Summary
Anthropic shipped Claude Code v2.1.123 with a targeted OAuth fix for environments that disable experimental betas. The release landed as users were also flagging a fresh silent tool-dispatch regression across recent versions, keeping reliability and trust as the main community focus.
What changed
Claude Code released v2.1.123 to fix OAuth 401 retry loops when beta features are disabled.
Why it matters
Even a narrow auth fix matters when more teams are trying to run coding agents under stricter enterprise controls. The broader context is that Claude Code remains one of the highest-velocity coding CLIs, but community confidence now depends as much on operational reliability and billing behavior as on model quality.
Evidence excerpt
v2.1.123 fixes OAuth authentication entering a 401 retry loop when experimental betas are disabled, while users simultaneously reported silent tool dispatch stalls in recent builds.