Claude Code loses Task and Todo tools in every new session after July 21
Jason-Mendes · ghdev · 2026-07-22
What changed
The task-tracking tools — TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, and TodoWrite — stopped appearing in every new Claude Code session on this machine sometime after 2026-07-21 14:00 UTC.
Evidence
- The reporter reproduced it on Claude Code 2.1.216 and 2.1.217
- todoFeatureEnabled: true in settings
- CLAUDECODEENABLETASKS is unset, so the tools should be available
- ToolSearch({query: "select:TaskCreate,TaskUpdate,TaskList,TodoWrite"}) returns no matching deferred tools
- TaskOutput / TaskStop are still present
Interpretation
Since the issue persists across terminals and versions, the reporter suspects a server-side or account-level feature gate rather than a local configuration problem.
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