Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
MCPArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.246,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code now identifies the Claude in Chrome connection by tool-name prefix as well as by server name, and treats it as first-party in the same check that already covered its other internal connections.
Details
The Chrome-specific classification floor still applies only when the chromeClassifierFloorEnabled switch is true.
Evidence
claude-in-chrome__
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.