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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

New CLAUDE_CODE_WEBSEARCH_CITATIONS_DECLARED setting for web search citations

A new environment variable, CLAUDE_CODE_WEBSEARCH_CITATIONS_DECLARED, joins the existing web search citations switch

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5Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
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Unclear What setting this variable changes in web search answers, and which conditions it needs, is not established.

What

An environment variable is a setting you give a program from your shell before starting it. Claude Code now recognises CLAUDE_CODE_WEBSEARCH_CITATIONS_DECLARED, listed next to the existing CLAUDE_CODE_WEBSEARCH_CITATIONS.

Setting it is not enough on its own: Claude Code acts on it only when one other condition holds and a further one does not.

Why

It is a second switch for web search citations, related to how citations are declared when Claude Code sends a request to the API.

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The writer flagged doubtWhat setting this variable changes in web search answers, and which conditions it needs, is not established.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: CLAUDE_CODE_WEBSEARCH_CITATIONS_DECLARED

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