Claude Code version 2.1.232 introduces significant changes to agent behavior, security, and platform integration. The update makes subagent forking the default mode, allowing subagents to inherit full conversation context and prompt caches while running non-teammate agents in the background.
- Subagent forking is now on by default, with interactive sessions spawning in the background.
- Users can mention other Claude sessions by typing @, which uses SendMessage to reach them directly.
- GitLab token families receive secret redaction, and bare gitlab.com URLs are supported in plugin marketplaces.
- Several security fixes address permission bypasses in PowerShell and Windows, as well as nested git repository trust inheritance.
- Remote Control sessions now handle reconnection more robustly and restore conversation history correctly upon worker restarts.
- Gateway settings validation is stricter, rejecting malformed email domains and empty policy groups at boot.
These changes improve multi-session coordination, expand GitLab compatibility, and harden the application against various security vulnerabilities.