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What
Claude Code now treats logging in through a gateway as required when forceLoginMethod is set to "gateway" and forceLoginGatewayUrl is not set. A gateway is a server your organization runs that you log in through. Before, only a condition tied to policyHelper, a setting that runs a program to compute managed settings, led to this.
Why
If your managed settings (the ones an administrator controls) set forceLoginMethod to "gateway" without giving a gateway address, you now get the gateway login flow.
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Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed a saved Claude apps gateway sign-in being ignored on machines whose managed settings set forceLoginMethod to gateway with no…