Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.309,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear It is not known what the helper checks, so it is unclear whether Bedrock users with no ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL set see any change.
What
ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL is the environment variable that points Claude Code at a custom Amazon Bedrock endpoint, such as an LLM gateway. Two places that used to read it directly now call a helper function instead:
The check that decides whether Bedrock is using its default endpoint. Before, it tested whether ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL was unset. The Vertex, Mantle and Google Cloud cases still check their own environment variables.
The check for eager input streaming on Bedrock (sending a tool's input as it is produced, controlled by eagerInputStreaming.bedrock). Before, it also required ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL to be unset. The Vertex branch still checks ANTHROPIC_VERTEX_BASE_URL.
Why
The members do not show what the helper looks at, so whether a custom Bedrock URL is still treated the same way depends on it. If you reach Bedrock through a gateway or custom endpoint, watch for differences in default-endpoint behaviour and in tool-input streaming.
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The writer flagged doubtIt is not known what the helper checks, so it is unclear whether Bedrock users with no `ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL` set see any change.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed fine-grained tool streaming staying off on Amazon Bedrock when ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_BASE_URL is set to the default…