ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA

Updated October 13, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA is a Claude Code environment variable: Enable enhanced telemetry (beta). Its release history is not tracked here. It is not in the official reference.

Status	Present in v2.1.294
Category	Telemetry
Official docs	Not listed

How to set it

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

export ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA=<value>
claude

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

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

Related variables

CLAUDE_CODE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA: Enable enhanced telemetry (beta).
CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY: Enable telemetry collection.
CLAUDE_CODE_BYOC_ENABLE_DATADOG: Opt-in Datadog telemetry for BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) Bedrock/Vertex deployments.
CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_FEEDBACK_SURVEY_FOR_OTEL: Re-enables the session quality survey for enterprise deployments with OTEL enabled.
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.
DISABLE_TELEMETRY: All telemetry.
CLAUDE_CODE_DATADOG_FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS: Datadog metrics flush interval (ms).
CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_FEEDBACK_SURVEY: Survey prompts.

Frequently asked questions

What does ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA do?

Enable enhanced telemetry (beta)

Which Claude Code version has ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA?

Its release history is not tracked here.

How do I set ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA?

Export it before starting Claude Code (export ENABLE_ENHANCED_TELEMETRY_BETA=value), or add it to the "env" object in ~/.claude/settings.json to apply it to every session.

All variables, searchable: Claude Code environment variables.