Use it now Notable
OTLP collector headers can now come from a helper script that's re-run periodically.
A new otlpHeadersHelper setting points to an executable that prints a JSON object of collector headers on stdout. Its output is merged over the static otlpHeaders and the new auth-mode header, taking precedence, and is re-run periodically and on rotation for Code and Cowork sessions.
Names in the bundleotlpHeadersHelper
Documented inclaude-docs/cowork/changelog
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Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up otlpHeadersHelper, on Configuration reference.
| <span id="otlpheadershelper" />OpenTelemetry headers helper script<br />`otlpHeadersHelper` | `string` | MDM + Bootstrap<br />Added in 1.30096.1 | — | Absolute path to an executable that prints a JSON object of collector headers. Merged …third-party/claude-desktop/configuration see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up otlpHeadersHelper, on Configuration reference.