The Clone Goes to a Separate Session, the Child Task Stays Local: How Claude Code v2.1.212 Split Parallel Work Between "/fork" and "/subtask"
In Claude Code v2.1.212, the meaning of /fork changed. It's now the command that clones the conversation and launches a separate background session, while the old "child task, right here" behavior moved to /subtask. Here's a look at the update that lets you choose between running in parallel and del