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Today’s issueNo. 034 · 18 September 2026 · 3 min

Two harnesses shipped a build that would not work, and fixed it the same night.

Claude Code 2.1.275 went out at 22:33 UTC. Every request failed with 400 … Input tag 'advisor_20260301' when ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL pointed at a proxy or gateway.

Verdict · Breaking On Claude Code 2.1.275 behind a gateway, or Cline desktop 0.0.31: you are broken, and the fix is published. Upgrade both.

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Twice the bill, the same answer

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1,544 words · 6 min
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Open weights inside a closed harness

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