[Bug] Claude Code reasoning quality degradation in versions 2.1.8+
Resolved 💬 12 comments Opened Jan 29, 2026 by Caleb-KS Closed Mar 12, 2026
Bug Description
claude seems to have become "dumber" in it's choices lately. maybe past week or so? this is down from two weeks ago where it seemed like claude had a major uptick in smartness (corresponding to making ultrathink the default). seems 2.1.7 was really good and 2.1.13 and later is not that great. I feel like it keeps missing things and I have to guide it more. around 2.1.7 it was getting to be like, "this is really cool, it's guessing everything right 95% of the time". Now it's even below the 85% that I've gotten used to. Maybe I would say it's down to 75% accuracy... :(
Anyone else feel this recently?
Environment Info
- Platform: win32
- Terminal: windows-terminal
- Version: 2.1.22
- Feedback ID: ab099d5b-d766-4c76-94d8-b3c2794028e1
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