Monday, June 22, 2026
An analysis of Claude Code's local session logs reveals that raw agent reasoning is encrypted and inaccessible to developers.
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Analysis of local Claude Code session logs reveals that 'extended thinking' blocks are stored as encrypted 600-character signatures. The local system receives only a lossy summary of the model's thinking process, while the actual reasoning trace remains locked by Anthropic.
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