●2.1.302 — Fork subagents are now on by default in claude -p, the Agent SDK and the desktop app. Turn them off with CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT=0 (10/16)●2.1.307 — Fixes MCP failing to reconnect after sleep or a keychain lock (10/21). 2.1.306 also fixed the false claude -p login message●SONNET 4.5 — Retires on the Claude API on 11/30, 38 days left. Migrate to Sonnet 5.5●WINDOWS — Reports say hooks break silently only on Japanese-locale Windows; check the character encoding first●FAST MODE — Opus 5.5 fast mode is out of research preview and no longer needs the beta header (10/15)●NEW — I Put a Ten-Line Promise File at the To…●2.1.302 — Fork subagents are now on by default in claude -p, the Agent SDK and the desktop app. Turn them off with CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT=0 (10/16)●2.1.307 — Fixes MCP failing to reconnect after sleep or a keychain lock (10/21). 2.1.306 also fixed the false claude -p login message●SONNET 4.5 — Retires on the Claude API on 11/30, 38 days left. Migrate to Sonnet 5.5●WINDOWS — Reports say hooks break silently only on Japanese-locale Windows; check the character encoding first●FAST MODE — Opus 5.5 fast mode is out of research preview and no longer needs the beta header (10/15)●NEW — I Put a Ten-Line Promise File at the To…

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Designing the Give-Up Condition in Self-Repair Loops: Four Error Classes, Four Retry Budgets

LLM self-repair loops break on the fantasy that 'if you keep fixing, it eventually passes.' Classify errors into four classes, give each its own retry budget. Working TypeScript and real cost numbers included.