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2.1.278 — The auto mode classifier now runs server-side by default on the Claude API, Enterprise, Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry. You are not billed for the classifier, and /status gained an Auto mode server lineTASKOUT — The TaskOutput tool is gone. taskOutputMaxChars and TASK_MAX_OUTPUT_LENGTH no longer do anything, and background output is read with Read instead10/07 — The old management-configuration key spellings are accepted until noon PT on October 7, seventeen days from now. After that, entries that still use them stop working until you rewrite themBUNPANIC — Reports are coming in of the newest build crashing on launch alone. Earlier builds still run on the same machine, which points at the release rather than the environmentNEW — Deciding what belongs in Cowork and what belongs in Claude Code, using the approval boundary as the lineSONNET4.5 — A date in a deprecation table is a floor, not an end date. Sonnet 4.5 is still active and no deprecation notice has been posted2.1.278 — The auto mode classifier now runs server-side by default on the Claude API, Enterprise, Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry. You are not billed for the classifier, and /status gained an Auto mode server lineTASKOUT — The TaskOutput tool is gone. taskOutputMaxChars and TASK_MAX_OUTPUT_LENGTH no longer do anything, and background output is read with Read instead10/07 — The old management-configuration key spellings are accepted until noon PT on October 7, seventeen days from now. After that, entries that still use them stop working until you rewrite themBUNPANIC — Reports are coming in of the newest build crashing on launch alone. Earlier builds still run on the same machine, which points at the release rather than the environmentNEW — Deciding what belongs in Cowork and what belongs in Claude Code, using the approval boundary as the lineSONNET4.5 — A date in a deprecation table is a floor, not an end date. Sonnet 4.5 is still active and no deprecation notice has been posted
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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.