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Claude Code v2.1.257 ·

Left-arrow editing guard function reworked but same gate

The left-arrow editing guard was refactored internally and still gates on the same flag.

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KindInternal Changesin v2.1.257,
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The left-arrow editing guard was refactored internally and still gates on the same flag.

The left-arrow key debounce/attach-absorb state machine was refactored with renamed internals, but its default behavior still gates on the same tengu_left_arrow_editing_guard flag.

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tengu_left_arrow_editing_guard Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.257: on

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.257. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.257 →

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