Claude Code v2.1.314

Claude Code v2.1.314 adds a permissions.blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories setting, IdP group routing and Bedrock guardrail tracing for the Claude apps gateway, and idle compaction in VS Code and Claude Desktop, plus a long list of fixes.

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PaidProprietary (© Anthropic PBC; use subject to Anthropic's Commercial Terms)TypeScript (repo)★ 153,919 (as of 2026-10-30)by Anthropic

Why it matters

For developers and IT teams running Anthropic's Claude Code agent. The new setting gives a hard stop on file writes outside the project in every permission mode, and the gateway options help companies route and audit model traffic by team.

What's new

New permissions.blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories: Write, Edit and NotebookEdit refuse paths outside the working directories in every permission mode.
Claude apps gateway: an optional groups list sends only developers in the listed IdP groups to an upstream (failover included), and guardrail_trace logs which Amazon Bedrock guardrail filter fired, without the matched text.
Idle compaction in VS Code and Claude Desktop's Code tab: a 200K+ token conversation left idle is summarized and used on your next message if the prompt cache has expired.
When an admin caps a model's effort, Claude Code now lowers the effort and retries instead of failing every turn with "Invalid effort level".
claude -p now prints the error and exits 1 when startup fails, instead of exiting 0 with no output.

Taken from the project's own release notes. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You want Claude Code physically unable to write outside your project, or you run it through a company gateway on Bedrock.

Worth knowing: Scripts that relied on claude -p exiting 0 after a startup failure will now see exit code 1.

Quick facts

Pricing	Requires a Claude account or Anthropic API access (plan details not checked)not verified
Free or paid	Paid
License	Proprietary (© Anthropic PBC; use subject to Anthropic's Commercial Terms)
Language	TypeScript (repo)
Platform	macOS, Linux, Windows; terminal, IDE, desktop
GitHub stars	★ 153,919 (as of 2026-10-30)
Maker	Anthropic

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