dialogExpiry
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.224, including the newest one read.
What it is
Set how long Claude Code waits for [Remote Control](/docs/en/remote-control) or an SDK host to answer a forwarded dialog before it cancels the dialog
Anthropic's own wording. Read off Claude Code settings reference, captured 2026-08-28.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.224 – 2.1.243 19 releases | in the build | — | — |
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Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.224New
dialogExpirysetting for how long forwarded dialogs waitSet dialogExpiry to control how long a forwarded permission prompt waits before resolving to its safe default.
named in this entry
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v2.1.224New setting:
dialogExpirydialogExpiry accepts 60s, 5m, 10m or never for how long forwarded dialogs and held messages wait.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Message your other Claude Code sessions mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Error reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Model configuration mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Continue local sessions from any device with Remote Control mentions it Claude Code CLI
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Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the settings key does. All settings keys.