{"version":"2.1.260","anchor":"new-gate-replaces-hardcoded-off-feature-switch","canonical_anchor":"new-gate-replaces-hardcoded-off-feature-switch","heading":"New gate replaces hardcoded-off feature switch","tier":"internal","area":"Feature Gates","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260\/e\/new-gate-replaces-hardcoded-off-feature-switch","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260","markdown":"### New gate replaces hardcoded-off feature switch\n\nA helper that always returned false now checks a remote gate first.\n\nThe internal helper `ar()`, which previously always returned false, now checks the `tengu_ochre_bittern` remote-config gate first and falls back to false only if the gate is off.\n\n- Flag `tengu_ochre_bittern`: Off in both readings (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.260; this account: off, anonymous baseline: off, compiled default: off) 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.\n- Area: Feature Gates\n- Names: `tengu_ochre_bittern`\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}