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Vibe Coding2026-08-08 · source-backed
An r/ClaudeAI thread reports desktop launching multiple subagents automatically and degrading an M4 Pro into system-wide lag, 84 upvotes and 28 comments. Single anecdote, no vendor confirmation, no repro steps, so treat it as a lead. 2.1.226 shipped the same window with unspecified "bug fixes and reliability improvements." Flagging it because auto-spawned subagent fan-out is a plausible resource-exhaustion vector on long unattended runs, and the 200-subagent cap just got removed.
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