# Changelog 2026-07-04 — Claude Code 2.1.200 makes Manual the default mode, Kilo Code v7.4.1, NemoClaw v0.0.74

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# Changelog — July 4, 2026

**A defaults day for Claude Code and a feature day for NemoClaw.** Claude Code **2.1.200** renames the "default" permission mode to **Manual** across the CLI and both IDE extensions, stops `AskUserQuestion` dialogs from auto-continuing, and clears out a batch of background-agent daemon-handover and sleep/wake bugs; **2.1.201** is a one-line Sonnet 5 harness fix. Kilo Code **v7.4.1** restores a missing sandbox worker that had broken file operations. NemoClaw's **v0.0.74** train landed on `main` with two headline features — **OpenShell-managed MCP servers** and **progressive tool disclosure** — plus an upgrade to **openclaw 2026.6.10**. No new releases from Hermes, IronClaw, Claude Cowork, or ChatGPT.

2026-07-04

Claude Code

[v2.1.200](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.200) · [v2.1.201](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.201)

**A defaults change worth knowing about, on top of another round of background-agent hardening.** Two releases landed since yesterday. The headline in **2.1.200** is a rename that changes what you see, not what it does:

- **"Default" permission mode is now called "Manual":** the mode is renamed across the CLI, `--help`, VS Code, and JetBrains. It behaves exactly as before — you approve each action — but the name now says so. `--permission-mode manual` and `"defaultMode": "manual"` are accepted, and the old `default` spelling still works, so nothing breaks.
- **AskUserQuestion dialogs no longer auto-continue:** a question dialog now waits for you instead of picking a default answer on its own. If you want the old timeout behavior back, opt into an idle timeout via `/config`.
- **Startup crash fixed:** a non-array `disabledMcpServers` or `enabledMcpServers` value in `.claude.json` no longer crashes Claude Code on launch.

The rest is background-agent reliability — useful if you run agents in the background or across sleep/wake:

- **Sessions survive sleep/wake:** background sessions no longer silently stop mid-turn after a sleep/wake cycle or when you reopen a stalled session, and a turn you cancelled with Esc after a stall is no longer re-run on respawn.
- **Daemon handover hardened:** agents restart again after a crash left a stale `daemon.lock` whose PID the OS had reused; and a reinstalled *older* build can no longer seize the daemon — build recency is now judged by the embedded build timestamp, not install order.
- **Roster robustness:** transient corruption no longer permanently disables orphan cleanup, older binaries preserve fields written by newer versions, and socket auth tokens survive daemon restarts.
- **Cleaner failures:** a subagent cut off by a rate limit before producing any text now returns an empty result instead of failing messily; control bytes no longer leak into the agent view; and screen-reader focus tracking on the `/mcp` server list is fixed.

**2.1.201** is a single fix: Claude Sonnet 5 sessions no longer use the mid-conversation system role to deliver harness reminders.

[Release notes →](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.200)
 Affects: [/openclaw/](https://openclawdatabase.com/openclaw/), [/openclaw/configuration/](https://openclawdatabase.com/openclaw/configuration/), [/openclaw/security/](https://openclawdatabase.com/openclaw/security/), [/claude-cowork/](https://openclawdatabase.com/claude-cowork/), [/claude-cowork/system-prompts/](https://openclawdatabase.com/claude-cowork/system-prompts/)

2026-07-04

Kilo Code

[v7.4.1](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/releases/tag/v7.4.1)

**A small patch, but one fix matters if you use sandboxed file operations.** Three changes:

- **Broken sandbox worker fixed** ([#11926](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/pull/11926)): `kilo-sandbox-mutation-worker.js` was missing from the VS Code extension bundle, so every sandboxed file operation failed with "Module not found." The worker is back in the bundle — upgrade if you rely on sandboxed edits.
- **Bidirectional text input** ([#11918](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/pull/11918)): the prompt input now supports right-to-left and mixed-direction text.
- **New Worktree picker fixed** ([#11924](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/pull/11924)): selecting a reasoning variant or mode in the New Worktree dialog now actually applies it — the dialog's modal overlay had been swallowing the click before the option handler ran.

[Release notes →](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/releases/tag/v7.4.1)
 Affects: [/kilocode/](https://openclawdatabase.com/kilocode/), [/kilocode/setup/](https://openclawdatabase.com/kilocode/setup/), [/kilocode/security/](https://openclawdatabase.com/kilocode/security/), [/kilocode/orchestrator/](https://openclawdatabase.com/kilocode/orchestrator/)

2026-07-04

NemoClaw

[v0.0.74 (main)](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commits/main)

**The v0.0.74 train landed on main — the biggest NemoClaw batch in a while, with two genuine new features.** NemoClaw ships from `main` (no version tags), so these are live for anyone tracking the branch:

- **OpenShell-managed MCP servers** ([#5876](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/bddbb3e2418766015b931829571202f443a788f1)): native `mcp add|list|status|restart|remove` lifecycle for OpenClaw, Hermes, and LangChain Deep Agents Code. It accepts only authenticated HTTPS Streamable HTTP endpoints, keeps raw credentials out of sandbox files and registry state (only credential *names* are stored), and survives rebuild/destroy recovery. NemoClaw runs no MCP proxy or relay of its own — enforcement is native OpenShell `protocol: mcp` policy.
- **Progressive tool disclosure** ([#6251](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/06b78aae3816ffe23eab64e9327ca99407a5a527)): a shared tool-disclosure mode across Deep Agents Code, Hermes, and OpenClaw. New sandboxes default to `progressive` (tools surfaced on demand via a bounded `search_tools` step); `--tool-disclosure direct` or `NEMOCLAW_TOOL_DISCLOSURE=direct` restores the fully visible catalog. The mode persists through resume and rebuilds.
- **Upgrade to openclaw 2026.6.10** ([#5595](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/1162e89b4c1689b6a185bb5d90490494f2409cbc)): the pinned OpenClaw runtime moves one stable patch forward from 2026.6.9, with the packaging, credential-recovery, and runtime-proof boundaries re-audited against the new release.
- **Windows-ARM N1X model fix** ([#6234](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/6f5ccbcbaa87367f7b521318fbc940467045b601)): on the Snapdragon X (N1X) iGPU, onboarding used to auto-select a 30B/35B model that can't return a token inside the agent-loop timeout, leaving the sandbox unusable. That hardware is now marked compute-constrained, so the bootstrap selector skips the too-heavy models. Discrete GPUs are unaffected.

Also on `main`: DCode rebuild handoff hardened to revalidate every input before the destructive delete boundary ([#6260](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/1efef0a19fdf9167e3b73387c208e715f6f295bb)); warm onboard/rebuild reuse validated sandbox base images for faster starts ([#6254](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/8bfc3158dbbbb113113c1207d160ee7bc8d1ba09)); BuildKit prebuild context validation ([#6265](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/7875bd3c24ecba22a144f46617842fffd4600878)); a one-command contributor onboarding path `npm run dev:setup` ([#6200](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/3bd1731bb4655b41256a5b2d935757aa50322f5a)); and an agent-runnable value benchmark `npm run bench` ([#5604](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commit/abc58552af6aa76d6b32cd94fd5d7463538a459f)). The remaining commits were CI/E2E budget signals, a Makefile removal, and dependency bumps.

[Commit log →](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/commits/main)
 Affects: [/nemoclaw/](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/), [/nemoclaw/setup/](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/setup/), [/nemoclaw/skills/](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/skills/), [/nemoclaw/local-gpu/](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/local-gpu/), [/nemoclaw/switching-providers/](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/switching-providers/)

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