{"version":"2.1.321","anchor":"server-sent-startup-announcements","canonical_anchor":"server-sent-startup-announcements","heading":"Startup announcements from Anthropic now show first and only once","tier":"notice","area":"Startup","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.321\/e\/server-sent-startup-announcements","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.321","markdown":"### Startup announcements from Anthropic now show first and only once\n\nAt startup, an announcement sent by Anthropic's server is shown ahead of built-in ones, once, with a coloured bar beside it\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can show an announcement when it starts. It used to pick only from the announcements built into the app, choosing the most important one.\n\nIt now checks first for an announcement sent by Anthropic's server. If there is one, that is shown ahead of the built-in announcements, only once, with a coloured bar beside it.\n\n**Why**\n\nAnthropic can send a one-time notice that you see the next time Claude Code starts.\n\n- Area: Startup\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}