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Published: 2026-10-17T07:33:33.296737+00:00
Updated: 2026-10-17T07:33:33.296737+00:00

Anthropic reports Claude Code’s p90 wait before the first token, excluding model time, fell from 4.07s to 1.33s locally and 16.99s to 6.00s in cloud sessions from August to October.

Source: Claude Developers — https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2111209208012210409
Source date: 2026-10-16T21:34:34Z