What probably matters to youSection of the release
Unclear The finding does not say what happens differently if the wait times out versus succeeds.
What
A new environment variable, CLAUDE_CODE_FLAG_FETCH_WAIT_MS, controls how long Claude Code will wait at startup for its feature flags (fetched via GrowthBook) to load when the session is a relaunch. If unset, it defaults to 3000 milliseconds. Startup also separately waits a fixed amount if event logging is enabled and its cache is empty. The relaunch condition itself is limited to cases involving CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE.
Why
This gives more control over the tradeoff between startup speed and having up-to-date feature flags immediately available when a session relaunches, and Claude Code now reports whether that wait timed out.
