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Deeper Reasoning Display for Effort Parameter

What

When deeper reasoning is requested for a turn (effort level xhigh, Opus 4.7 only), a visible notification now appears in the conversation.

Details
  • Displays "Deeper reasoning requested for this turn" when the effort parameter triggers enhanced reasoning
  • This is part of the effort parameter support that allows users to control adaptive reasoning depth
Evidence

Effort notification display (search for "Deeper reasoning requested for this turn") at line ~596751

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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