/claude-plugins-official
- [8] bump(expo): 145a923c → c3886024 ↗ anthropics/claude-plugins-official
- [9] bump(oracle-ai-data-platform-workbench-spark-connectors): 04cc355f → 00cedef3 ↗ anthropics/claude-plugins-official
FAQ
- What changed in Anthropic on June 8, 2026?
- Claude Code's latest release adds troubleshooting tools that let you disable customizations on the fly and move sessions between directories without breaking the prompt cache.
- What should Anthropic teams do about it?
- Review and merge the five pending plugin dependency bumps in claude-plugins-official • Update to claude-code v2.1.169 if you use customizations or multi-directory workflows • Pin claude-agent-sdk to 0.2.94 and claude-code-action to v1.0.141 for consistency
- Which Anthropic repositories shipped on June 8, 2026?
- anthropics/claude-code, anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python, anthropics/claude-code-action, anthropics/claude-plugins-official