Evidence record / claude-code

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Claude Code v2.1.198 lets background agents commit, push, and open draft PRs

Claude Code v2.1.198 makes subagents run in the background by default, adds background-agent notifications, and says background agents launched from claude agents now commit, push, and open a draft PR when they finish code work in a worktree instead of stopping to ask. Channel: tagged-release. Operator consequence: background agents now cross into repository mutation and remote branch/PR automation; re-audit worktree rules, branch protection, and Notification hooks.

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Run: 2026-07-02-weekly-digest-2026-07-01_2026-07-02-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-07-02-claude-code-v2-1-198-background-agents-commit-push-pr

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