Custom credential helper scripts now receive a CLAUDE_HELPER_CONTEXT environment variable, with values such as interactive, mid-session-refresh, background, scheduled-task, and setup-test. Helpers can use this to decide whether it's safe to prompt the user interactively.
Credential-helper scripts now receive a context environment variable
Credential helper scripts now get a context variable telling them why they're being called.
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2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.260,
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