{"version":"2.1.120","anchor":"daemon-service-cold-start-prompt-gradual-rollout","canonical_anchor":"daemon-service-cold-start-prompt-gradual-rollout","heading":"Daemon Service Cold-Start Prompt [Gradual Rollout]","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.120\/e\/daemon-service-cold-start-prompt-gradual-rollout","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.120","markdown":"### Daemon Service Cold-Start Prompt [Gradual Rollout]\n\n**What**\n\nInteractive prompt to install the daemon as a persistent system service.\n\n**Status**\n\nFeature-flagged behind `tengu_quiet_harbor` (default false \u2014 defaults to \"transient\" mode where daemon spawns on demand without asking).\n\n**Details**\n\n- When the flag is enabled (set to return `\"ask\"`), the interactive installation prompt appears\n- Can be forced via `CLAUDE_CODE_DAEMON_COLD_START=ask` environment variable or `settings.daemonColdStart`\n\n- Flag `tengu_quiet_harbor`: Off in both readings (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.120; this account: off, anonymous baseline: off, compiled default: no gate table built for this version) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release."}