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Sweep 03 Nov 2026 · 22:27Z Build v2.1.318 536 read Stable v2.1.311 Latest v2.1.318 Next v2.1.318 Feeds RSS JSON llms.txt llms-full.txt Unofficial

Claude Code v2.1.317 ·

New remotely controlled setting in the VS Code extension

The VS Code settings gained a new setting that the server can switch, and nothing yet shows what it does

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JSON All of v2.1.317
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Unclear It is not known what this VS Code setting controls.

What

The Claude Code extension for VS Code has a new setting that can be switched remotely by Anthropic's server. When the server sends no value, it falls back to on. Nothing so far shows what the setting controls.

Why

Because it falls back to on, it is likely active unless the server turns it off. There is nothing you can do with it until it shows what it controls.

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Feature flag
tengu_vscode_start_second_try 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 v2.1.317: on

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 v2.1.317. 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 doubtIt is not known what this VS Code setting controls.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_vscode_start_second_try

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