--verbose
A Claude Code CLI flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
Enable verbose logging, shows full turn-by-turn output. Overrides the [viewMode](/docs/en/settings-reference#viewmode) setting for this session
Anthropic's own wording. Read off CLI reference, captured 2026-08-28.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.243 95 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.246Thinking is hidden in plain non-interactive output
Non-interactive runs with text output, or json without --verbose, no longer include thinking at all.
named in this entry
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v2.1.233plugin eval --verbose now writes traces to the debug log
Eval --verbose now writes traces to the debug log instead of streaming them live.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- CLI reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Best practices for Claude Code mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Message your other Claude Code sessions mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Desktop application mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Keep Claude working toward a goal mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Run Claude Code programmatically mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Hooks reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Interactive mode mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Configure permissions mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Continue local sessions from any device with Remote Control mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Advanced setup mentions it Claude Code CLI
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Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the CLI flag does. All CLI flags.