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Claude Code adds sandbox mode, output limits, and cost controls

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Claude Code, a development tool, received significant updates between August 20 and September 6, 2026. Key enhancements include increased output limits for commands and tasks, up to 128K characters inline, and a new `--restricted` mode for untrusted repositories that limits tool usage and ignores settings files. The update also introduced pre- and post-model switch hooks for enforcing cost policies and a feature to force specific subagent models, alongside a diff panel for reviewing changes and diagnostics for cache misses. AI

IMPACT Enhances developer productivity and security by providing more control over code execution and model behavior within development environments.

RANK_REASON Product update for a specific development tool, not a frontier model release.

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Claude Code adds sandbox mode, output limits, and cost controls

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Anup Karanjkar ·

    Claude Code Aug–Sept 2026 Settings — 12 Worth Enabling Today

    <p><strong>Between 20 August and 6 September 2026 Claude Code went from 2.1.238 to 2.1.263 and shipped, among several hundred fixes, a dozen settings that materially change a production setup: <code>bashOutputMaxChars</code> and <code>taskOutputMaxChars</code> (up to 128K charact…

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