{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"four-new-ccrgrowthbook-startup-env-switches-are-read-in-the","canonical_anchor":"four-new-ccrgrowthbook-startup-env-switches-are-read-in-the","heading":"Four new startup environment variables for cloud sessions","tier":"use","area":"Cloud Sessions","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/four-new-ccrgrowthbook-startup-env-switches-are-read-in-the","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Four new startup environment variables for cloud sessions\n\nClaude Code now reads four new startup environment variables and passes them through to cloud sessions; they do nothing unless set\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what each variable changes when set, or what normally sets them.\n\n**What**\n\nAn environment variable is a named value set before a program starts. Claude Code now reads four new ones and adds them to the list it passes through to cloud sessions, which are Claude Code sessions run on remote machines:\n\n- `CLAUDE_CODE_CCR_EARLY_SKILLS_SYNC`\n\n- `CLAUDE_CODE_CCR_FOLD_FIRST_TURN_RESCAN`\n\n- `CLAUDE_CODE_CCR_SKIP_FRESH_MIGRATIONS`\n\n- `CLAUDE_CODE_GROWTHBOOK_KICK_FROM_INIT`\n\nThey sit next to the existing `CLAUDE_CODE_CCR_EARLY_*` startup switches. Each one changes what Claude Code does when it starts.\n\n**Why**\n\nThese are opt-in startup options for hosted sessions. They change nothing unless the environment running the session sets them.\n\n- Area: Cloud Sessions\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 5\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5"}