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Claude Code is steganographically marking requests

SteadyVane has taken 40 readings of Claude Code is steganographically marking requests since Jun 30, 2026: 665 upvotes at the first reading, 2,435 at the latest (+1,770). Its biggest one-day gain was +1,131 on Jul 1, 2026.

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665

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2,435

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2,435

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first seen Jun 30, 2026 · last seen Jul 5, 2026 · published Jun 30, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Jul 5, 2026	2,435	0
Jul 4, 2026	2,435	+5
Jul 3, 2026	2,430	+21
Jul 2, 2026	2,409	+55
Jul 1, 2026	2,354	+1,131
Jun 30, 2026	1,223	+558

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: July 1, 2026.

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