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April 2026

  1. № 01830 Apr2026-04-30

    Claude Report — 2026-04-30

    • Anthropic weighs $50B raise at $900B valuation — would overtake OpenAI as world's most valuable AI startup.
    • Sydney office opens; Canva, Xero, and YMCA South Australia announced as new Claude partners.
  2. № 01729 Apr2026-04-29

    Claude Report — 2026-04-29

    • Anthropic launches Claude for Creative Work with nine connectors covering Adobe, Blender, Autodesk, Ableton.
    • Claude Code v2.1.122 ships Bedrock service-tier env, PR-URL `/resume`, and Vertex/Bedrock fixes.
  3. № 01628 Apr2026-04-28

    Claude Report — 2026-04-28

    • Claude Code v2.1.121 ships April 28 — fixes multi-GB memory leaks and adds MCP `alwaysLoad` option
    • PostToolUse hooks can now replace output for any tool, not just MCP tools
  4. № 01527 Apr2026-04-27

    Claude Report — 2026-04-27

    • Anthropic publishes election safeguards update ahead of 2026 US midterms; Opus 4.7 passes 100% of safety evals.
    • Rate Limits API ships April 24, letting admins programmatically query org and workspace rate limit configs.
  5. № 01426 Apr2026-04-26

    Claude Report — 2026-04-26

    • Anthropic publishes postmortem on three Claude Code quality regressions; all fixes landed Apr 20, usage limits reset for all subscribers.
    • Claude Code v2.1.118 ships vim visual modes and a unified `/usage` command; v2.1.119 adds persistent settings and parallel MCP connections — but ships 8 regressions within 24 hours.
  6. № 01325 Apr2026-04-25

    Claude Report — 2026-04-25

    • Anthropic launches 15 consumer app connectors (Spotify, Uber, Instacart) across all Claude plans.
    • Rate Limits API ships: admins can programmatically query org-level rate limit configs.
  7. № 01224 Apr2026-04-24

    Claude Report — 2026-04-24

    • Anthropic partners with NEC to build Japan's largest AI engineering workforce.
    • Claude Code 2.1.119 lands with /config persistence and multi-forge --from-pr.
  8. № 01123 Apr2026-04-23

    Claude Report — 2026-04-23

    • Claude Code 2.1.118 ships vim visual modes, `/cost`+`/stats`→`/usage`, custom themes, and `mcp_tool` hooks.
    • Agent SDK Python v0.1.64/0.1.65 lands full SessionStore parity, `ServerToolUse`/`AdvisorToolResult` blocks.
  9. № 01022 Apr2026-04-22

    Claude Report — 2026-04-22

    • Claude Code 2.1.117 ships forked subagents, persistent `/model`, concurrent MCP connect.
    • Claude Haiku 3 retired from API on Apr 20; all requests now error.
  10. № 00921 Apr2026-04-21

    Claude Report — 2026-04-21

    • Claude Code v2.1.116 ships 67%-faster `/resume`, MCP result-size override up to 500 K chars, and a sandbox `rm`/`rmdir` safety fix.
    • Claude Haiku 3 (`claude-3-haiku-20240307`) retired from the API on Apr 20 — requests now error; migrate to Haiku 4.5.
  11. № 00820 Apr2026-04-20

    Claude Report — 2026-04-20

    • claude-mem ships six versions in 48h (v12.2.1 → v12.3.2), including Docker harness.
    • Oracle NetSuite skills consolidated into a single official plugin.
  12. № 00719 Apr2026-04-19

    Claude Report — 2026-04-19

    • Claude Opus 4.7 ships with xhigh effort, 3.75MP vision, task budgets, unchanged pricing.
    • Claude Design research preview lands for Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise via Anthropic Labs.
  13. № 00618 Apr2026-04-18

    Claude Report — 2026-04-18

    • Anthropic Labs ships Claude Design research preview — Opus 4.7-powered visual creation, exports PDF/PPTX/HTML/Canva.
    • Claude Code v2.1.113: native binary spawn via optional npm dep, `sandbox.network.deniedDomains`, Esc-cancel for `/loop` wakeups.
  14. № 00517 Apr2026-04-17

    Claude Report — 2026-04-17

    • Claude Opus 4.7 goes GA: 64.3% SWE-Bench Pro, 3.75MP high-res vision, new tokenizer (up to +35% token usage).
    • Three breaking API changes in Opus 4.7: `temperature`/`top_p`/`top_k` now return 400; `budget_tokens` in thinking removed; thinking content hidden by default.
  15. № 00416 Apr2026-04-16

    Claude Report — 2026-04-16

    • Claude Code launches Routines (research preview): cloud-run automations triggered by schedule, API call, or GitHub event — no laptop required.
    • Claude Code desktop app rebuilt around parallel sessions: multi-session sidebar, drag-and-drop panes, integrated terminal, in-app editor, side-chat.
  16. № 00315 Apr2026-04-15

    Claude Report — 2026-04-15

    • Claude Code v2.1.108: 1-hour prompt cache TTL opt-in and `/recap` session-restore command.
    • Claude Code v2.1.109: Extended-thinking indicator rotates progress hints during long operations.
  17. № 00214 Apr2026-04-14

    Claude Report — 2026-04-14

    • Claude for Word launches in beta (Apr 11–13): tracked changes, comment replies, document scanning — Word joins Excel and PowerPoint to complete the Office suite.
    • Claude Code v2.1.105 (Apr 13): PreCompact hook blocking, plugin background monitors via `monitors` manifest key, stalled-stream auto-abort at 5 min, 20+ bug fixes.
  18. № 00113 Apr2026-04-13

    Claude Report — 2026-04-13

    • US Fed/Treasury summon CEOs of Citi, Goldman Sachs, BofA, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo for emergency briefing on Claude Mythos cyber risks (Apr 10)
    • Claude Code v2.1.101 (Apr 10): `/team-onboarding`, native CA store for corporate TLS, critical command-injection fix in LSP and 40+ corrections — densest release of the week