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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Claude Code recognizes errors saying its version is too old

Claude Code can now recognize errors saying its version is below the minimum a model or your organization's policy requires

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What

Claude Code now recognizes error messages saying the installed version is too old for a model or for the organization's policy, such as one ending "is older than the minimum version required by your organization's policy".

Why

In practice, these version errors can now be told apart from other failures.

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