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Claude Code v2.1.290 ·

Fewer settings can now turn on Claude in Chrome at startup

Remote and Cowork sessions ignore Claude in Chrome's enabled-by-default setting, and project settings can no longer turn it on

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Unclear How Claude Code decides that a session counts as remote or Cowork is not shown.

What

The check that decides whether Claude Code connects to Claude in Chrome when it starts now ignores two settings it used to follow:

  • In remote and Cowork sessions, claudeInChromeDefaultEnabled is now ignored and Chrome is not connected. In these sessions Chrome connects at startup only if you start with --chrome or with CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_CFC=1 set in the startup environment. Before, the setting was used whenever it was defined.
  • If a project's settings file sets CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_CFC in its env block, Claude Code now ignores it. At startup it warns that a project can't turn on Claude in Chrome and tells you to run /chrome or start with --chrome to turn it on yourself.

The Chrome setup notification also has new text: "Claude in Chrome", with "Set up Claude in Chrome so this task can use your browser".

Why

A project you open can no longer switch on browser control for you without asking. If you had Claude in Chrome on by default, it now stays off in remote and Cowork sessions unless you turn it on with --chrome or CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_CFC=1.

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The writer flagged doubtHow Claude Code decides that a session counts as remote or Cowork is not shown.
Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged Claude in Chrome so that a project's settings files can no longer turn it on; use --chrome, /chrome or your user settings

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