Claude Code v2.1.235 landed 3 hours ago. The headline feature is real-time spellcheck in the prompt input — underline misspelled words as you type using your installed aspell, hunspell, or ispell.
But dig deeper and you’ll find 15 fixes that clean up the rough edges from v2.1.234. Here’s what changed.
Spellcheck That Actually Works
Enable it in settings:
spellcheck: trueThe feature uses your system’s spell checker (aspell, hunspell, or ispell). No external API calls. No cloud dependency. Works offline.
If you’ve ever typo’d a variable name in a prompt and watched Claude confidently hallucinate a solution around it, this one’s for you.
Cloud Sessions Use Way Less Memory
/ultrareview and /autofix-pr sessions running in the background no longer re-scan and re-render their event streams on every update.
This was a silent memory hog. Long-running cloud sessions would gradually eat more CPU and memory just from sitting idle. Fixed.
Nested Markdown Lists Finally Align Right
Depth 3+ nested lists were misaligning in the terminal UI. Wrapped list items now have proper hanging indents.
If your documentation looks like this:
- Level 1
- Level 2
- Level 3 (was broken)It now renders correctly. Small fix, big readability improvement.
Prompt Input Highlights Fixed
Slash commands, keywords, and mentions were appearing shifted by one or more characters in multi-line prompts. The highlight now matches the actual text.
The Bug Fixes Table
| Bug | Fixed |
|---|---|
| Whole-prompt-cache invalidation when language server disconnected mid-session | ✅ |
| Shift+Tab in permission comment field approving edit + granting session-wide permission | ✅ |
| Agent tool advertising unavailable general-purpose default | ✅ |
| Notebook cell delete/replace dialogs omitting existing cell content | ✅ |
| Slash commands during Claude response showing HTML entities | ✅ |
| Prompt footer not showing “Update installed” restart notice after auto-update | ✅ |
Expanded task list (ctrl+t) starting collapsed on resume |
✅ |
| Permission dialogs showing mismatched “don’t ask again” options | ✅ |
| Vim mode losing NORMAL mode and cursor position on transcript toggle | ✅ |
| Dialog arrow keys + Enter in quick succession selecting wrong option | ✅ |
SendMessage accepting too-large messages then silently dropping them |
✅ |
claude rc not checking enterprise gateway availability |
✅ |
| VS Code: Focus jumping between Claude tabs on window restore | ✅ |
Improved grep in Native Builds
Pathological regex patterns now fail fast instead of exhausting memory. The -m N flag with -A/-C context now prints correct context.
This matters if you’ve ever accidentally typed a regex that backtracked forever and watched Claude Code hang.
Better Context-Limit Error
When auto-compact is off and you hit the context limit, the error now tells you explicitly and points to /config to re-enable it.
No more mystery “context overflow” with no actionable guidance.
Updating
# Auto-updates on next launch, or force:
claude updateFull changelog: v2.1.234...v2.1.235
Why This Release Matters
v2.1.234 was the security drop (NTLM leak fix). v2.1.235 is the quality-of-life polish.
The spellcheck feature alone changes how you write prompts — no more sending typos to the model. The memory fix for cloud sessions matters if you run long /ultrareview jobs. The markdown list fix matters if you paste documentation into prompts.
This is the “clean up the edges” release that makes the security fix from yesterday feel complete.
Update. Use the spellcheck. Enjoy the lower memory footprint.