{"version":"2.1.257","anchor":"claude-install-refuses-to-auto-switch-to-pre-signing-enfor","canonical_anchor":"claude-install-refuses-to-auto-switch-to-pre-signing-enfor","heading":"claude install refuses to auto-switch to pre-signing-enforcement releases","tier":"notice","area":"Updater","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.257\/e\/claude-install-refuses-to-auto-switch-to-pre-signing-enfor","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.257","markdown":"### `claude install` refuses to auto-switch to pre-signing-enforcement releases\n\nclaude install refuses to switch to a channel version that predates signature enforcement unless you name it exactly.\n\nWhen `claude install <channel>` would resolve to a version that predates release-signature enforcement, the CLI now stops instead of installing it, and tells the user to run `claude install <exact version>` explicitly if they still want that release.\n\n- Area: Updater\n- Names: `claude install`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}