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The 'switch models on flag' setting becomes an explicit choice, with a prompt to set it

The model-refusal fallback setting is now an explicit 'switch automatically' vs 'ask each time' choice, promptable interactively, with new telemetry

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The model-refusal fallback setting is now an explicit 'switch automatically' vs 'ask each time' choice, promptable interactively, with new telemetry

What

  • The /config setting switchModelsOnFlag (whether Claude Code automatically switches to a fallback model when the current model refuses/flags a request) is now an explicit enum of 'switch automatically' or 'ask each time', rather than a plain boolean, though it still accepts true/false/on/off/yes/no from the CLI or config files.
  • When a model refuses or flags a request and Claude Code wants to switch to a fallback model, it can now ask interactively with a question like "Switch to ... and keep going whenever this happens?", offering to switch automatically or pause, and remembers the choice.
  • Changing this setting now fires a tengu_refusal_fallback_setting_changed telemetry event and persists the change to user settings.
  • New telemetry events were registered: tengu_refusal_fallback_preference_prompt, plus tengu_policy_limits_cache_state_at_first_prompt and tengu_policy_limits_fetch.

Why This gives users more explicit control over automatic model fallback on refusal, letting them decide in the moment (and remember the choice) rather than relying on a single fixed setting.

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Names in the bundleswitchModelsOnFlag/config
What the documentation says
Since it was published

The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Added since A small documentation edit on Telemetry and egress touched a line naming /config after this was published. With `disableEssentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialTelemetry`, `disableNonessentialServices`, and `disableAutoUpdates` all set to `true`, the desktop application makes **no outbound connections to Anthropic-operated hosts at runtime**. … third-party/claude-desktop/telemetry see the edit
Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up /config, on Deploy with Enterprise Admin Console. | An estimated cost in US dollars for each conversation and model. The app calculates the estimate on the device, at Anthropic list prices or at the rates you set under **Models** on the **Connection** page, and labels which it used (`list… third-party/claude-desktop/admin-console see the edit
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /config, on Deploy with Enterprise Admin Console.

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