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Claude Code v2.1.246

A clearer message when cloud changes need a newer Claude Code

You'll notice
Useful3 Signal2
Cloud Sessions

If cloud changes arrive in a newer format, you're told to upgrade rather than to retry.

What

If the cloud session sends its changes in a format this version cannot read, you now get an upgrade prompt instead of the generic retry message.

Details
  • The message reads "What Claude changed in the cloud was sent in a form this version of Claude Code cannot download; update Claude Code to receive it".
  • Ordinary download and journal failures were demoted from info to debug, so they no longer appear as visible lines.
Evidence

What Claude changed in the cloud was sent in a form this version of Claude Code cannot download; update Claude Code to receive it

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

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