High → medium reasoning drop
Claude Code's default reasoning was quietly downgraded from 'high' to 'medium' for an entire month without users being informed.
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Apr 25, 2026
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Anthropic Confirms Claude Got Dumber: Three Stacked Bugs
At 8:21 · chapter starts 7:40
3 stacked bugs, 6 weeks
Anthropic confirmed three separate product-layer bugs ran simultaneously from March 4 to April 16, silently degrading Claude's performance for users.
Anthropic's Three-Bug Scandal: How Claude Got Dumber
Anthropic ran three separate product-layer bugs simultaneously from March 4 to April 16: reasoning quietly dropped from high to medium, a caching bug killed idle thinking, and a system prompt capped all responses at 100 words. None of it was a model change. All of it was scaffolding. Users noticed. Anthropic didn't tell them.
100-word system prompt bug
On April 16, Anthropic accidentally added a system prompt instructing Claude to keep all responses under 100 words, truncating reasoning chains across the entire product.
The AI Subscription Gateway Drug
OpenAI gave users 10x normal token usage until May 31. After that, throttle. Anthropic's $100 and $200 tiers give you enough to build your entire workflow around Claude Code. Once your business depends on it, you'll pay whatever they ask. It's a gateway drug strategy.
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