Claude Report — 2026-10-29
- Anthropic files an S-1 with the SEC for a proposed IPO.
- Claude Code v2.1.311 fixes subagent MCP access and compaction stalls.
- MCP servers v2.2.0 ships updated filesystem, memory, fetch, git and time servers.
- GSA OneGov deal gives government buyers 40% off Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the API.
- AI for Science expands with free Claude credits for 20 research organizations.
🚀 Anthropic Official
Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for proposed IPO (Oct 26)
Announces a registration statement for a proposed offering of Class A common stock.
Claude Code v2.1.311 (Oct 26)
Adds --hold-idle-file and --max-hold-min for self-hosted-runner. Fixes subagents missing MCP tools from servers that connect late, SubagentStop hooks firing about twice a minute, and freezes from very long CLAUDE.md list items. Standard-context sessions now compact and continue instead of stopping with "Usage credits required for 1M context". ultrathink runs at xhigh effort on Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5 and Fable 5.1 through Anthropic's API.
Expanding the partnership with the GSA (Oct 27)
Gives government buyers a 40% discount on Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the Claude API through OneGov, with no minimum spend. The discount extends to state, local, tribal and territorial governments.
AI for Science expands to 20 foundations and institutions (Oct 28)
Grants free Claude credits to 20 scientific foundations, institutions and research groups, including the NSF and the Broad Institute.
🔌 Claude Code Plugins
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🛠️ Skills
No relevant news today.
🤖 Agents & Subagents
No relevant news today.
🔗 MCPs & Integrations
modelcontextprotocol/servers v2.2.0 (Oct 28)
Releases server-filesystem and server-everything 2.1.0, server-memory 2.0.1, and mcp-server-fetch, mcp-server-git and mcp-server-time 2026.10.28. server-sequential-thinking stays at 2.0.0.
Unchanged in window: chrome-devtools-mcp (latest v1.12.0, Oct 22)
💡 Community — Workflows & Ideas
No relevant news today.
📰 Quick Mentions
- Agent SDK Python — no release after v0.2.174 (Oct 24).
- API release notes — no entries after Oct 23.