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Claude Code v2.1.261 ·

New "gateway required by host policy" cloud-provider mode

Hosts can now force gateway auth and routing through a policy check, independent of your env vars.

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Useful3my rating, 1 to 5
Signal3worth watching, 1 to 5
AreaCloud Gatewaywhat it touches
KindNew Featuresin v2.1.261,
Under the hood

Hosts can now force gateway auth and routing through a policy check, independent of your env vars.

Provider detection now also treats the session as a Cloud gateway provider when a new host policy reader, gatewayRequiredByHostPolicy, returns true, in addition to the existing gateway-server-process checks. This gives hosts a way to force gateway auth and provider routing independent of the CLAUDE_CODE_USE_* environment variables.

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