Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.267,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The internal logic that decides whether Claude's system prompt includes instructions for progress updates during a turn (the "Communicating with the user" section) now shares a common check function with three related settings: bash_output_audience_note, silent_turn_reminder, and thinking_display_updates. The environment variable CLAUDE_CODE_TURN_UPDATES still overrides everything else when set; otherwise the check falls through to a remote configuration lookup and then a per-client capability setting.
Why
This is a behind-the-scenes consolidation of how several related prompt behaviors are turned on or off, making them consistent with each other rather than changing what turn updates look like for users.
