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Claude Code v2.1.281 ·

Managed config: serve_to_desktop and optional marketplace SHA

Managed config entries accept serve_to_desktop, and marketplace entries no longer need a SHA-256, falling back to available without one

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Unclear The finding does not say what desktopSessionPayload does, or which product the version 1.32352.0 belongs to.

What

Managed config is configuration set centrally, usually by an organisation, rather than by each user. It changes in three ways:

  • serve_to_desktop: a new option on match entries. It produces a desktopSessionPayload.
  • Marketplace SHA-256: no longer required. A SHA-256 is a fingerprint used to confirm a download is the expected one. Without it, entries marked auto_install or required behave as available.
  • url source: now marked as available from version 1.32352.0.
Why

Administrators can now list a marketplace without supplying its SHA-256. The trade-off is that such an entry is not installed automatically or enforced as required. Users are only offered it.

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Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up serve_to_desktop, on Claude apps gateway configuration. When you switch, delete any `serve_to_desktop` line in the same edit that renames the blocks. Where an instruction names the `cli` block, use your `code` block. claude-apps-gateway-config see the edit
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The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what `desktopSessionPayload` does, or which product the version 1.32352.0 belongs to.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up serve_to_desktop, on Claude apps gateway configuration.

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