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Anthropic's Claude AI removes "extended thinking" feature, users seek alternatives

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Users of Anthropic's Claude AI have reported the disappearance of the "extended thinking" option, which was previously available for both Opus 4.6 and version 5. This feature allowed users to see Claude's reasoning process, which was particularly useful for ensuring the AI was on the correct track and for identifying valuable insights not present in the final output. The removal of this option has led some users to consider switching to other AI models. AI

IMPACT Removal of the "extended thinking" feature may impact user trust and lead to a migration to competing AI models.

RANK_REASON User-reported removal of a specific feature from an AI product.

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Anthropic's Claude AI removes "extended thinking" feature, users seek alternatives

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/iamthe0ther0ne ·

    Extended thinking option gone?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For both Opus 4.6 and 5, the thinking block is gone, and the extended thinking toggle option has disappeared from Claude Code. The CoT was really why I was sticking with Anthropic instead of switching fully to GPT--I rely on it to make sure Claud…

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