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Claude Code v2.1.236 ·

Request telemetry records whether you are on the default model and effort

Each response now reports whether you were on the default model and effort, plus compression outcome.

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Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
TelemetryArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.236,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Each assistant response now reports is_default_model, default_model, is_default_effort and default_effort_level, letting Anthropic separate traffic on the shipped defaults from explicitly chosen models. A helper resolves the model actually in use and compares it against the automatic model set and the configured default; when the comparison is ambiguous the fields are omitted rather than guessed. The same event also records requestBodyCompression, the gzip outcome for that request. No gate, and nothing visible in the app.

Evidence

...(D !== void 0 && { is_default_model: D }),, defaultEffortLevel, default_effort_level

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

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