{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"chat-relay-artifact-backstop-retirement-is-now-unconditional","canonical_anchor":"chat-relay-artifact-backstop-retirement-is-now-unconditional","heading":"Chat relay artifact backstop retirement is now unconditional","tier":"internal","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/chat-relay-artifact-backstop-retirement-is-now-unconditional","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Chat relay artifact backstop retirement is now unconditional\n\nA chat relay flag no longer does anything; entrypoint alone decides that path.\n\n**What**\n\nThe flag `tengu_retire_chat_relay_artifact_backstop` no longer affects anything; the check that consulted it was removed. Whether the backstop path runs is now decided only by the entrypoint, such as `claude-code-github-action` or `mcp`.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`tengu_retire_chat_relay_artifact_backstop`\n\n- Flag `tengu_retire_chat_relay_artifact_backstop`: On for this account, and not off by default (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.248; this account: on, anonymous baseline: on, compiled default: not a boolean we can read)\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}