{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"removed-cleaning-up-old-npm-installations-installer-sta","canonical_anchor":"removed-cleaning-up-old-npm-installations-installer-sta","heading":"The installer no longer shows a step for cleaning up old npm installs","tier":"notice","area":"Installation","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/removed-cleaning-up-old-npm-installations-installer-sta","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### The installer no longer shows a step for cleaning up old npm installs\n\nThe installer screen no longer shows the \"Cleaning up old npm installations...\" step\n\n**What**\n\nThe 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nIf you install or update Claude Code and remember seeing this line, its absence is expected and not a sign that something went wrong.\n\n- Area: Installation\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}