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Claude Code v2.1.265 ·

New allowlist forwards Bun/mimalloc GC tuning env vars only for remote sessions

Remote sessions now pass through Bun and mimalloc garbage-collection tuning environment variables to spawned processes

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Remote sessions now pass through Bun and mimalloc garbage-collection tuning environment variables to spawned processes

What

A new allowlist of environment variables related to memory management tuning is now forwarded to spawned processes, but only when CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE is set to true. The variables are BUN_GC_TIMER_INTERVAL, BUN_GC_TIMER_DISABLE, BUN_GC_RUNS_UNTIL_SKIP_RELEASE_ACCESS, BUN_IDLE_GC_SECONDS, and MIMALLOC_PURGE_HOLES_MIN_INTERVAL. These control garbage collection (automatic memory cleanup) timing in Bun, the JavaScript runtime Claude Code uses, and in mimalloc, a memory allocator library.

Why

This lets remote sessions be tuned for memory behavior via environment variables without affecting local sessions, which don't get these variables passed through.

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