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:
tengu_lantern_wick_text_by_model,tengu_lantern_wick_release_by_modelandtengu_lantern_wick_resume_by_modelare maps looked up by model id, then its normalized form or model family, then"default".- If no entry matches, they fall back to the existing single-text settings
tengu_lantern_wick_textandtengu_lantern_wick_release. - New
tengu_lantern_wick_braid_textandtengu_lantern_wick_braid_releaseare read for agents other than the main conversation, such as subagents (helper agents Claude starts for part of a task).
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_limitnote is now treated likewrap_up: it prevents a reset and can trigger the "release" message. That release step is still controlled bytengu_lantern_wick_braidand related settings such astengu_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.
tengu_lantern_wick_text Not enough to sayNothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.
This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.284: not a boolean we can read
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.
tengu_lantern_wick_release Not enough to sayNothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.
This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.284: not a boolean we can read
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.
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.284. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
It is not settled whether a similar per-model setting for resuming after the limit is also new.