Versions and updates

We update it for you

The pre-installed Claude Code follows the platform-approved version: each new version passes our compatibility check before it is rolled out to every machine.

• Machines check every 3 hours and update automatically when they differ from the approved version.
• No restart, no interrupted work: a running claude keeps the old version; the next start uses the new one.
• Every update is recorded in the console’s activity log, with the from and to versions.
• The Claude Code version row on the machine page shows the pre-installed version, the version you actually run, and whether auto-update is on.

On the machine:

hangar claude-update

Turn auto-update off

sudo hangar claude-update off   # stay on the current version
sudo hangar claude-update on    # turn it back on
sudo hangar claude-update now   # check right away

Want a newer version?

Install Claude Code into your own home directory (~/.local/bin) with the native install described in Claude Code’s official docs. Running claude then uses your copy first, and it updates itself; the platform’s auto-update never touches it.

Caution

• Don’t use sudo to change the pre-installed copy in /opt/hangar: auto-update will put it back to the approved version.
• When we sign a Claude account in for you, we always use the pre-installed copy (a checked version); once signed in, the login works with whichever version you run.