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Thinking is hidden in plain non-interactive output

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Output Modes

Non-interactive runs with text output, or json without --verbose, no longer include thinking at all.

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What

A run that is not interactive and produces text output, or json output without --verbose, now omits thinking from the output entirely. Interactive runs still show summarised thinking.

Details
  • Derived from --output-format and --verbose; there is no separate flag.
Evidence

isNonInteractive

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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