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TaskOutput tool result size now computed dynamically

TaskOutput's result size limit is now computed dynamically rather than fixed.

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TaskOutput's result size limit is now computed dynamically rather than fixed.

The deprecated TaskOutput tool's maxResultSizeChars is no longer a fixed 1e5 constant; it's now a getter combining a helper value with a persistence threshold, alongside a new persistenceThresholdCeiling field. The output-size ceiling appears to now derive from the same config as the new taskOutputMaxChars setting.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded bashOutputMaxChars and taskOutputMaxChars settings to raise how much command and background-task output Claude receives inline before…

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