showThinkingSummaries: false is ignored — thinking blocks still render (desktop app, Code tab)

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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 8, 2026

What happens

showThinkingSummaries is set to false in ~/.claude/settings.json, but extended thinking / reasoning blocks are still rendered inline in every assistant response.

settings.json

{
  "theme": "auto",
  "agentPushNotifEnabled": false,
  "showThinkingSummaries": false
}

Expected

No thinking summaries in the transcript.

Actual

Every response shows the reasoning between tool calls. On a long task this is the bulk of what ends up on screen.

Notes

Desktop app, Code tab
Windows 11 Pro (26200)
Restarting the app does not help
Has been happening for months, across versions
No equivalent toggle exists in the app's settings panel, so there is no way to turn it off from the UI either

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