GIT_SSL_CAINFO
A Claude Code environment variable, read out of the shipped bundle.
It has been in the build since v2.1.251, including the newest one read.
SSL certificate error message now lists the specific env var to check per tool
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.275 .
First seen v2.1.251 28 Aug 2026
Last seen v2.1.319 6 Nov 2026
Builds 59 / 159 on this box, as of v2.1.319
Written about v2.1.275 first named in a changelog, 17 Sep 2026
v2.1.251 in the build not in the build never minedv2.1.319
In the changelogs
4
Releases whose published page names GIT_SSL_CAINFO.
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026
v2.1.275 17 Sep 2026
First cited
3
The earliest release whose published evidence quoted GIT_SSL_CAINFO was v2.1.275 , 17 Sep 2026. That is the oldest release this project wrote about it, so it is a floor on the name's age and not the release that introduced it. It is not a presence reading: which builds carried the name is the table below.
Release Date The span that was quoted
v2.1.275 17 Sep 2026 NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS, REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE, AWS_CA_BUNDLE, DENO_CERT, CARGO_HTTP_CAINFO, PIP_CERT, GIT_SSL_CAINFO,
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026 governed git: GIT_SSL_CAINFO is set on this runner and
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026 the runner's own git keeps GIT_SSL_CAINFO
Presence across releases
1
Builds How many Dates Reading
v2.1.251 – v2.1.319 59 builds 28 Aug 2026 → 6 Nov 2026 ◆ in the build
Build by build
59
One row per release since the first build this name was read out of. Absent means the build was read and the name was not in it, never mined means no bundle for that release was ever archived, and a declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Build Date State The record behind it
v2.1.251 28 Aug 2026 · addedverdict: added · str
v2.1.252 31 Aug 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.257 1 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.258 1 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.259 2 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.260 3 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.261 4 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.263 6 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.265 8 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.266 8 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.267 9 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.268 10 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.269 11 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.270 12 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.271 14 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.272 14 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.273 15 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.274 16 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.275 17 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.276 18 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.277 18 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.278 19 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.280 22 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.281 23 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.282 24 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.283 25 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.284 28 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.285 29 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.286 30 Sep 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.287 1 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.288 2 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.289 3 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.290 5 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.291 6 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.292 6 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.293 7 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.294 8 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.295 8 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.296 9 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.299 14 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.300 14 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.301 15 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.302 16 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.303 18 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.304 19 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.305 20 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.306 21 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.307 21 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.308 22 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.309 22 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.310 23 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.311 26 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.312 27 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.314 30 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.315 30 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.316 31 Oct 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.317 2 Nov 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.318 3 Nov 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
v2.1.319 6 Nov 2026 · presentverdict: present · str
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 .