[BUG] `claude update` reports stale version and prints success message before update message on repeat runs

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [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?

Running claude update twice in a row shows two bugs:

1. The second run still reports the old "Current version" even though the

The previous run reported a successful update to the new version, suggesting
The version check isn't reading the newly installed binary or the update
It isn't actually persisting.

1. On the second run, the "Successfully updated..." message is printed

BEFORE the "Updating to X..." message, i.e., the messages appear out of
logical order (success is reported before the update action that
presumably produces it).

What Should Happen?

1. After a successful update, subsequent runs of claude update (or

claude --version) should reflect the newly installed version as the
"Current version", not the old one.

1. Status messages should always print in logical/chronological order:

"Updating to X..." before "Successfully updated to X".

Error Messages/Logs

First run:
PS C:\Users\Yorha2P> claude update
Current version: 2.1.200
Checking for updates to latest version...
Updating to 2.1.201...
Successfully updated from 2.1.200 to version 2.1.201

Second run (immediately after):
PS C:\Users\Yorha2P> claude update
Current version: 2.1.200
Checking for updates to latest version...
Successfully updated from 2.1.200 to version 2.1.201
Updating to 2.1.201...

Steps to Reproduce

1. On Windows, using PowerShell 7.7.0-preview.2, run claude update when

an update is available (e.g., 2.1.200 -> 2.1.201).

1. Observe the update completes and reports success.
2. Immediately run claude update again.
3. Observe "Current version" still shows the old version (2.1.200) instead

of the newly updated one (2.1.201), and the order of the "Updating to..."
and "Successfully updated..." log lines are reversed compared to the
first run.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

2.1.200

Claude Code Version

claude --version

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

PowerShell 7.7.0-preview.2

Suspect the version-check logic may be reading from a cached path or a
different install location than the one actually updated, running
Get-Command claude | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source may help
Identify if multiple binaries are on PATH.