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Claude Code v2.1.311 ·

File downloads gain an experiment controlled by the server, off by default

Claude Code's file and image download step now reads a server-controlled setting with on, count and off modes, which falls back to off

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Unclear It is not known what the on and count modes change about downloads, or whether you would notice them.

What

The step Claude Code uses to download files and images now works out a mode from a setting that Anthropic's server can switch remotely. The mode is one of "on", "count" or "off". Claude Code only reads the setting when certain conditions hold, and when the server sends nothing it falls back to "off". Before, this step had no such mode.

Why

This is an experiment built into file downloads that stays off unless it is switched on remotely.

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tengu_tidy_shelf Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.311: not a boolean we can read

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 v2.1.311. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

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The writer flagged doubtIt is not known what the on and count modes change about downloads, or whether you would notice them.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_tidy_shelf

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