CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_NAME
A Claude Code environment variable, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
A blank CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_NAME now falls back to the directory-derived name.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.232.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.251 6 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.160 – 2.1.243 75 releases | in the build | str | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.159 20 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.232Session names from the environment are normalized before use
A blank CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_NAME now falls back to the directory-derived name.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
None of Anthropic's documentation pages this site has a copy of carries this name.
Names beside it
Every environment variable in the inventory starting claude_code_session, up to twelve of them.
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_Two env vars let background dispatchers inherit your plan and rate tier without an API call. never mined
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ACCESS_TOKENRemote settings can now supply many more environment variables, including auth tokens and home directory paths. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_IDSkills from your claude.ai account can load as a source, but only if you set the sync env var. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_KINDTwo env vars let background dispatchers inherit your plan and rate tier without an API call. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_LOGNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_SESSIONEND_HOOKS_TIMEOUT_MSNonsense values in retry, MCP output and hook timeout env vars now fall back to defaults. 2.1.138
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the environment variable does. All environment variables.