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Claude Code v2.1.284 ·

Usage-limit wrap-up messages can be tuned per model and now cover the near-limit notice

Usage-limit grace-window text gains per-model and subagent-specific remote settings, and the near-limit notice now counts as a wrap-up note

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What

The hidden messages Claude Code can send to the model around a usage limit's grace window (a short period near hitting the limit) changed in two ways.

The text can now be set per model through remote settings:

The near-limit notice is handled differently:

  • The near-limit message is now tagged usageLimitNote: "near_limit", where before it carried no tag.
  • The code that finds the last usage-limit note now returns which note it was, instead of only whether it was wrap_up.
  • A near_limit note is now treated like wrap_up: it prevents a reset and can trigger the "release" message. That release step is still controlled by tengu_lantern_wick_braid and related settings such as tengu_lantern_wick_mode.

Nothing has been read about any of these settings, so whether they are active is unknown.

Why

This changes which grace-window messages the model receives when you are close to a usage limit, and lets the wording differ between models and between the main conversation and subagents.

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