Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Environment VariablesArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.323,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Environment variables are named values set in your shell that change how a program behaves. Claude Code keeps a list of proxy and network variables it treats specially. These now sit in their own shared list, next to CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL:
The original list still includes all of them, so it holds the same names as before.
Why
The shared list is now used in a second place as well. This suggests these variables are handled by another part of Claude Code too, possibly one that filters environment values coming from settings. Nothing shows a change in how the variables work today.
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded support for CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL in managed settings for Claude Desktop sessions on third-party providers (takes effect once…
