In the next version of Claude Code: subagents run in the background by default, so you can keep talking to Claude while your subagents work
If you want your agent to run in the foreground, just tell Claude
10:31 AM · Jun 29, 2026 · 547.3K Views
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny says the next version will run subagents in the background by default
Story Overview
Boris Cherny, who created and leads Claude Code at Anthropic, announced that the next release will flip subagents to background mode by default so the main conversation can keep rolling while independent tasks finish on their own.
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Developer Impact
Background agents free up your main thread
Instead of pausing to watch every subagent step, users can stay in the primary chat and simply flag when they want something pulled back into the foreground.
Open Question
Exact rollout timing stays unspecified
Cherny’s note gives no date, access tier details, or phased rollout plan, leaving the practical arrival of the change open for now.
Sentiment
Many users are excited about Claude Code running subagents in the background by default because it enables efficient multitasking and workflow improvements, while some dismiss the feature as unoriginal or unrelated to company issues.
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143 comments with sentiment.
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Chubby♨️@kimmonismus
Really excited for the next version of Claude Code. Keep it coming Boris!
Boris Cherny@bcherny
In the next version of Claude Code: subagents run in the background by default, so you can keep talking to Claude while your subagents work
If you want your agent to run in the foreground, just tell Claude
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@kimmonismus 🫡
Chubby♨️@kimmonismus
Really excited for the next version of Claude Code. Keep it coming Boris!
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memorycore@memorycore
@bcherny Omg. CAn someone please help me with my account. I’ve been waiting for days.
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Suhail@Suhail
@bcherny Oh great!
Boris Cherny@bcherny
In the next version of Claude Code: subagents run in the background by default, so you can keep talking to Claude while your subagents work
If you want your agent to run in the foreground, just tell Claude
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Yheu-Shen@yheushen
@bcherny @bcherny, do we not have subagents run by default in background/parallel already? I’m already seeing this.
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@yheushen We've been rolling it out gradually over the last week to a small subset of users
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Laila Rizvi@Laila_Rizvi
@bcherny Omg thank u
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@HarryRead33 We fwd permission requests from subagents to your main agent, so you see what they're up to. You can also arrow down + enter to "zoom in" to a subagent and message it
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Ameya@ameyaaii9dc
@bcherny How would this affect token usage and context when you talk to claude code while there are a subagents running. Can you create more tasks?
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TadasG 💻@tadasgedgaudas
@bcherny okay but can you add a more comfortable code selection feature and a nicer way to review the code directly in the IDE? Similarly like Cursor has with "review next file"
thank you
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@jlgolson Already supported, up to 5 layers deep
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@DeepBhaleraoX Yes, just arrow down and hit enter to send messages. Separate tab coming soon (you can do it now if you opt into agent teams)
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JinUltimate@JinUltimate1995
@bcherny It burned my goddam tokens by running a swarm on agents on basic task.
Is this another Claude scam to waste tokens?
It's 2 days since my weekly reset on my max plan and already have 60% weekly usage.
Don't add something you can't provide enough usage for.
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Jeremy@Jeremybtc
@bcherny Things are about to get crazy
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Patrick Donohoe@patrickdonohoe
@bcherny i have been spending more time in the cc desktop app recently. its fantastic for running my loops
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🥔🥔🥔@argofowl
@bcherny wen?
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@tadasgedgaudas Yes, cooking something up
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Delali@delali
@bcherny Is there a way to stop subagents from spinning up other agents? It can be annoying in certain cases because when more agents are spun up to do a simple task, the latter agents might lose sight of context and re-query data the prior session or agent had, burning more tokens.
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Harry Read@HarryRead33
@bcherny so Claude is just going to be doing stuff while I'm not even looking now. what could go wrong
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Boris Cherny@bcherny
@UnforcedAG Supported out of the box
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