negativeSYS.SOURCE: X• 2026-08-22T16:58:49Z
Anthropic Conducts Server-Side A/B Test on Claude Code 2.1.236+ to Adjust Effort Scale Metrics
Anthropic is conducting a server-side A/B test on Claude Code 2.1.236+ to reduce the effort scale metric, where 'high' effort is now rated as 10/100 instead of the previous 'low' scale. Users report confusion and frustration, with older versions and Opus 5 excluded from the experiment.
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