Claude Code v2.1.238 · 20 Aug 2026
Silent-turn and artifact-room env vars added to an internal allowlist
Silent-turn reminder and artifact room environment variables are now recognised by name in the settings allowlist.
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3 Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4 Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Environment Variables Area: what it touches
Internal Changes Kind: in v2.1.238, 20 Aug 26
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The feature itself predates this build. The turn count comes from the tengu_hushed_lark flag with a default of 5, the reminder text from tengu_hushed_lark_text , and whether it runs at all from a per-model silent_turn_reminder check. Each is overridable by the matching env var. Evidence
CLAUDE_CODE_SILENT_TURN_REMINDER_TURNS
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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tengu_hushed_lark Not enough to say
Nothing 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 v2.1.238: not a boolean we can read
tengu_hushed_lark_text Not enough to say
Nothing 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 v2.1.238: not a boolean we can read
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.238. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you
What has happened since
Flag reading moved
10 Sep 2026 The flag server now returns 5 for tengu_hushed_lark, 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
10 Sep 2026 The flag server now returns nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_hushed_lark, 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.
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One source agrees One thing we can check says the same as this entry.
The name it cites is new in this build New in this build: CLAUDE_CODE_ARTIFACT_ROOM
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env CLAUDE_CODE_SILENT_TURN_REMINDER Claude can be nudged to check in when it has gone quiet for several turns, off by default.
env CLAUDE_CODE_SILENT_TURN_REMINDER_TURNS Claude can be nudged to check in when it has gone quiet for several turns, off by default.
env CLAUDE_CODE_SILENT_TURN_REMINDER_TEXT Silent-turn reminder and artifact room environment variables are now recognised by name in the settings allowlist.
env CLAUDE_CODE_ARTIFACT_ROOM Silent-turn reminder and artifact room environment variables are now recognised by name in the settings allowlist.
env CLAUDE_CODE_HARBOR_KITE Messages from another session render as an @sender header with indented body instead of raw tags.
env USER_TYPE The launcher now handles USER_TYPE specially when setting up the environment it passes down.
flag tengu_hushed_lark Silent-turn reminder and artifact room environment variables are now recognised by name in the settings allowlist.
flag tengu_hushed_lark_text Silent-turn reminder and artifact room environment variables are now recognised by name in the settings allowlist.
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