{"version":"2.1.319","anchor":"tengu-bright-kettle-replaced-by-tengu-graceful-hoare-in-one","canonical_anchor":"tengu-bright-kettle-replaced-by-tengu-graceful-hoare-in-one","heading":"An unnamed feature switch is split, with Cowork local-agent sessions defaulting on","tier":"internal","area":"Cowork","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.319\/e\/tengu-bright-kettle-replaced-by-tengu-graceful-hoare-in-one","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.319","markdown":"### An unnamed feature switch is split, with Cowork local-agent sessions defaulting on\n\nOne feature switch now reads a different remote setting, and a second check defaults on only for Cowork sessions running as a local agent\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what feature either switch controls.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code checks some features against switches set on Anthropic's servers before turning them on. One such check has been split in two:\n\n- The existing check now reads `tengu_graceful_hoare` instead of `tengu_bright_kettle`, and still counts as off when the server sends nothing.\n\n- A new check reads `tengu_bright_kettle`. When the server sends nothing, it counts as on only if `CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT` is set to `local-agent` and `CLAUDE_CODE_IS_COWORK` is set. Everywhere else it counts as off.\n\nWhen this site last checked, `tengu_graceful_hoare` read on for both this site's account and an account with no special settings, having switched on since the previous check. `tengu_bright_kettle` read off for both.\n\n**Why**\n\nIn practice, Cowork sessions running as a local agent get the second feature on by default, while other sessions depend on the server.\n\n- Flag `tengu_bright_kettle`: Off in both readings (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.319; this account: off, anonymous baseline: off, compiled default: 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.\n- Flag `tengu_graceful_hoare`: Off by default, switched on for this account (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.319; this account: on, anonymous baseline: on, 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: Cowork\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}