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Claude Code v2.1.281 ·

More Windows environment variables are now in the settings env-var set

More Windows environment variables, such as SYSTEMROOT, COMSPEC and PSMODULEPATH, now get special handling when set in settings env

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What

The env section of a settings file sets environment variables for Claude Code. Claude Code handles some of these variables specially. More Windows variables are now in that group, including:

The same group also decides which env keys from project or local settings are reported when a bundle is uploaded to the cloud.

Why

If your settings set any of these Windows variables, Claude Code now treats them differently from before.

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