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2.2553.0 — Claude Desktop and Cowork both shipped over the weekend. Connector and extension tools no longer fail when an optional argument is left outCOMPACT — The Messages API gained a compaction parameter. Behind the compact-2026-09-04 beta header, you can now compress a conversation on your own schedule10/07 — The old management-configuration key spellings are accepted until noon PT on October 7, sixteen days away. Move your fleet past 1.15200.0 before switching orgPluginSettings to the array formGH.LINK — Cowork shows the GitHub integration as authenticated, yet there is no way to use it: it never registers as a connectorNEW — You are paying for Pro but no charges appear in the Console. Here is where to lookKB5129195 — September Windows updates that stopped Cowork from reaching files are fixed by Microsoft KB5129195. No Claude Desktop update is needed2.2553.0 — Claude Desktop and Cowork both shipped over the weekend. Connector and extension tools no longer fail when an optional argument is left outCOMPACT — The Messages API gained a compaction parameter. Behind the compact-2026-09-04 beta header, you can now compress a conversation on your own schedule10/07 — The old management-configuration key spellings are accepted until noon PT on October 7, sixteen days away. Move your fleet past 1.15200.0 before switching orgPluginSettings to the array formGH.LINK — Cowork shows the GitHub integration as authenticated, yet there is no way to use it: it never registers as a connectorNEW — You are paying for Pro but no charges appear in the Console. Here is where to lookKB5129195 — September Windows updates that stopped Cowork from reaching files are fixed by Microsoft KB5129195. No Claude Desktop update is needed
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API & SDK/2026-06-15Advanced

On the day the billing change took effect, I added per-stage cost metering to my headless runs

The June 15 billing change moved headless runs and agent delegation onto monthly credits. Here is a thin metering layer that records token usage per stage tag from response.usage and emits a daily cost report, with working code.

API & SDK/2026-05-02Advanced

Building a Budget Circuit Breaker for Claude API in Production — Auto-Halt When Daily Token Spend Exceeds Your Cap

A practical guide to enforcing daily and monthly Claude API budget caps in production. Includes copy-paste Cloudflare Workers + KV / Durable Objects code, three response strategies (halt, degrade, alert), and the operational habits that keep the breaker honest.