[BUG] Claude Code Web default environment prevents fetching of github release artifacts
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- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When I start a Claude Code Web session in the default environment, it has trouble fetching release artifacts from GitHub. This is problematic because it prevents uv from installing required Python versions for projects that need a Python version that's not preinstalled in the default CCWeb environment.
uv says the following when trying to download a Python version:
error: Failed to install cpython-3.14.2-linux-x86_64-gnu
Caused by: Request failed after 3 retries
Caused by: Failed to download https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/...
Caused by: tunnel error: unsuccessful
while directing CC to fetch the url (https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20260114/cpython-3.14.2%2B20260114-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz) directly yields:
Exit code 56
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:51:34 GMT
server: envoy
HTTP/2 302
date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:51:16 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-length: 0
vary: X-PJAX, X-PJAX-Container, Turbo-Visit, Turbo-Frame, X-Requested-With,Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With
location: https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset/162334160/2db4a11b-0728-4a6f-83fc-a39e07cd29b8?sp=r&sv=2018-11-09&sr=b&spr=https&se=2026-01-20T15%3A25%3A59Z&rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3Dcpython-3.14.2%2B20260114-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz&rsct=application%2Foctet-stream&skoid=96c2d410-5711-43a1-aedd-ab1947aa7ab0&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skt=2026-01-20T14%3A25%3A29Z&ske=2026-01-20T15%3A25%3A59Z&sks=b&skv=2018-11-09&sig=b2EIqhKA87RKHeAl9u0f5kW8xlAl4SZoQeI7f9LxjEA%3D&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmVsZWFzZS1hc3NldHMuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tIiwia2V5Ijoia2V5MSIsImV4cCI6MTc2ODkyMjQ3NiwibmJmIjoxNzY4OTIwNjc2LCJwYXRoIjoicmVsZWFzZWFzc2V0cHJvZHVjdGlvbi5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQifQ.5-2ElaIf-A0BHc8wYgj2MXDtKdzqD5coL_ByYnXZfEo&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dcpython-3.14.2%2B20260114-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
cache-control: no-cache
######## A bunch of security headers omitted here ########
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
curl: (56) CONNECT tunnel failed, response 403
server: github.com
x-github-request-id: 1000:38A595:15C725:1F433F:696F9677
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
x-deny-reason: host_not_allowed
content-length: 16
content-type: text/plain
date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:51:34 GMT
server: envoy
connection: close
What Should Happen?
The default network profile should allow uv to download Python versions.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Create a new CCWeb session, asking Claude to:
Try to fetch https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20260114/cpython-3.14.2%2B20260114-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-install_only_stripped.tar.gz
Or, alternatively, to:
Use uv to install Python 3.14 (`uv python install 3.14`)
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
No, this never worked
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
N/A
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Other
Terminal/Shell
Non-interactive/CI environment
Additional Information
_No response_
7 Comments
Found 3 possible duplicate issues:
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🤖 Generated with Claude Code
This is about github releases specifically, and isn't covered currently by any of the above issues.
Adding to this to 👍 the issue and provide another example / use case, I'm also experiencing the same issue with a Typescript dependency that I have no choice but to use github releases for. The version of that dependency that I need is not available via npm. My assumption based upon my error is that this is the same issue.
When
pnpm installis run in Claude code web for the following dependency in a package.json:Error message in Claude Code Web
The impact for my workflow for this issue is that I cannot install dependencies at all successfully (and run builds / type checks), which basically makes running verifications in Claude Code Web not possible.
Same problem with Ruby with https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.7.tar.gz
Just had claude code web successfully install these dependencies today, so this might be resolved now 🚀
Yeah seems like the repro steps in this issue no longer fail.
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