Taylor Edwards alleged in a November 5, 2026, GitHub issue that Claude Code sent an email address in an HTTP User-Agent header during web searches. The issue describes one setup: Claude Code 2.1.318 on macOS, with tmux. Read issue #107757.
What the issue alleges
A User-Agent is the header named in Edwards’s account of the alleged transmission. The issue records the claim as a report by Edwards, whose stated environment was Claude Code 2.1.318 on macOS (darwin) in tmux.
Keep the scope anchored to the report: Claude Code 2.1.318 on macOS in tmux.
What a contributor said about the privacy mod
Alice T’Poteat, a contributor to the Claude Code repository, said the built-in cc-plugin-privacy mod was introduced in version 2.1.317 and later, enabled by default, and could be disabled with /plugins. T’Poteat also invited reports of gaps in the mod’s checks.
The issue’s recorded status
GitHub’s issue metadata recorded an update on November 7, 2026. The page showed the issue as open in that recorded state.
