You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ModelsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.283,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code builds its list of available models, a provider other than Anthropic now counts toward listing a model only if an extra check for that provider also passes. Before, being configured was enough.
Why
The model list may stop offering models that a configured provider cannot actually serve.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtWhat the extra check tests could not be determined.
