Claude Code v2.1.162 → v2.1.163: Orgs can now lock Claude Code to a version range

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WHY users should care

Enterprise teams can now enforce version compliance via managed settings — Claude Code refuses to start if the client version is outside the org-defined range, and guides users to an approved version. No more "works on my machine" version drift across teams.

What landed in v2.1.163

• 🔒 requiredMinimumVersion + requiredMaximumVersion managed settings — version enforcement at org level
• 🚀 Background agent sessions auto-update Claude Code without blocking on cold restart
• 📋 /plugin list command added
• 🪝 Stop hook now supports additionalContext for richer feedback
• 🐛 20 bug fixes including:
  • Bazel/EDR regression fix
  • --headless Bedrock/Vertex auth fix

Links

• PR: docs: Claude Code v2.1.163 - requiredMinimumVersion enforcement + 20 bug fixes claude-code-docs#1014

/cc @lroolle