Claude Code Leaked Source Code — 1,884 Files, 8 Unreleased Features Exposed

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NEW: OpenAI slashes ChatGPT Pro to $100/mo5x more Codex usage, 10x promo through May 31, usage limits RESETCONFIRMED: Anthropic launches Project Glasswing with Claude Mythos Preview — everything ccleaks leaked on March 26 is now officialNEW: /ultraplan command is NOW LIVE in Claude Code — cloud-based interactive planning with Plan → Edit → Execute workflowBREAKING: Anthropic cuts third-party harnesses from Claude subscriptions — OpenClaw, OpenCode blocked starting April 4. Pay-as-you-go or leave.OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger: 'They copy popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source'Anthropic offering $20-$200 one-time credits + up to 30% bundle discounts on extra usage — claim by April 17 or lose itNEW: Anthropic files 8,000+ copyright takedowns on GitHub after accidentally leaking Claude Code's proprietary source, per WSJFake news circulating that the Claude Code leak was an April Fools jokethe leak is realFake news about Anthropic making Claude Code open source and rebranding to OpenClaudeAnthropic team acknowledges hitting usage limits in Claude Code faster than expected — actively investigating1,884 TypeScript files analyzed from leaked cli.js.map sourcemapDevelopers are building modified versions of Claude Code using the leaked source — custom forks appearing on GitHubAnthropic DMCA retraction — initial sweep hit 8,100 repos, scaled back to 1 repo + 96 forks after backlashLeaked code mirror surpassed 84,000 stars on GitHub — claw-code clean-room rewrite crossed 100,000 starsSecurity researcher Chaofan Shou first flagged the leak — post hit 28M+ viewsAnthropic's Mythos model leaked 5 days before Claude Code — two leaks in one weekAxios npm package compromised same day as leak — users who installed Claude Code Mar 31 may have pulled trojanized dependencyOpenClaude community fork lets you run Claude Code's tools with any LLM — OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, OllamaClaude Code's $2.5B annualized revenue exposed in leak — enterprise adoption accounts for 80% of revenue, per VentureBeatBoris Cherny confirms 'human error' — deploy process had manual steps, no one was firedLeaked source reveals 'undercover mode' — hides AI-authored commits from Anthropic employees in open-source projectsAnti-distillation system discovered — Claude injects fake tools into API calls to poison competitor training dataFrustration regex found in source — Claude monitors for expletives like 'wtf' and 'fuck' to adjust its behaviorPython fork hit 111K stars and 98K forks in one day — one of the fastest growing GitHub projects in history, per CybernewsSupply chain attack targets leak — fake npm packages color-diff-napi and modifiers-napi registered to trap developers compiling leaked code44 hidden feature flags discovered including always-on background agent KAIROS and a Tamagotchi-style AI pet called BUDDYBloomberg: Anthropic 'scrambling' to contain damage — leak hands competitors a literal blueprint for building AI agentsClaw-code creator Sigrid Jin profiled by WSJ — one of world's most active Claude Code users with 25B+ tokens processedAnthropic's total annualized revenue hit $19B as of March 2026 — Claude Code leak threatens competitive moatThe New Stack: 44 features Anthropic kept behind flags — swarms, daemons, and an always-on agent architecture