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Claude Code v2.1.315 ·

Environment variable override for the sorted-otter switch

CLAUDE_CODE_SORTED_OTTER can now override the remote tengu_sorted_otter switch, and one function moves from that switch to tengu_quiet_pike

Group of 2 Use it now Notable No documentation found New Features
JSON All of v2.1.315
Use it nowTier: how much it should matter to you
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4Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
InternalsArea: what it touches
New FeaturesKind: in v2.1.315,
What probably matters to youSection of the release

Unclear What this behaviour does, and whether a value such as false turns it off, is not stated.

What

A new environment variable (a named value set outside Claude Code), CLAUDE_CODE_SORTED_OTTER, now overrides the remote switch tengu_sorted_otter.

  • If the variable is set, its value is used. Otherwise Claude Code falls back to tengu_sorted_otter, which defaults to off.
  • The result is checked in several places. One of them passes it on as holdWhileConnecting. What the switch does beyond that was not traced.
  • The variable is added to a list of environment variables that can be set through settings. It is new in this release.
  • A separate function that used to read tengu_sorted_otter now reads tengu_quiet_pike instead, which also defaults to off.

In readings taken before this release, tengu_sorted_otter came back off for this site's account and off for an anonymous check. tengu_quiet_pike gave no answer for this site's account and came back off for the anonymous check. No reading has been taken under this release.

Why

You can now force the sorted-otter behaviour on or off locally instead of depending on the remote switch. Because one function moved to tengu_quiet_pike, the variable does not control that function.

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Names in the bundleCLAUDE_CODE_SORTED_OTTER
Feature flag
tengu_sorted_otter Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.315: 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.

tengu_quiet_pike 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: off · compiled default in v2.1.315: 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.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.315. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

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 doubtWhat this behaviour does, and whether a value such as false turns it off, is not stated.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: CLAUDE_CODE_SORTED_OTTER

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