{"version":"2.1.307","anchor":"new-gate-tengu-valiant-finch-fallback-false","canonical_anchor":"new-gate-tengu-valiant-finch-fallback-false","heading":"A new hidden switch for an unnamed feature","tier":"soon","area":"Internals","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.307\/e\/new-gate-tengu-valiant-finch-fallback-false","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.307","markdown":"### A new hidden switch for an unnamed feature\n\nClaude Code now checks a new remotely controlled switch that is off by default, and it is not yet clear what it controls\n\n**Unclear.** Nothing shows what this switch turns on or off.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code now checks a new switch called `tengu_valiant_finch`. Anthropic's servers control this switch, and Claude Code treats it as off when the server sends no value. It is not yet clear which part of Claude Code depends on it.\n\n**Why**\n\nIn practice nothing visible changes from this alone. It is a sign that something is being prepared that can be turned on later without a new release.\n\n- Flag `tengu_valiant_finch`: Not enough to say (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.307; this account: no value returned, anonymous baseline: no value returned, compiled default: 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.\n- Area: Internals\n- Tier: Nothing to try yet\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}