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Claude Code v2.1.233 ·

Startup install check is async and skipped on remote workspaces

The startup installation check runs in the background and is skipped entirely on remote workspaces.

You'll notice Improvements
JSON All of v2.1.233
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
StartupArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.233,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

The check for problems with your Claude Code installation now runs asynchronously at startup and returns immediately on a remote workspace, where the local install layout means nothing. Failures go to the error reporter rather than the screen.

Evidence

install check:

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

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