ToolsSeptember 17, 2026via MarkTechPost
Anthropic Launches Claude Code Projects in Beta: Parallel Cloud Sessions That Keep Running After You Close Your Laptop
Why it matters
Anthropic shipped a fundamental redesign of Claude Code's project model: from static folders to persistent, agent-coordinated parallel sessions. Practitioners using Claude for development now get async, autonomous work that survives laptop closure—a meaningful shift in how AI coding assistants handle multi-threaded work.
Key signals
- Claude Code Projects redesigned: single ongoing conversation replaces folder-based structure
- Claude acts as coordinator, deciding which work becomes its own thread
- Each thread runs as a full Claude Code cloud session on its own branch
- Sessions persist after user closes laptop (async/background execution)
- Feature in beta (availability expanding)
The hook
Claude Code Projects just turned your laptop into a coordinator. Parallel cloud sessions keep running—and Claude decides what becomes a thread.
Anthropic redesigned Projects in Claude Code. The old project was a folder: some files plus one chat. The new one is a single ongoing conversation where Claude acts as coordinator. You describe work, and Claude decides what becomes a thread. Each thread is a full Claude Code cloud session running on…