Claude Code 2.1.239 Bakes a Data-Residency Surcharge Into /cost
Claude Code 2.1.239 shows a 1.1x US-only-inference premium in cost estimates for data-residency workspaces and adds a claude-api skill command to upgrade Python projects from the anthropic 0.x to 1.x SDK.
What it is
The v2.1.239 release of Claude Code, Anthropic's terminal-based coding agent, covering cost display and skill-tooling changes.
What it does
It surfaces a 1.1x premium for US-only-inference data-residency workspaces directly in `/cost`, the status line, and `--max-budget-usd`, adds `/claude-api upgrade` to walk a Python project from the 0.x to 1.x anthropic SDK (including the switch from `httpx.Timeout` to `anthropic.Timeout`), gives new installs on Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry a one-time fullscreen renderer offer, and labels plugins synced from claude.ai as `name@synced`.
Why it matters
Teams on data-residency plans have been eating that premium invisibly; now it shows up where you already check spend, and the SDK upgrade command saves a manual migration pass through breaking changes like the Python SDK's move off httpx.
How to use it
Update Claude Code to 2.1.239 or later; the cost premium appears automatically for data-residency workspaces, and run `/claude-api upgrade` in a Python project still on the 0.x anthropic SDK to get a scoped migration report.
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