What
The embedded version, build time and commit id moved to the 2.1.240 build. These drive claude --version, update checks, Remote Control minimum-version messages, user-agent headers and analytics fields. No behaviour change beyond the new values.
Evidence
VERSION: "2.1.240"
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
Names in the bundleclaude --version
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude --version, on Error reference.
* Run `claude --version`, then `claude update`, and run the command again in a fresh session. See the [requirements for plugin evals](/docs/en/plugin-evals#requirements)errors see the edit
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agrees
Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude --version, on Error reference.