Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.274,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code runs a local agent proxy that needs its certificate authority (CA) trusted by the system so it can inspect secure connections. Installing that certificate into the system trust store now tries a new 'direct' method first, writing the certificate to an anchor location, before falling back to the previous approach of refreshing it through a helper command. Diagnostic telemetry now records which method succeeded (direct or refresh) and gives more detailed failure reasons, such as direct_failed_step, direct_skipped, and hook_incomplete.
Why
A more direct installation path can make trusting the proxy's certificate more reliable, and the added detail makes it easier to see why installation failed when it does.