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Claude Code v2.1.248

Ultrareview checks GitHub access before it starts a remote PR review

You'll notice
Useful3 Signal2
GitHub Integration

PR reviews stop right away with advice if your GitHub account cannot see the repo.

/web-setup
What

Before bundling a pull request for review, Claude Code now checks in parallel with gh pr view whether your linked GitHub account can actually see the repo. If it cannot, the review stops immediately with advice to connect an account, install the Claude GitHub app, or run /web-setup to reuse your existing gh CLI login, instead of failing later with a generic HTTP error. It is on unless a server-side config sets github_access_precheck_enabled to false.

Details
  • Two failure verdicts short-circuit the review: github_not_connected and github_repo_not_found.
  • The probe has a time budget of 5000 ms unless a caller supplies its own accessProbeBudgetMs.
  • The /web-setup suggestion additionally requires the allow_remote_sessions and allow_quick_web_setup account entitlements.
  • A telemetry event, tengu_review_remote_github_access_probe, records the verdict and HTTP status.
Evidence

tengu_review_remote_github_access_probe

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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