CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_DATADOG_LOGS

Updated October 14, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_DATADOG_LOGS is a Claude Code environment variable. Added in v2.1.288 and still present in v2.1.295. It is not in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_DATADOG_LOGS=<value>
claude

To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_DATADOG_LOGS": "<value>"
  }
}

Related variables

• CLAUDE_CODE_BYOC_ENABLE_DATADOG: Opt-in Datadog telemetry for BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) Bedrock/Vertex deployments.
• CLAUDE_CODE_DATADOG_FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS: Datadog metrics flush interval (ms).
• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_FEEDBACK_SURVEY: Survey prompts.
• CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FEEDBACK_SURVEY_FOR_OTEL: Re-enables the session quality survey for enterprise deployments with OTEL enabled.
• CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY: Enable telemetry collection.
• CLAUDE_CODE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA: Enable enhanced telemetry (beta).
• CLAUDE_CODE_GB_DISK_CACHE_WHEN_TELEMETRY_OFF: Opts GrowthBook (GB) flag data back into the on-disk cache under a telemetry-off profile, where feature-flag caching would otherwise be skipped.
• CLAUDE_CODE_OTEL_CONTENT_MAX_LENGTH: Caps the length of content attributes on OpenTelemetry spans and logs; the truncation function takes the minimum of this value (default 60 KB) and the standard OTEL attribute-length limits, appending a "[TRUNCATED — Content exceeds NKB limit]" marker.

Frequently asked questions

All variables, searchable: Claude Code environment variables.