# claude-mem v13.21.2

- Product: claude-mem (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/claude-mem)
- Vendor: claude-mem
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v13.21.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/releases/tag/v13.21.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/claude-mem/releases/v13.21.2

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- **changed** — Defer payment flow until after user reads the CMEM Pro offer page instead of opening Stripe checkout immediately from the claim route
- **changed** — Pre-select CMEM Pro on the provider prompt to highlight it as the recommended path without requiring immediate payment
- **changed** — Pre-select Claude Code on the IDE prompt along with any detected options
- **changed** — Route non-entitled users to the pro offer page with installer context parameters before allowing checkout instead of redirecting directly to checkout

**Payment is deferred until after you've read the offer.**

Picking CMEM Pro in the installer opened a browser on a bare Stripe card form. `/api/pro/trial/claim` redirected a non-entitled user straight into Checkout, so `/pro` — the page that actually explains the plan — was only ever reached on an error or a cancellation.

The claim route now sends those users to `/pro?from=installer&pairing=…&trial=30` and starts Checkout only when the offer page's CTA asks for it. Nothing about the Checkout session changed — same trial length, same pairing metadata, same success and cancel URLs. It just happens after the offer instead of before.

That half is server-side and **already live for 13.21.0 and 13.21.1 too** — it changes where the route sends people, not the URL the installer opens.

**In this release:**

- **CMEM Pro is pre-selected** on the provider prompt. It is the recommended path, and selecting it no longer means "pay now".
- **Claude Code is pre-selected** on the IDE prompt, along with anything else detected.

Both prompts opened with nothing checked, which made the recommended path a required chore before the install could continue. They are still multiselects — uncheck and pick something else if you want.

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/compare/v13.21.1...v13.21.2