{"version":"2.1.207","anchor":"native-launcher-auto-update-externally-managed-launchers-ski","canonical_anchor":"native-launcher-auto-update-externally-managed-launchers-ski","heading":"Native Launcher Auto-Update: Externally Managed Launchers Skipped","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.207\/e\/native-launcher-auto-update-externally-managed-launchers-ski","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.207","markdown":"### Native Launcher Auto-Update: Externally Managed Launchers Skipped\n\nWhen 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.\n\n**Evidence**\n\nLauncher ownership check (search for `\"Skipping native version cleanup: the launcher at\"` and `\"not created by the native installer\"`)"}