Can't believe there aren't more comments on this. I see you've retried at least once too. Fair IMO, this is a good post. Maybe something like "Claude Code binary reveals intentional plan mode degradation" or similar, since IMO the interesting bits are 1. exploring the binary to find this info and 2. actually having receipts.

With that said... do you have receipts? You have a screenshot of what looks like LLM output. For an accusation in this category, I'd expect more info on what exactly is necessary to replicate these findings, ideally in a way that's not susceptible to LLM hallucination / confirmation bias. As a bonus, that depth will probably make it a more compelling post in general.

Hope this gets some viz.