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Claude Code v2.1.225 ·

Experiment-exposure telemetry gains variation_key and stops padding empty strings

Experiment tracking records which variation you got and omits blank optional fields.

Under the hood Internal Changes
JSON All of v2.1.225
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
TelemetryArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.225,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Experiment events now record which variation was seen, and absent optional fields are omitted rather than sent as empty strings.

Details
  • Adds a variation_key field to the experiment event schema.
  • user_attributes and experiment_metadata default to undefined instead of "".
  • The same treatment applies to the generic event's process and additional_metadata fields.
Evidence

variation_key

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

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