You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Auto UpdateArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.288,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code fails to update itself, the status line now reads "Auto-update failed: · Run claude doctor". The reason is worked out from the failure. Before, only one case had its own message: a Windows update blocked because claude.exe was in use.
Why
More kinds of update failure can now be explained, and claude doctor is offered as the next step.
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Names in the bundleclaude doctor
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 doubtIt is not clear which reasons Claude Code can show.