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Claude Code v2.1.207

Native Launcher Auto-Update: Externally Managed Launchers Skipped

When running the native version cleanup after an update, Claude Code now checks whether the launcher at the executable path is a native-installer-managed symlink. If the launcher is externally managed (not a symlink into the claude/versions/ directory and not an npm shim), version cleanup is skipped with a clear message rather than potentially interfering with the external manager.

Evidence

Launcher ownership check (search for "Skipping native version cleanup: the launcher at" and "not created by the native installer")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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