[BUG] Cannot change effort to anything besides Extra

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 19, 2026 by omar9848492

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

New and existing chats are with effort EXTRA and the slider is grayed out so I cannot change it to any other effort.

What Should Happen?

I should be able to slide the effort bar to switch (Low, high, max, ultracode, etc)

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Open a new or existing chat on Mac Desktop client
Click on effort and try to move the bar to select a different effort

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

1.14271.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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