News · 26 Oct 2026

Monday roundup: 26 Oct 2026

Claude Code 2.1.310 brings the Monitor tool to Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry, Grok Bot adds a Vault for saved logins and cards, Grok Build groups agents by folder, and Gemini in Sheets can analyse BigQuery data in plain language.

  1. Anthropic

    Claude Code 2.1.310

    Released 24 Oct 2026, 00:39 UK

    The Monitor tool and plugin monitors now work on Bedrock, Vertex and Foundry, and when telemetry or nonessential traffic is turned off.

    Claude Code also retries without the effort-2025-11-24 beta value or mid-conversation system messages when a gateway or compatible server rejects them.

    Enterprise custom roles can now control access to cloud sessions and Remote Control. The Linux sandbox now tells you when Ubuntu's AppArmor rules are blocking bubblewrap, and how to lift them.

    Who it affects Anyone running Claude Code through a cloud provider or their own LLM gateway, where this release fixes a set of failed requests. Admins also get role-level control over remote access.

    Source: Claude Code changelog ↗

  2. SpaceAI

    Grok Bot 0.75.5

    Released 23 Oct 2026

    Grok Bot can now save logins, cards and contact details to a Vault in Settings and fill them in to sign in or check out.

    Bots can forward email from their own inbox with formatting and attachments intact, and they record who asked for each Slack message they post.

    Auto-review should ask for approval less often, and routines can now run up to 300 times an hour in total, up from 100.

    Who it affects Teams using an always-on agent for sign-ins or in shared Slack channels, who can now see who asked for each message.

    Source: Grok Bot changelog ↗

  3. SpaceAI

    Grok Build 1.0.69 and 1.0.70

    Released 23 Oct 2026

    The Grok Build dashboard now groups agents under folder headers, and /resume lists sessions from every folder.

    Source: Grok Build changelog ↗

  4. Google

    Gemini in Workspace: BigQuery in Sheets, Gemini Notebook and a skills hub

    Released 23 Oct 2026

    Gemini in Sheets can now analyse BigQuery data in plain language through Connected Sheets. Its queries run against the full dataset in BigQuery, not just the rows on screen.

    Gemini Notebook is now a connected app in the Gemini app, and the Gemini app has a new hub for adding skills and apps.

    Who it affects Analysts, who can now ask questions of warehouse-scale data without writing SQL. Admins should check who has BigQuery access through Connected Sheets.

    Source: Workspace weekly recap ↗

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