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Claude Code v2.1.239 ·

Three feature gates renamed, three retired

Artifact syntax highlighting and mermaid diagrams are now always on; three other gates were renamed and stay off.

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JSON All of v2.1.239
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Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.239,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
What

Artifact syntax highlighting and mermaid diagram rendering are now always on, their gates deleted. Three other gates were renamed, and all three still default to false, so what they guard stays off unless the server says otherwise and any remote config keyed to the old names no longer applies.

Evidence

tengu_cobalt_plinth_yarrow

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

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_scalable_quiche Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

tengu_cobalt_plinth_yarrow Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.239: off

tengu_ochre_hollow Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

tengu_russet_plover Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.239: off

tengu_cobalt_thistle Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

tengu_slate_quoin 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 v2.1.239: off

tengu_artifact_hljs_highlight 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 v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

tengu_artifact_mermaid_diagrams 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 v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

tengu_cobalt_plinth_quince 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 v2.1.239: not a boolean we can read

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.239. 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 The flag server now returns off for tengu_cobalt_plinth_yarrow, 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 nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_cobalt_plinth_yarrow, 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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How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_cobalt_plinth_yarrow

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.239 →

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