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Claude Code v2.1.293 ·

New remote switch near the settings restore code

A new remotely controlled switch, off by default, sits alongside the new outcomes for restoring settings

Under the hood Internal Changes
JSON All of v2.1.293
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Settings SyncArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.293,
What probably matters to youSection of the release

Unclear It is not clear what this switch controls.

What

Claude Code has a new switch, tengu_violin_lapping, that Anthropic's servers can turn on remotely. It is off unless switched on, and it counts as off if reading it fails. It sits alongside the new outcomes for restoring settings, including one for when the restore is switched off.

The flag server has returned this switch as on for this site's account and for an anonymous baseline, though no reading has been taken under this release yet.

Why

It is a feature that is shipped but controlled from the server.

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_violin_lapping 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 v2.1.293: 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 v2.1.293. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

What has happened since
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns on for tengu_violin_lapping, read as this 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.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns off for tengu_violin_lapping, read as this 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.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns on for tengu_violin_lapping, read as this 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.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns off for tengu_violin_lapping, read as this 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.

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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_lapping

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.293 →

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