Claude Code v2.1.295 introduces new features like `onFailure: "block"` for hooks, Program

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Oct 8, 2026 20:25 UTC github_releases+pages https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-code/main/CHANGELOG.md

Claude Code v2.1.295 introduces new features like `onFailure: "block"` for hooks, Program Status Protocol support, and enhanced model routing for the Claude apps gateway, alongside various fixes.

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claude code just dropped v2.1.295! includes a new onFailure: "block" for hooks and support for program status protocol (osc 7501). looks like some robust tooling updates.

anthropic's claude code v2.1.295 landed with some interesting gateway updates. now you can define a `models` list per upstream and set upstream_ttfb_ms timeouts. good for fine-grained control!

[MERGED across 2 sources: github_releases, pages] shared signal: claude-code --- github_releases :: anthropics/claude-code --- anthropics/claude-code release: v2.1.295 name: v2.1.295 published: 2026-10-08T19:48:38Z url: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.295 ## What's changed - Added `onFailure: "block"` for command and HTTP hooks: a hook that can't start, times out, or exits with an unexpected code blocks the action instead of letting it through - Added Program Status Protocol (OSC 7501) support: terminals that implement it can show whether Claude Code is working, waiting on you, or done - Added quoted text to the `/copy` picker, so a drafted message copies without its `>` markers - Added a warning to `claude plugin install`, `enable`, `disable` and `marketplace add` when the settings file they write to does not load - Added a line on stderr, when it is a terminal, that says what a `claude -p` run is waiting for when it stays open after its last turn - Added support for `timeouts.upstream_ttfb_ms` on the Claude apps gateway's Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry and other cloud upstreams: a value you set now limits how long a stream may take to start there, after which it fails over or gets a 502 - Added a "Backgrounding cancelled" message when you stop the turn while `←` is waiting for the current tool to finish - Added an optional `models` list to every Claude apps gateway upstream: only the listed models are sent there, on failover too, and one `*` in an entry is a wildcard - Added support for `forceLoginMethod: "gateway"` and `forceLoginGatewayUrl` in your own user settings on machines with no managed settings, so `/login` opens on that Claude apps gateway - Added advice to `claude plugin validate` when a plugin's README has no install line: it prints the line to paste and never changes the exit code, even with `--strict` - Added `upstream_request_id` to the Claude apps gateway's `inference` audit event: the request ID from Amazon Bedrock, the A