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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Windows now matches its own machine name regardless of letter case

On Windows, the check for whether a host is this machine now ignores letter case and matches shortened forms of the name

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What

On Windows, the check for whether a host name means this machine now ignores upper and lower case and also matches shortened forms of the machine name.

Why

This changes which host names Claude Code treats as local.

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