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Claude Code v2.1.228 ·

Usage reports a thinking-token count

Token usage now includes a thinking-token count, accumulated correctly in both streaming and non-streaming modes.

Under the hood Internal Changes
JSON All of v2.1.228
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Token UsageArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.228,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Token usage now carries an output_tokens_details object with a thinking_tokens field, parsed from responses and combined correctly across both streaming and non-streaming accumulation.

Details
  • The zero-usage baseline starts at { thinking_tokens: 0 }.
  • thinking_tokens may be null, and placeholder or synthetic usage records set output_tokens_details to null.
Evidence

output_tokens_details

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

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