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Claude Code v2.1.220: Cross-session messaging in desktop app #530

Description

@claude-yolo

WHY users should care

Desktop users with parallel sessions can now coordinate work through natural language — ask Claude which session touched auth, relay schema changes to another session, or have it suggest new sessions as task chips for out-of-scope work. This closes the gap between CLI agent-teams and desktop.

Highlights

  • Cross-session messaging — read sessions, deliver messages, rename/archive via plain language
  • Safety guardrails — archiving always needs explicit approval (all permission modes); cross-session messaging blocked in scheduled/unattended sessions; messages attributed to sending session
  • Task chips — Claude can suggest spawning new sessions for out-of-scope work without interrupting current session
  • Version gate fixswitchModelsOnFlag min-version corrected from 2.1.1602.1.170 (affects enterprise policy)

Reference

@lroolle

PR: thevibeworks/claude-code-docs#1111

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