Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ModelsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.299,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear Which situations meet the new condition is not shown, so when an effort change is now held back is unclear.
What
Claude Code checks whether a change of effort level (how much thinking the model does) or of model should be applied. That check now also requires a record that the most recent top-level request was threaded. Without it, the change is not applied.
Why
This may change when an effort change made partway through a conversation takes effect.
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 doubtWhich situations meet the new condition is not shown, so when an effort change is now held back is unclear.
