tengu_bg_binary_takeover
A Claude Code feature flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It was in the build from v2.1.152 and was gone by v2.1.242.
What it is
The background daemon can now retire a same-version instance; build is 2.1.248.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.248.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.242 – 2.1.243 2 releases | not in the build | — | — |
| 2.1.152 – 2.1.241 80 releases | in the build | — | bool:true |
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.
Gate readings
| Release | Resolved | This account | Anonymous | Compiled default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.1.248 | Not enough to say | no value returned | no value returned | off |
Two arms, because they disagree: this account is the one account this site reads and anonymous is a baseline with no identity attached. A reading says nothing about your account, and off cannot rule out a rollout both readings sit outside of. What these readings can and cannot show.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.248Background daemon can retire a same-version instance
The background daemon can now retire a same-version instance; build is 2.1.248.
gate cited by this entry
Documentation pages
None of Anthropic's documentation pages this site has a copy of carries this name.
Names beside it
Every feature flag in the inventory starting tengu_bg, up to twelve of them.
tengu_bg_adopt_upgrade_respawnBackground sessions stop needlessly restarting when your running build is already newer. never mined
tengu_bg_attach_outcomeBackground attach events now record cold starts, surface and first frame details. never mined
tengu_bg_attach_stall_msNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
tengu_bg_attach_upgradeNo description from anybody. 2.1.162
tengu_bg_classifier_configNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
tengu_bg_daemon_binary_takeoverThe background daemon can now retire a same-version instance; build is 2.1.248. never mined
tengu_bg_daemon_spawn_failedNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
tengu_bg_daemon_spawn_reinstall_waitStarting the background helper during an npm reinstall now waits and retries instead of failing. never mined
tengu_bg_dispatch_fallbackBackground dispatch failures now distinguish a daemon that started but couldn't launch Claude Code. never mined
tengu_bg_dispatch_rejectedThe background daemon now records why it refused a queued dispatch file. never mined
tengu_bg_imark_malformedBackground sessions now send readiness marks so attaching knows when a session is actually interactive. never mined
tengu_bg_leftarrow_inprocessBackgrounding no longer claims artifact comment monitors will stop; it says they keep auto-replying here. 2.1.138
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 feature flag does. All feature flags.