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Claude Code v2.1.90 1 Apr 2026

"Buddy" Feature [In Development]

What

A companion feature referenced as "buddy" that appears to be gated by configuration.

Status

Dark-launched / configuration-gated

Details

The only visible artifact is the message: "buddy is unavailable on this configuration"
Appears to be checked via Fd8() and returns null when unavailable
No further implementation details are visible in this version

Evidence

Buddy availability check (search for "buddy is unavailable on this configuration")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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