What probably matters to youSection of the release
What
Claude Code can connect to MCP servers (external tool providers using the Model Context Protocol). Before starting a session, it may wait briefly for remote MCP servers to become ready. That wait behavior is now controlled by a new environment variable, CLAUDE_CODE_MCP_CONNECTOR_PREWAIT_MS, which can set an explicit deadline and a local-only override. This replaces a simpler check that only looked at whether CLAUDE_CODE_ENVIRONMENT_KIND was set to "bridge".
Why
This gives more direct control over MCP startup timing than the previous environment-kind check allowed, which is useful for tuning how long Claude Code waits on remote MCP servers before a session begins.
