Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Output LimitsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.296,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The output limit is the most text the model can produce in a single reply. Claude Code has a new built-in message for the case where a reply hit that limit without showing you anything. It reads: "Your previous response reached the output limit with no visible output. Please continue and produce a brief user-visible response or tool call right away." A tool call is the model asking Claude Code to run one of its tools, such as reading a file.
Why
It gives Claude Code a way to recover from a turn that used up its whole output allowance before producing anything visible.
