Claude Code 2.1.x tightens reliability, safety, and settings

Claude Code 2.1.x focuses on problems that show up during real coding sessions rather than on one large new feature. Version 2.1.179 fixed cases where a connection dropped in the middle of an answer: the partial answer is now kept instead of being replaced by a raw error, and the loading spinner no longer gets stuck while a tool appears to be running. It also fixed mouse-wheel scrolling in WSL2 when using Windows Terminal and VS Code.

On Linux, large sandbox read rules no longer make the Bash tool description so huge that the session becomes unusable. Later updates added `/config key=value`, so settings can be changed directly from the prompt, and improved plugin loading in remote sessions. The same update line also strengthened auto mode safety by blocking destructive commands such as `git reset --hard`, `git checkout -- .`, `git clean -fd`, and `git stash drop` unless the user clearly asked to discard local work.

It also blocks `git commit --amend` when the commit was not created by the agent in the current session, and it makes stalled API messages less alarming by waiting 20 seconds before showing a retry notice.