You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Managed SettingsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.304,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Policy limits are rules your organisation sets for what Claude Code may do. When the API refuses a request because of an organisation policy the current session has not loaded yet, Claude Code now fetches the policy limits again right away and logs that it is re-fetching them.
Claude Code also now watches whether use of ANTHROPIC_API_KEY has been approved, and reacts when that approval changes. It also records more reasons for a change in who is signed in, covering cases where a saved snapshot was used as a fallback or where stored data was restored.
Why
Policy changes take effect sooner, instead of waiting for the regular hourly check.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed the organization policy not refreshing until the hourly check after approving an ANTHROPIC_API_KEY at startup or switching "Use custom…
