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GitHub issues and Hacker News threads added fresh evidence that Claude Code sessions still burn quota unexpectedly after the cache TTL change, with some users seeing usage before a prompt is sent and others recovering capacity by rolling back to 2.1.34. Watch cache reuse and metering behavior closely if you rely on long-running sessions.

Anthropic rebuilt Claude Code on desktop into a drag-and-drop multi-session workspace with file editing, HTML and PDF preview, and sidebar session management. The same rollout also shipped 2.1.108 features, including an optional 1-hour cache TTL, recap, and new built-ins that affect cost and session handoff.

Qwen Code added phone-based control via Telegram, DingTalk, and WeChat, scheduled agent loops, per-subagent model selection, and a planning mode before execution. The release also centers Qwen3.6-Plus, which Alibaba says offers 1M context and 1,000 free daily requests, while Vals ranked the model #17 overall and #11 multimodal.

Providers and agent platforms added GLM-5.1 endpoints across Modal, Together AI, Letta Code, Tembo, and Tabbit, with free trials, no-key access, and 99.9% SLA options. Use the new hosting options to test the model for coding and long-horizon agent workloads without waiting on self-hosting.

OpenAI said Codex reached 3 million weekly users and reset usage limits, with another reset planned for each additional million users up to 10 million. ChatGPT-sign-in Codex will also retire the gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.1-era lineup on April 14, so teams should watch for model-default changes.

OpenAI rolled out Codex-only seats with pay-as-you-go pricing for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise instead of fixed bundled access. The change lowers pilot friction for teams and ties spend directly to coding usage rather than a full ChatGPT seat.

OpenAI reset Codex usage limits across all plans after dashboards showed more users hitting caps and the team said it still did not fully understand the trigger. Use the reset to recheck capacity assumptions, since OpenAI also said it banned abuse accounts and March’s repeated resets point to a broader capacity issue.

Anthropic put computer use directly into Claude Code, letting the CLI open apps, click through GUIs, and verify work on screen. Try it if you want Claude Code to handle end-to-end UI tasks beyond file edits, but note it is rolling out as a research preview on Pro and Max plans.

Claude Code 2.1.88 added fixes for prompt-cache misses, repeated CLAUDE.md reinjection, and a multi-schema StructuredOutput bug after widespread reports of unexpectedly fast quota consumption. Update if you rely on long sessions, because uncached runs can burn through paid limits much faster than intended.

Users report stricter Claude Code request caps, weeklong cooldowns, and desktop threads disappearing after restarts. Watch quotas closely and shift to lighter models or token-cutting workflows around /context and /clear if the limits hit your workflow.

OpenCode says all Go models now run under zero-data-retention agreements and that hosted requests use the same upstream providers as direct access. That tightens the privacy boundary for hosted coding agents, but operators still need to watch RAM use, rapid updates, and plan economics.

Claude Code can now run recurring prompts and background pull-request work on Anthropic-managed cloud environments from the web, desktop, or `/schedule`. That makes long-running repo tasks less dependent on a local machine, but users report task caps and restricted egress.

Chroma released Context-1, a 20B search agent it says pushes the speed-cost-accuracy frontier for agentic search, with open weights on Hugging Face. Benchmark it against your current search stack before wiring it into production.

Lyria 3 Pro and Lyria 3 Clip are now in Gemini API and AI Studio, with Lyria 3 Pro priced at $0.08 per song and able to structure tracks into verses and choruses. That gives developers a clearer path to longer-form music features, with watermarking and prompt design built in.

GitHub will start using Copilot interaction data from Free, Pro, and Pro+ tiers for model training unless users opt out, while Business and Enterprise remain excluded. Engineers should recheck privacy settings and keep personal and company repository usage boundaries explicit.

Cursor shipped Composer 2 with gains on CursorBench, Terminal-Bench 2.0, and SWE-bench Multilingual, plus a fast tier and an early Glass interface alpha. It resets the price-performance baseline for coding agents and shows Cursor is now a model company as much as an IDE.

Parallel integrated with Tempo and the Machine Payments Protocol so agents can buy search, content extraction, and multi-hop research on demand without API keys or account setup. This gives agent stacks a concrete pattern for per-use tool billing instead of preprovisioned subscriptions.

OpenAI shipped GPT-5.4 mini to ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, and GPT-5.4 nano to the API, with 400K context, lower prices, and stronger coding and computer-use scores. Route subagents and high-volume tasks to the smaller tiers to cut spend without giving up much capability.

Hankweave shipped budget controls that cap spend, tokens, and elapsed time globally or per step, including loop budgets and shared pools. Use them to prototype or productionize long agent runs without hand-managing model switches and failure states.

Anthropic made 1M-token context generally available for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, removed the long-context premium, and raised media limits to 600 images or PDF pages. Use it for retrieval-heavy and codebase-scale workflows that previously needed beta headers or special long-context pricing.

Perplexity rolled Computer out to Pro subscribers and added Slack workflows, app connectors, custom skills, and credit-based usage for enterprise teams. Try multi-model agent workflows on real apps, but watch credit usage and local execution tradeoffs.

Google AI Studio now lets developers set experimental per-project spend caps for Gemini API usage. Use it as a native billing guardrail, but account for roughly 10-minute enforcement lag and possible batch-job overshoot.

CopilotKit open-sourced LLMock, a deterministic mock LLM server with provider-style SSE streaming and tool-call injection. Use it to run repeatable CI and agent tests without spending live model budget.

Anthropic launched Code Review in research preview for Team and Enterprise, using multiple agents to inspect pull requests, verify findings, and post one summary with inline comments. Teams shipping more AI-written code can try it to increase review depth, but should plan for higher token spend.

OpenAI acknowledged a Codex session hang that left some requests unresponsive, later said the issue had been stable for hours, and promised a rate-limit reset. Teams relying on Codex should re-check long runs and confirm quota restoration after the incident.

Anthropic shipped Claude Code 2.1.72 with 54 CLI changes, including ExitWorktree, direct /copy writes, and fixes that cut SDK query input token costs by up to 12x. Teams using long sessions or remote shells should upgrade and review the new environment variables and effort-level changes.