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Claude Code v2.1.287 ·

A new off-by-default switch with no visible purpose yet

Claude Code checks a new remote switch that is off unless turned on remotely, and what it controls is not visible

Nothing to try yet In Development
JSON All of v2.1.287
Nothing to try yetTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
InternalsArea: what it touches
In DevelopmentKind: in v2.1.287,
In DevelopmentSection of the release
What

Claude Code now checks a new remotely controlled switch, tengu_violin_fhole. It counts as on only if the server says exactly on, and it is off unless switched on remotely or if the check fails. Earlier readings found the flag server returning it on for this site's account and for an anonymous baseline.

Why

This looks like a feature shipped switched off, ready to be turned on from the server later.

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_violin_fhole Off by default, switched on for this account

The shipped code defaults this off, and the flag server returned on for the one account this site reads on this version. That is the reading that makes the entry above worth a second look, and it still says nothing about your account.

This account: on · anonymous baseline: on · compiled default in v2.1.287: 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.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.287. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

How sure we are
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 this switch controls.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_violin_fhole

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.287 →

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