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Claude Code v2.1.248 ·

Stale-data refetch throttle becomes server-tunable, still off by default

Refetch throttling after stale-data signals is now server-tunable but stays off without a server value.

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tengu_expressive_whistle compiles in false, so the throttled refetch path never runs.

What

When the server signals that Claude Code's cached client data is out of date, the refetch is rate-limited. Those limits moved from fixed values to a server-supplied config, tengu_expressive_whistle_config: a minimum interval defaulting to 300 seconds (clamped 30 to 86400) and jitter defaulting to 180 seconds (clamped 0 to 3600). The whole path sits behind tengu_expressive_whistle, whose compiled fallback is false, so without a server value it never runs.

Details
  • Both resolved values are reported in the refetch event as min_interval_ms and jitter_ms.
  • The config key defaults to an empty object, so the defaults above apply if the gate is turned on without config.
Evidence

tengu_expressive_whistle_config

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

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_expressive_whistle 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 v2.1.248: off

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.248. 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_expressive_whistle, 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_expressive_whistle, 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_expressive_whistle_config

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