{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"remote-tools-worker-gains-a-one-shot-reannounce-ask-gated","canonical_anchor":"remote-tools-worker-gains-a-one-shot-reannounce-ask-gated","heading":"Remote-tools worker gains a one-shot 'reannounce' ask, gated off by default","tier":"soon","area":"Remote Tools","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/remote-tools-worker-gains-a-one-shot-reannounce-ask-gated","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### Remote-tools worker gains a one-shot 'reannounce' ask, gated off by default\n\nClaude Code adds an unreleased one-shot 'reannounce' request for remote tools, off by default\n\n**Unclear.** The finding does not say what a remote tools worker is used for or what happens once it reannounces, so the practical effect for users is unclear.\n\n**What**\n\nA new internal mechanism lets Claude Code send a single request, called `remote_tools_reannounce`, asking a connected worker to re-announce itself. It carries a `worker_epoch` and a `deadline_ms` value, and it is designed to fire only once per arming (a one-shot ask, not a repeating one). The path is controlled by a feature flag, so it only runs at all when that flag says to.\n\nThe flag involved, `tengu_violin_scroll`, currently returns off both for this site's account and for the general baseline, and no reading has yet been taken under this release.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis is internal plumbing for how Claude Code coordinates with remote tool workers, not something most users will interact with directly. Since the controlling flag is off, it does not currently change behavior for users on this site.\n\n- Flag `tengu_violin_scroll`: Off in both readings (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.280; this account: off, anonymous baseline: off, compiled default: off) These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.\n- Area: Remote Tools\n- Tier: Nothing to try yet\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}