Under the hood
Four more environment variables are now recognized and passed through by Claude Code
What
Claude Code's internal list of recognized environment variables gained four new entries:
CLAUDE_CODE_SANDBOXEDCLAUDE_CODE_ATTRIBUTION_STATUS_TIMEOUT_MSCLAUDE_CODE_TOOL_USE_IDCLAUDE_CODE_MODEL_CAPABILITIES
Why
Adding these to the recognized/passthrough list means Claude Code now acknowledges and forwards these variables where relevant, rather than treating them as unrecognized. CLAUDE_CODE_MODEL_CAPABILITIES was previously introduced to override model capability flags by model name pattern; this change means it's now included alongside the others in the same internal list.
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What effect being on this passthrough list has for each variable, and what the other three variables specifically control, is not described.