What
Auto mode used to read an empty config, meaning every option off, whenever the remote config key tengu_auto_mode_config was missing. All readers now go through one helper that applies a frozen built-in default instead. This only kicks in when the key is absent and GrowthBook is unavailable or DISABLE_GROWTHBOOK is set.
Details
- Defaults on: two-stage classifier, same-turn sibling context, JSONL transcript, edit-removal visibility (capped at 3000), repo visibility, git status type.
- Defaults off: outcome visibility, git status uploads.
- Per-model severity thresholds ship as part of the same default.
Evidence
tengu_auto_mode_config
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
Names in the bundleDISABLE_GROWTHBOOK
Feature flag
tengu_auto_mode_config Not enough to sayNothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.
This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.236: not a boolean we can read
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.236. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"modelByMainModel":{"claude-haiku-5-5":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]","claude-haiku-5-5[1m]":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]"},"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"modelByMainModel":{"claude-haiku-5-5":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]","claude-haiku-5-5[1m]":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]"},"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"modelByMainModel":{"claude-haiku-5-5":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]","claude-haiku-5-5[1m]":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]"},"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved
The flag server now returns {"editRemovalCap":3000,"editRemovalVisibility":true,"enabled":"enabled","envOnboarding":true,"gitStatusType":true,"gitStatusUploads":false,"jsonlTranscript":true,"modelByMainModel":{"claude-haiku-5-5":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]","claude-haiku-5-5[1m]":"claude-sonnet-5[1m]"},"outcomeVisibility":false,"repoVisibility":true,"sameTurnSiblingContext":true,"severityByModel":{"claude-opus-4-8":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-opus-4-8[1m]":{"t1":45,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5":{"t1":25,"t2":35},"claude-sonnet-5[1m]":{"t1":25,"t2":35}},"severityBySite":{"compactFabCheck":"on","handoff":"on","investigator":"on","sandboxNetwork":"on","workflowGate":"on"},"twoStageClassifier":true} for tengu_auto_mode_config, read as this account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.