{"version":"2.1.72","anchor":"effort-level-max-and-persistence","canonical_anchor":"effort-level-max-and-persistence","heading":"Effort Level \"max\" and Persistence","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.72\/e\/effort-level-max-and-persistence","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.72","markdown":"### Effort Level \"max\" and Persistence\n\nThe effort level system now supports a `\"max\"` level (restricted to Opus 4.6 models) and persists the effort setting across sessions.\n\n**Details**\n\n- New `effortLevel` setting in user config: accepts `\"low\"`, `\"medium\"`, or `\"high\"` (persisted)\n- `\"max\"` is session-scoped and not persisted to disk\n- If `\"max\"` is requested on a non-Opus 4.6 model, it silently falls back to `\"high\"`\n- The status line now shows effort level with visual indicators: \u25cb low, \u25d0 medium, \u25cf high, \u25c9 max\n- Effort level display text appears in the status bar with a 20-second timeout\n\n**Evidence**\n\nNew effort schema and display functions (search for `\"Persisted effort level\"`, `\"opus-4-6\"`)"}