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Claude Code v2.1.246 ·

gzip request-body opt-out persists through the storage layer

The stop-compressing-requests switch is now saved through the storage layer.

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What

The switch that stops compressing request bodies after a server rejects one now writes through the storage handle. The stored record and its timestamp and status are unchanged, and setting CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_REQUEST_BODIES still bypasses persistence entirely.

Evidence

gzipRequestBodiesLatchedOff

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

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