{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"opus-4-8-hands-off-to-a-fresh-session-much-earlier","canonical_anchor":"opus-4-8-hands-off-to-a-fresh-session-much-earlier","heading":"Opus 4.8 hands off to a fresh session much earlier","tier":"notice","area":"Session Handoff","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/opus-4-8-hands-off-to-a-fresh-session-much-earlier","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### Opus 4.8 hands off to a fresh session much earlier\n\nOn Opus 4.8, sessions hand work off to a fresh session far sooner; Sonnet 5 is unchanged.\n\n**What**\n\nThe two thresholds that decide when a session hands off its work fell from 25 and 35 to 10 and 15 for claude-opus-4-8. Sonnet 5 is unchanged at 25 and 35. These are the built-in defaults for the handoff decision and can be overridden by server-side config.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`\"claude-opus-4-8\": { t1: 10, t2: 15 }`\n\n- Area: Session Handoff\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5"}