{"version":"2.1.288","anchor":"google-cloud-provider-gets-a-base-url-check","canonical_anchor":"google-cloud-provider-gets-a-base-url-check","heading":"Claude Platform on Google Cloud checks its base URL the same way as other providers","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"org","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288\/e\/google-cloud-provider-gets-a-base-url-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288","markdown":"### Claude Platform on Google Cloud checks its base URL the same way as other providers\n\nClaude Code now checks `ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_BASE_URL` like the Vertex and Mantle providers when deciding if the default endpoint is in use\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what Claude Code does differently based on this check, and the accounts of how the previous build handled this case disagree.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code has a check that appears to decide whether a provider is using its default endpoint, the standard web address that requests go to. For the Claude Platform on Google Cloud provider, this check now follows the same pattern as the Vertex and Mantle providers. It treats the default endpoint as in use when `ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_BASE_URL` is not set.\n\n**Why**\n\nIf you point Claude Platform on Google Cloud at a custom base URL with `ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_BASE_URL`, it is now handled the same way as a custom endpoint on the other cloud providers.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Names: `ANTHROPIC_GOOGLE_CLOUD_BASE_URL`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: org\n- Heads-up: no"}