Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.317,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear Which kinds of session the two conditions cover is not stated, so it is unclear whether a given setup now picks up the value.
What
Claude Code reads the CLAUDE_CODE_WORKER_EPOCH environment variable, a setting that comes from the environment Claude Code is started in, and passes its value along as the worker epoch. It used to do this only when one particular condition held. It now does it when either of two conditions holds, so the value is carried through in more situations.
Why
This concerns how remote and worker sessions keep track of their epoch value. If you set CLAUDE_CODE_WORKER_EPOCH, it now takes effect in more cases.