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Claude Code v2.1.198 ·

Speculation Engine Removed

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The speculative-execution subsystem (which pre-ran tool calls ahead of user confirmation to save latency) has been fully removed.

Details
  • All [Speculation] log messages, state machines, and the pipelined-suggestion pathway are gone
  • totalSpeculationTimeSavedMs is no longer tracked in usage stats
  • Behavioral change: no pre-executed tool calls; permission prompts now always pause before execution
Evidence

Removal of all [Speculation] strings and totalSpeculationTimeSavedMs field from the stats shape

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

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