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Claude Code 2.1.294 fixes instruction-shaped blocking hooks
The patch fixes prompt and agent hooks written as instructions allowing actions they should block. It also improves judgment of instruction-shaped Stop and SubagentStop hooks. If you depend on a hook saying “Block commands that…”, upgrade and test an actual blocked command, plus the stopping condition. 3
Relevant to: Teams using natural-language hooks as gates or completion checks.
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Originally part of the 8 October 2026 edition.