fix(claude): add --force flag to bypass network timeouts

Download installer script to /tmp and patch it to add --force flag
to the 'claude install' command when retrying after timeout failures.
The --force flag bypasses network checks that were timing out even
though URLs work in browser.

Author: CybotTM

scripts/install_claude.sh

@@ -16,48 +16,58 @@ get_current_version() {
 # Accepts optional version argument to skip CDN version fetch
 install_native() {
   local target_version="${1:-}"
+  local use_force="${2:-}"
   echo "[claude] Installing via native installer (recommended)..." >&2
 
   if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] || [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
     # macOS / Linux / WSL
+    local installer_script="/tmp/claude-install-$$.sh"
+
+    # Download installer script
+    if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh -o "$installer_script" || return 1
+    elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      wget -qO "$installer_script" https://claude.ai/install.sh || return 1
+    else
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Patch installer to add --force flag if needed (handles network timeouts)
+    if [ "$use_force" = "force" ]; then
+      echo "[claude] Using --force to bypass network checks..." >&2
+      sed -i 's/\$binary_path" install/\$binary_path" install --force/' "$installer_script"
+    fi
+
+    # Run installer with optional version
     local installer_args=""
     if [ -n "$target_version" ]; then
       installer_args="$target_version"
       echo "[claude] Using version: $target_version" >&2
     fi
 
-    if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      if curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- $installer_args; then
-        return 0
-      fi
-      # If failed and we didn't specify version, retry with known version from GitHub
-      if [ -z "$target_version" ]; then
-        echo "[claude] Installer failed, retrying with explicit version..." >&2
-        local github_version
-        github_version=$(get_latest_version)
-        if [ -n "$github_version" ]; then
-          echo "[claude] Using version from GitHub: $github_version" >&2
-          curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- "$github_version"
-          return $?
-        fi
-      fi
-      return 1
-    elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      if wget -qO- https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- $installer_args; then
-        return 0
-      fi
-      if [ -z "$target_version" ]; then
-        echo "[claude] Installer failed, retrying with explicit version..." >&2
-        local github_version
-        github_version=$(get_latest_version)
-        if [ -n "$github_version" ]; then
-          echo "[claude] Using version from GitHub: $github_version" >&2
-          wget -qO- https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s -- "$github_version"
-          return $?
+    if bash "$installer_script" $installer_args; then
+      rm -f "$installer_script"
+      return 0
+    fi
+
+    # If failed without force, retry with force and explicit version
+    if [ "$use_force" != "force" ]; then
+      echo "[claude] Installer failed, retrying with --force..." >&2
+      local github_version
+      github_version=$(get_latest_version)
+      if [ -n "$github_version" ]; then
+        echo "[claude] Using version from GitHub: $github_version" >&2
+        # Patch to add --force
+        sed -i 's/\$binary_path" install/\$binary_path" install --force/' "$installer_script"
+        if bash "$installer_script" "$github_version"; then
+          rm -f "$installer_script"
+          return 0
         fi
       fi
-      return 1
     fi
+
+    rm -f "$installer_script"
+    return 1
   fi
 
   return 1