{"version":"2.1.260","anchor":"direct-api-client-construction-now-respects-anthropic-base-u","canonical_anchor":"direct-api-client-construction-now-respects-anthropic-base-u","heading":"Direct API client construction now respects ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL as a fallback baseURL","tier":"use","area":"API Configuration","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260\/e\/direct-api-client-construction-now-respects-anthropic-base-u","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260","markdown":"### Direct API client construction now respects ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL as a fallback baseURL\n\nANTHROPIC_BASE_URL is now actually respected in the direct-API fallback path.\n\nIn the final fallback branch of direct API client construction, used when no gateway, Bedrock, or Vertex provider applies, the client config now sets `baseURL` to `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` when that environment variable is present. This replaces a prior unconditional no-op spread, so `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` is now respected in this fallback path.\n\n- Area: API Configuration\n- Names: `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}