[BUG] buddy broken in 2.1.90

Status Closed — not planned

Reported on v2.1.90

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Activity 13 comments · opened Apr 2, 2026 · closed Apr 9, 2026

Feature Request

The /buddy companion feature (introduced in v2.1.89) returns "buddy is unavailable on this configuration" in version 2.1.90.

Current Behavior

Running /buddy or /buddy on outputs:

buddy is unavailable on this configuration

Expected Behavior

The companion should work on Bedrock configurations, routing the small model calls through the Bedrock Haiku endpoint.

Environment

Claude Code Version: 2.1.90
Platform: macOS (darwin)
API Provider: AWS Bedrock (CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK=1)
Haiku model configured: global.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0
companionEnabled: true in settings.json
Feature flag tengu_penguins_enabled: true

Related Issues

#41980 — buddy prompt timer (reporter on Anthropic API — works there)
#41924 — buddy not executing actions
#42212 — request to disable/hide companion

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13 Comments

mengxiangrui1211 · 5 months ago

2.1.90屏蔽掉了

Jamagas · 5 months ago

I have same "buddy is unavailable on this configuration" issue, but I do not use Bedrock and I use regular models. So it sounds more like some general issue.

Macbook Pro 14-inch, Nov 2023 Apple M3 Pro
MacOS 15.7.2 (24G325)
Claude Code 2.1.90 (native install)
Claude used under Enterprise account, for other colleagues it is working

settings.json

{
  "model": "opus[1m]"
}

Huayudong · 5 months ago

2.1.89 can be used, update to 2.1.90 outputs:
buddy is unavailable on this configuration

Fzuim · 5 months ago

ln -sf ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.89 ~/.local/bin/claude

Jamagas · 5 months ago

2.1.89 can be used, update to 2.1.90 outputs: buddy is unavailable on this configuration

You are correct on 2.1.90 /buddy is broken.

On mac in you use native install you can use:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s 2.1.89
To install 2.1.89 specifically

mengxiangrui1211 · 4 months ago

可以使用 2.1.89 版本，更新到 2.1.90 版本后输出结果如下： buddy is unavailable on this configuration

找到解决的办法了吗我更新到92版本还是存在同样的问题

harsh183 · 4 months ago

aside - with 2.1.92 on aws bedrock I'm also getting the same error

alii · 4 months ago

Thank you for trying out the buddy. It was a small April Fools feature and has been removed in the latest release, so closing this as not planned.

sjw1995628 · 4 months ago

Thank you for trying out the buddy. It was a small April Fools feature and has been removed in the latest release, so closing this as not planned.

any plan to get it back?

psabo · 4 months ago

for an april fools joke it was surprisingly useful. disappointing that it's gone really.

1270011 · 4 months ago

For anyone still looking for a way to keep their buddy: I built an open-source reimplementation that works as a standalone MCP server + skill, so it's independent of Claude Code's binary and survives any update. Animated art, speech bubbles, rarity colors - the full experience.

Reimplementation

One-command install, no binary patching needed.

double-playsmart · 4 months ago

Hi, the leaked source code contained internal comments suggesting a full launch target for May 2026. Is that still the plan, or has the feature been permanently removed?

github-actions[bot] · 4 months ago

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