tengu_copper_thistle
A Claude Code feature flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.161, including the newest one read.
What it is
The status line always calls MCP background work a "task" instead of sometimes saying "job".
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.247.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.161 – 2.1.243 74 releases | in the build | — | bool:false |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.1.247 | Off in both readings | off | off | on |
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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v2.1.247The "job" versus "task" wording test for MCP background work is gone
The status line always calls MCP background work a "task" instead of sometimes saying "job".
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_copper, up to twelve of them.
tengu_copper_foxForked subagents are on by default in interactive sessions; set CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT to false to opt out. 2.1.138
tengu_copper_kestrelNo description from anybody. 2.1.234
tengu_copper_lanternNo description from anybody. 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.