Finding · claude-code

Agent Status Monitoring Enhancement

What Changed

claude agents --json now includes waitingFor field showing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g., permission prompt)

Operator Implication

Operators can now programmatically determine the specific reason a session is blocked, enabling better monitoring and debugging of stuck agent workflows

Receipt

Agent Status Monitoring: claude agents --json now includes waitingFor field showing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g., permission prompt)

Finding metadata

Confidence: high
Actionability: test
Accessibility impact: low

Run: 2026-06-03-weekly-digest-2026-05-28_2026-06-03-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-06-03-claude-code-agent-status-monitoring

Accepted signals

Agent view exposes why a session is blocked and fan-out progress for scripted supervision · 2026-06-03

Source links

Primary links, including exact changelog lines when available.

Claude Code
release_noteAgent Status Monitoring: `claude agents --json` now includes `waitingFor` field showing what a waiting session is blocked on (e.g., permission prompt)code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog