In-App Auto-Update Configuration / Claude Code v2.1.23

What

New dialog to enable or disable auto-updates directly from within Claude Code, with channel selection.

Usage: Access through the settings interface to configure auto-updates.

Details

Choose between "Enable with latest channel" or "Enable with stable channel"
When auto-updates are controlled by environment variables (CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC or DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER), the dialog shows a message explaining this and how to re-enable

Evidence

UI component at line 488151 (contains "Enable Auto-Updates", "Enable with latest channel", "Enable with stable channel")

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

The build it came inv2.1.23

29 Jan 2026 · 19 entries, this one is #2.

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envCLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC
Set to any non-empty value, such as 1, to disable nonessential network traffic: auto-updates, telemetry, error reporting, the /feedback command, Claude-drafted feedback, release notes, the PR and MR status badge checks, and availability checks such as the fast mode check. It also stops the background runs of plugin command sources, which are local commands rather than network traffic, because they can trigger dependency installs. Setting it to 0 or false still disables this traffic, unlike most on/off variables; unset the variable to allow it again. Also disables feature-flag fetching, which makes Remote Control and the other features that need feature-flag fetching unavailable. Official plugin marketplace auto-install isn't covered; disable it with CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_OFFICIAL_MARKETPLACE_AUTOINSTALL. Doesn't affect gateway model discovery, which has its own opt-in
envDISABLE_AUTOUPDATER
DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=0 or false no longer disables updates; only truthy values count now.

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