You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
InstallationArea: what it touches
RemovedKind: in v2.1.317,
RemovedSection of the release
What
The installer's on-screen progress used to include a step reading "Cleaning up old npm installations...", shown in a warning colour. The installer no longer displays that step.
Why
If you install or update Claude Code and remember seeing this line, its absence is expected and not a sign that something went wrong.
