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219When you switch [output styles](/docs/en/output-styles) mid-session with `/config` or the `outputStyle` setting, Claude uses the new style starting with your next message. Claude Code delivers the new style's instructions as a message in the conversation, so that request still reads the system prompt and the earlier conversation from the cache.
219When you switch [output styles](/docs/en/output-styles) mid-session with [`/output-style`](/docs/en/output-styles#change-your-output-style), `/config`, or the `outputStyle` setting, Claude uses the new style starting with your next message. Claude Code delivers the new style's instructions as a message in the conversation, so that request still reads the system prompt and the earlier conversation from the cache.
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221221Before v2.1.251, a mid-session style switch kept the cache but didn't apply until you ran `/clear` or started a new session.
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