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Claude Code v2.1.228

Version 2.1.228

Under the hood
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Internals not in their notes

Version is now 2.1.228, which is what version output and update banners report.

claude --version
What

Build constants move to version 2.1.228 with build time 2026-08-11T01:33:09Z and a new commit sha, which accounts for most of the diff through update banners, claude --version, user-agent strings, doctor output and daemon version-mismatch warnings.

Details
  • Completing onboarding now stamps lastOnboardingVersion with this version.
Evidence

BUILD_TIME: "2026-08-11T01:33:09Z", "2026-08-11T01:33:09Z"

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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