X · X// 2h agoPRODUCT UPDATE

Claude Code 2.1.128 fixes worktrees, OTEL

Claude Code 2.1.128 tightens up the CLI with a better EnterWorktree default, cleaner subprocess env isolation, and a batch of polish fixes across focus mode, notifications, MCP, and plugin loading. It reads like a release aimed at reducing footguns for people using Claude Code in real terminal workflows.

// ANALYSIS

This is a small but meaningful hardening release: the headline worktree change prevents unpushed commits from disappearing, and the OTEL fix stops Claude Code from leaking its own tracing config into child processes.

–EnterWorktree now branches from local HEAD, which matters for anyone working with dirty local history or unpublished commits
–Stripping `OTEL_*` from subprocesses avoids surprising telemetry behavior in Bash, hooks, MCP, and LSP workloads
–The rest of the patch set is quality-of-life debt paydown: fewer visual glitches, better Remote Control behavior, and cleaner `/mcp` and `/plugin` handling
–Adding zip support to `--plugin-dir` makes plugin distribution a bit less awkward for teams that want to ship packaged extensions
–The update reinforces Claude Code’s positioning as a serious terminal-native agent, not just a wrapper around chat completions

// TAGS

claude-codeclidevtoolagentcoding-agentai-codingautomationobservability

DISCOVERED

2h ago

2026-05-04

PUBLISHED

2h ago

2026-05-04

RELEVANCE

9/ 10

AUTHOR

ClaudeCodeLog