Version 0.2.62

IDE Integration Enhancement #

• Enhanced IDE selection awareness: Claude Code now detects and displays when text is selected in your IDE (when connected via MCP)
• Shows the number of lines selected in the status bar (e.g., "5 lines selected")
• Automatically clears the indicator when selection is removed
• Supports selection notifications from IDE extensions that implement the selection_changed MCP notification

Improved Changelog Management #

• Dynamic changelog fetching: Claude Code now fetches the latest changelog from GitHub
• Automatically caches changelog updates for better performance
• Fetches from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-code/refs/heads/main/CHANGELOG.md
• Shows relevant release notes on startup when updates are available

Model Configuration Updates #

• New Sonnet model: Added support for claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219
• Improved model selection: Better handling of environment-specific model configurations
• Automatically selects appropriate model variant based on your provider (Bedrock, Vertex, or First-party)
• Respects ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL environment variable for custom model selection

User Interface #

• Queue command hint tracking: Added queuedCommandUpHintCount to user preferences for better hint management
• Enhanced streaming status: Claude now shows more specific status indicators during response streaming:
• "responding" for regular text responses
• "tool-use" when executing tools
• "thinking" when in thinking mode

Performance #

• Optimized output handling: Large outputs are now written in chunks to prevent buffer overflow
• Processes output in 2000-character chunks for better terminal performance

• Removed unused stream import and process import redundancies
• Consolidated MCP server connection handling
• Improved notification processing for IDE integrations
• Better separation of concerns for changelog and release notes display

• Fixed potential issues with undefined IDE selection states
• Improved error handling for selection change notifications
• Better handling of edge cases in streaming responses