Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Web SearchArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.290,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear The budget and media cap values, and where they are enforced, are not clear.
What
Claude Code's session state stopped keeping a running count of web searches. It now keeps a web search budget that can be read and reset. The state also gains a cap on media items.
Why
Limits on web searching move from counting calls to drawing on a budget, alongside a limit on media.
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 doubtThe budget and media cap values, and where they are enforced, are not clear.
