{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"settings-dialog-gains-an-auto-update-channel-row-and-shared","canonical_anchor":"settings-dialog-gains-an-auto-update-channel-row-and-shared","heading":"Settings screen can switch the auto-update channel between latest and stable","tier":"use","area":"Updates","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/settings-dialog-gains-an-auto-update-channel-row-and-shared","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Settings screen can switch the auto-update channel between latest and stable\n\nThe settings screen can set the auto-update channel to latest or stable, and choosing stable can also set a minimum version\n\n**Unclear.** It is not confirmed that the auto-update channel row actually shows on the settings screen, or what controls whether it does.\n\n**What**\n\nAuto-updates are how Claude Code installs newer versions of itself. The settings screen's handling of the auto-update channel has changed. It can set the channel to latest or stable, and when you choose stable it can also set `minimumVersion`, which keeps auto-updates from installing anything below a given version. Claude Code records when auto-updating is turned on and when the channel is changed.\n\nThe way rows in settings dialogs are edited has also been reworked.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis means you could change which release channel you follow from inside Claude Code instead of editing a settings file.\n\n- Area: Updates\n- Names: `minimumVersion`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}