Claude Code v2.1.72 ·
Effort Level "max" and Persistence
EntryKind: in v2.1.72,
ChangesSection of the release
The effort level system now supports a "max" level (restricted to Opus 4.6 models) and persists the effort setting across sessions.
Details
- New
effortLevel setting in user config: accepts "low", "medium", or "high" (persisted) "max" is session-scoped and not persisted to disk- If
"max" is requested on a non-Opus 4.6 model, it silently falls back to "high" - The status line now shows effort level with visual indicators: ○ low, ◐ medium, ● high, ◉ max
- Effort level display text appears in the status bar with a 20-second timeout
Evidence
New effort schema and display functions (search for "Persisted effort level", "opus-4-6")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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