🔥 Claude Code — v2.1.156 (Latest)

Bug fix release addressing an Opus 4.8 compatibility issue discovered shortly after the v2.1.154 release.

What's New

  • Opus 4.8 thinking blocks fix — Resolved an issue where thinking blocks were being modified, leading to API errors when using Claude Opus 4.8. This was a critical fix for users relying on extended reasoning with the newest model.

Recent Context (from v2.1.154)

  • Dynamic workflows — Claude orchestrates work across tens to hundreds of agents in the background
  • Fast mode on Opus 4.8 — 2x the standard rate for 2.5x the speed
  • Lean system prompt now the default for most models
  • /bg for background shell sessions, /agents across all cloud providers

📌 Changelog | GitHub

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☁️ Claude API / Platform — Opus 4.8 Era

Anthropic's platform continues to ramp up around the Claude Opus 4.8 launch (May 28).

Latest Platform Updates

  • Claude Opus 4.8 launched May 28 — improvements over Opus 4.7 in coding, agentic skills, reasoning, and practical knowledge work
  • Enterprise connector permissions — Custom roles now support fine-grained connector access control, letting admins manage which tools and connectors each role can use
  • Claude Compliance API integrations (May 21) — Security and compliance teams can now govern Claude across the platform with third-party tools, similar to how they manage other enterprise applications

Recent Major Releases

  • Claude Opus 4.7 (April 16) — Improved software engineering, complex long-running coding, and higher-resolution vision
  • Claude Design (April 17) — New Anthropic Labs product for visual outputs: designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers
  • Claude Cowork GA (April 9) — Desktop app with analytics API, OpenTelemetry support, and usage analytics

📌 Release Notes | Platform Docs

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🤖 OpenAI Codex CLI — v0.135.0 (Latest, May 28)

Codex CLI continues its rapid release cadence with 640+ tagged releases since open-sourcing. v0.135.0 focuses on developer experience and debugging.

New Features

  • codex doctor — Now reports richer diagnostics: environment, Git, terminal, app-server, and thread inventory for support cases
  • /status — Shows remote connection details and server version when connected over a remote transport
  • Vim mode — Gained text-object editing, improved word/line-end behavior, and configurable interrupt-turn binding
  • /permissions — Now understands named permission profiles and displays configured custom profiles
  • Packaged builds — Can discover and use the bundled patched zsh helper across macOS and Linux targets
  • Python SDK — Exposes friendly sandbox presets for thread and turn APIs
  • Non-interactive install — codex install / codex upgrade support --non-interactive mode for scripting

Bug Fixes

  • Markdown tables & lists — Render more readably in the TUI with better column sizing and app-style table formatting
  • TUI output stability — Fixed stderr/composer corruption and raw-output overlap on macOS and Zellij
  • Slash-command completion — Now preserves existing draft text for commands accepting inline arguments
  • tmux/iTerm — Older control-mode sessions no longer lose Ctrl-C handling
  • Resume flows — Include non-interactive exec sessions and honor cwd overrides for idle cached threads

📌 Changelog | GitHub Releases

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🌐 OpenCode — v1.15.12 (Latest, May 28)

OpenCode (160K+ GitHub stars) keeps pushing the boundaries of provider-agnostic terminal agents with rapid 2-3 day release cycles.

v1.15.12 Highlights (Core)

  • ACP integrations — Can now send prompts, slash commands, and usage updates through acp-next
  • WebSocket transport — Added WebSocket transport for OpenAI responses on supported channels (OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_WEBSOCKETS=true)
  • Adaptive reasoning controls — Enabled for Anthropic Opus 4.7+ models
  • acp-next performance — Sped up warm model and config switches, improved first-session startup time
  • WebSocket resilience — Kept response timeouts active, added retry for failed streams before fallback
  • Custom base URLs — Supported for OpenAI WebSocket responses

v1.15.12 Highlights (TUI & Desktop)

  • Workspace management dialog — New UI for managing workspaces
  • Thinking spinner restored — Visual feedback during model processing
  • Subagent retry status — Now surfaced in the UI
  • Tab layout setting — Switch between tab layouts in Desktop
  • Desktop V2 — Improved home empty state and V2 font usage

v1.15.11 Highlights (May 27)

  • headerTimeout config — 10s default for provider requests
  • Background agents — Push updates without polling
  • DigitalOcean inference — Now uses OAuth tokens directly instead of MAKs
  • OpenAI reasoning summaries — Render as separate blocks in the TUI
  • Codex plugin fix — Session ID header now sent correctly

📌 Changelog | GitHub | Docs

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📊 Quick Comparison

| Feature | Claude Code | Codex CLI | OpenCode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latest Version | v2.1.156 | v0.135.0 | v1.15.12 |
| Latest Model | Opus 4.8 | GPT-5.1 | 75+ providers |
| Multi-Agent | ✅ Dynamic workflows | ✅ Subagents | ✅ Background agents |
| MCP Support | ✅ Stdio + HTTP | ✅ | ✅ |
| Open Source | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| GitHub Stars | ~24K | 86.9K | 160K+ |
| Desktop App | ❌ (terminal only) | ✅ macOS/Windows | ✅ macOS/Win/Linux |
| Provider-Agnostic | ❌ (Anthropic only) | ❌ (OpenAI only) | ✅ |

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