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●VERSION — v2.1.227 landed on August 10 with no new features, just fixes around plan detection and CI behavior●AUTO — Two days remain until August 14, when auto mode becomes the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team●CI — Bash commands no longer fail across the board under claude-code-action with allowed_non_write_users on GitHub-hosted runners●BILLING — Sessions started with an expired token could misread your plan and nudge Max users toward usage credits; that is now fixed●SUNSET — The legacy Workbench and the experimental prompt tool APIs retire on August 17, five days out●PRICE — Sonnet 5 promo pricing at $2/$10 per Mtok runs through August 31, moving to $3/$15 on September 1●VERSION — v2.1.227 landed on August 10 with no new features, just fixes around plan detection and CI behavior●AUTO — Two days remain until August 14, when auto mode becomes the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team●CI — Bash commands no longer fail across the board under claude-code-action with allowed_non_write_users on GitHub-hosted runners●BILLING — Sessions started with an expired token could misread your plan and nudge Max users toward usage credits; that is now fixed●SUNSET — The legacy Workbench and the experimental prompt tool APIs retire on August 17, five days out●PRICE — Sonnet 5 promo pricing at $2/$10 per Mtok runs through August 31, moving to $3/$15 on September 1
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⟐ Claude Code/2026-06-14Advanced

Before Per-PR CI Burns Through Your Monthly Credits: A Three-Layer Guard for Claude Code GitHub Actions

From June 15, Claude Code GitHub Actions bills against non-rolling monthly credits. Run a review on every PR and you can drain the month in the first week. Here is a three-layer guard — when to run, how heavy one run can get, and making spend visible — with working workflows.

⬡ API & SDK/2026-06-12Intermediate

Reallocating My Automation Pipeline Ahead of the June 15 Billing Change

On June 15, the Agent SDK, headless Claude Code, and GitHub Actions move to monthly usage credits. I audited every stage of my publishing pipeline against measured token logs and rerouted each one across three execution paths. Here is the reasoning.