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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Switching models now refreshes startup data

Changing the model now refreshes the data Claude Code loaded at startup, as part of reworked model-switch handling

You'll notice Improvements
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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ModelsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.285,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

The steps that run when you switch models have been reorganised. When the model changes, Claude Code now refreshes the data it loaded at startup. Behind a remotely controlled setting, it also saves a copy of client data that has already been shown. That setting falls back to on when the server sends nothing.

Why

Switching models may behave slightly differently than before.

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tengu_moonlit_lobster Not enough to say

Nothing 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 v2.1.285: on

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 v2.1.285. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what the remotely controlled setting changes for someone switching models.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_moonlit_lobster

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