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The bug hit query() calls using hooks, can_use_tool or SDK MCP servers. When a subagent finished just before the turn's result arrived, the SDK closed stdin early and the model reported the tool as refused. It now waits for the CLI to report idle via session_state_changed, capped by CLAUDE_CODE_PRINT_BG_WAIT_CEILING_MS at a 10-minute default. TypeScript SDK 0.3.283 the same day emits warnings as system/informational messages instead of dropping them.
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Claude Code 2.1.229 shipped a config flag most people will scroll past: CLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOW_PREFIX_STAGGER_MS. What it does is delay the launch of sibling agents that share a prompt prefix, so the second through Nth agents read the warm cache instead of each writing their own...
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