{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"cache-invalidation-bookkeeping-now-limited-to-cowork-and-des","canonical_anchor":"cache-invalidation-bookkeeping-now-limited-to-cowork-and-des","heading":"Cache invalidation bookkeeping now limited to Cowork and desktop","tier":"notice","area":"Caching","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/cache-invalidation-bookkeeping-now-limited-to-cowork-and-des","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Cache invalidation bookkeeping now limited to Cowork and desktop\n\nTwo cache bookkeeping steps no longer run in the terminal CLI at all.\n\n**What**\n\nTwo internal cache-state updates, one on cache reads and one on deletions, now return immediately unless `CLAUDE_CODE_IS_COWORK` is set or the entrypoint is `claude-desktop`. In the terminal CLI this work no longer runs at all.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`if (!xC()) return;`\n\n- Area: Caching\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_IS_COWORK`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}