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.
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.
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Cloud GatewayArea: what it touches
New FeaturesKind: in v2.1.261,
New FeaturesSection of the release