{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"skip-some-identity-lookups-in-remote-mode","canonical_anchor":"skip-some-identity-lookups-in-remote-mode","heading":"Username lookup is skipped in one more case","tier":"internal","area":"Telemetry","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/skip-some-identity-lookups-in-remote-mode","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Username lookup is skipped in one more case\n\nOne way Claude Code looks up your username now returns nothing in some modes instead of reading `GITHUB_ACTOR`, `USER` or `USERNAME`\n\n**Unclear.** The condition under which the username is skipped is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code reads your username from `GITHUB_ACTOR`, `USER` or `USERNAME`, which are environment variables (values set in your shell or by the program that starts Claude Code). One place that does this now returns no username at all when a certain condition holds. Before, it always looked the name up.\n\n**Why**\n\nIn the mode this applies to, your username is not picked up by this part of Claude Code.\n\n- Area: Telemetry\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}