Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.236,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Model resolution now reports whether the environment variable had an effect: inert when nothing resolves from it, outranked when an organisation default wins, or success otherwise.
Evidence
outranked_by_org_default
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL environment variable: sets the model new sessions start on, while a /model pick still overrides it and…
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL
