Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
TelemetryArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.296,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Claude Code runs a background signed-cache check whose results are only reported in usage data. It no longer waits on an identity lookup and no longer sends a separate identity report afterwards. The main report from the check gains two fields, absence and states_lifetime.
Why
This changes the usage data Claude Code sends about the signed-cache rollout. It does not change what you see.
