Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down

Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bcherny on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:26PM (#46982693)

"Is verbose mode the same as the old mode, where only file paths are spoken?" -- yes, this is exactly what the new verbose mode is.

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by CjHuber on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:03PM (#46983017)

And how to get to the old verbose mode then...?

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bcherny on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:33PM (#46983317)

Hit ctrl+o

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bostonvaulter2 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:59PM (#46983540)

Wait so when the UI for Claude Code says “ctrl + o for verbose output” that isn’t verbose mode?

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by bcherny on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:47PM (#46984317)

That is more verbose — under the hood, it’s now an enum (think: debug, warn, error logging)

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by kstenerud on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:13AM (#46985395)

Considering the ragefusion you're getting over the naming, maybe calling it something like --talkative would be less controversial? ;-)

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by x4132 on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:46PM (#46993185)

ctrl + o isn't live - that's not what users want, what users want is the OPTION to choose what we want to see.

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by efilife on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:50AM (#46987177)

Casually avoiding the first question

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Re:Claude Code Is Being Dumbed Down by JCattheATM on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:30PM (#47056809)

Because obviously the answer is no.

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