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Thinking toggle keybinding explains when thinking cannot be turned off

On models where thinking is always on, the thinking shortcut now shows a notice instead of opening the toggle

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What

Thinking is the step where the model reasons before it answers, and a keyboard shortcut normally lets you turn it on or off. On models where thinking is always on, that shortcut now shows a notification saying thinking can't be turned off for that model. Before, it opened the toggle.

Why

You are told directly that thinking stays on for that model, instead of getting a toggle that has no effect.

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Anthropic's release notes agreeImproved screen-reader output in /mcp: a disabled server is read as "off" instead of "pending"

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