Claude Code 2.1.299 adds idle compaction for 200K+ token terminal sessions left idle about 54 minutes before the one-hour prompt cache expires, plus CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_FILE_MENTIONS so @ mentions pass paths for Claude to read instead of file contents. MCP allow rules now reach only the server they name.
Cursor added Gemini 4 Argon with high/medium/low/minimal effort levels; at default medium it scores 52.8% on CursorBench, roughly matching Opus 5.5 Medium. Usage draws from the third party Other Models pool at $2/M input and $10/M output…
DanubeData opened a Streamable HTTP MCP at https://danubedata.ro/mcp that turns nearly every public API op into typed tools (VPS, databases, object storage, Rapids, and more), scoped to the API token you attach—no local install. Add read only=1 or ?toolsets=vps,database to narrow what the agent sees; OAuth only clients like ChatGPT custom connectors can't connect yet…
Google ran Gemini 4 Argon unattended for 11 hours on google/adk python via Antigravity /goal mode; maintainers shipped 2 of 6 proposed changes that cut InMemorySessionService prep 40% in long sessions and cold import google.adk by 21%. Four other proposals were rejected in review for fragile caches, private OTel attrs, or synthetic only gains…
Custom agents can now carry their own declarative hooks, and in autopilot a preToolUse hook that returns "ask" is denied instead of freezing on a permission dialog nobody is watching. Inline images also render by default on supported terminals ( /settings inlineImages false to turn off), and resumed sessions no longer replay canceled writes…
Since 0.157.0, opening codex starts codex app server managed daemon , copies a 374MB package into /.codex/packages , and runs an hourly updater that outlives your terminal; the opt in request hit the HN front page and OpenAI hasn't changed the default yet. To turn it off, run codex features disable daemon auto start , then codex app server daemon stop and pkill f 'app server daemon pid update loop' , since stop leaves the updater running…
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