{"version":"2.1.269","anchor":"new-arbiter-mode-for-the-server-side-auto-mode-classifier","canonical_anchor":"new-arbiter-mode-for-the-server-side-auto-mode-classifier","heading":"New \"arbiter\" mode for the server-side auto-mode classifier","tier":"soon","area":"Auto Mode","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269\/e\/new-arbiter-mode-for-the-server-side-auto-mode-classifier","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.269","markdown":"### New \"arbiter\" mode for the server-side auto-mode classifier\n\nAuto-mode's safety classifier gained a new 'arbiter' mode that can skip some server checks\n\n**What**\n\nA new internal dispatcher for Claude Code's Bash and tool auto-mode classifier (the system that automatically decides whether a command is safe to run without asking) can now return \"arbiter\" as a mode, in addition to \"off\", depending on two remote feature checks. When arbiter mode is active, tool calls run through a fallback classifier evaluation path that skips redundant server calls and can reach a decision before the normal checks that gate auto mode, such as the outside-read-first-prompt and sandbox network list checks.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes how and when auto-mode's safety classification happens for some accounts, potentially making decisions faster by avoiding duplicate server round-trips, though it isn't yet clear for whom or when this activates.\n\n- Area: Auto Mode\n- Tier: Nothing to try yet\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}