Claude Code 2.1.319 backgrounds MCP tasks in the terminal and adds denyInsteadOfPrompting
Released Nov 6, Claude Code 2.1.319 backgrounds MCP tool calls that run as tasks and reports the result when they finish (set CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_MCP_TASK_BACKGROUND=1 to wait instead). It also adds permissions.denyInsteadOfPrompting so a permission wait becomes a denial and the turn continues, plus /claude-api latency-optimize and an Earlier in this session row in /tasks.
