You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Model AccessArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.268,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code now tracks models the server previously denied access to (confirmedEntitlementDenies).
Before re-reporting a denial or finalizing a block, it re-probes the server (with a deadline, forcing a fresh server check) to see whether the deny has since been overturned — for example because your organization or account changed.
If the deny is overturned, the cache is updated and the model is evicted from the deny list, so startup or the /model command can resolve to the now-available model without restarting Claude Code.
A blocked result now also carries an underEnforcement flag, and failures during this re-probe are tracked distinctly as entitlement_probe_failed versus a normal not_allowed denial.
Why
Previously a denied model could stay blocked even after the underlying restriction was lifted, requiring a restart. Re-probing lets access self-heal automatically.
