Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ModelsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.315,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear whether the model picker shows anything different for models marked as early access.
What
The information Claude Code receives about each model you can pick now has an optional early_access field. If the field holds an invalid value, Claude Code treats it as true.
Why
This probably lets the server mark some models as early access in the model list.
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 whether the model picker shows anything different for models marked as early access.
