{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"desktop-app-detection-returns-url-scheme","canonical_anchor":"desktop-app-detection-returns-url-scheme","heading":"Desktop app detection now reports which app link it found","tier":"internal","area":"Desktop App","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/desktop-app-detection-returns-url-scheme","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Desktop app detection now reports which app link it found\n\nClaude Code's check for the desktop app now reports the link scheme, and treats a claude-dev app as ready without a version check\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear which Claude Code feature uses this detection.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code checks for the Claude desktop app, the result used to include only a status and a version. It now also includes the URL scheme, which is the link prefix used to open the app. If that scheme is `claude-dev`, Claude Code treats the app as ready without checking its version.\n\n**Why**\n\nA development build of the desktop app is accepted without failing a version check.\n\n- Area: Desktop App\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}