Claude Code is leaking real email address as a User-Agent string in curl command

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[BUG] you stupid agent used my real email as user agent string without asking anything · Issue #78431 · anthropics/claude-code · GitHub

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lgualtieri75<br>opened on Jul 17, 2026

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I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet

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I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

you stupid agent used my real email as user agent string without asking anything

What Should Happen?

asked for a tool for analyze used email as part of UA without asking

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Steps to Reproduce

email address sent in header User-Agent without explicit confirmation

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Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

v2.1.212

Platform

Anthropic API

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macOS

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IntelliJ IDEA terminal

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using sonnet 5.0

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