Unclear It is not clear whether the new check gives the same answer as the old one, especially in remote sessions.
What
Sometimes Claude Code cannot read its stored credentials because the system refuses permission (the errors EACCES or EPERM). In that case it can try a fallback. Before, it tried the fallback only when CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE was not set and Claude Code had not been started by another program over a direct message channel. That decision is now made by a separate check.
Why
This may simply be a rewrite with no effect. It may also change whether the fallback runs in remote sessions.
Names in the bundleCLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE
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It is not clear whether the new check gives the same answer as the old one, especially in remote sessions.