Claude Code auto-continues your session when the usage limit resets
The 2.1.234 release ends babysitting the 5-hour and weekly caps — it re-sends context and picks up unattended. Also: a GitLab MR badge and a Windows path fix.
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Flip one toggle, walk away
Enable auto-continue in /config — a checkbox in the Claude Code desktop app — and a session that hits your 5-hour window or weekly cap resumes itself the moment the limit clears, re-sending the context to pick up where the agent stopped. It smooths the wait; your quota sizes are unchanged.
GitLab teams finally get the PR badge
The footer and statusline now show an `MR !N` badge with draft, pending and green states, and both `--worktree` and the agents view accept GitLab merge-request URLs — parity with the existing GitHub PR badge. If you review on GitLab, merge status now lives in your terminal.
A Windows path-traversal class, closed
Remote file reads, session restore, CLAUDE.md includes, workflow scripts and file uploads now reject Windows NT-namespace (`\??\`) paths, shutting a device-prefix bypass. Worth the bump if you run Claude Code on Windows or ever load untrusted CLAUDE.md or workflow files.
Cap a runaway build's memory
From the companion 2.1.233 release, `CLAUDE_CODE_TOOL_MEMORY_LIMIT` puts Bash-tool commands under a Linux memory cgroup, so a runaway compile gets killed instead of taking your machine down with it. Also new: `CLAUDE_CODE_PROJECT_DIR_NAME` for custom per-project transcript folders.