parentSettingsBehavior
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
Apply or drop restrictions an [SDK or IDE host](/docs/en/managed-settings#let-an-embedding-host-add-policy) passes when you deploy [managed settings](/docs/en/managed-settings)
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 | — | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.243 95 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
No changelog entry here has ever named it. That is a statement about what has been written, not about the name: it has been in the build since v2.1.138 without anybody writing a line about it.
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings reference table Claude Code CLI
- Agent SDK reference - TypeScript mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude apps gateway for Amazon Bedrock, Claude Platform on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude apps gateway configuration mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude apps gateway deployment and operations mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Deploy Claude apps gateway on Google Cloud mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Deploy managed settings mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Week 19 · May 4–8, 2026 mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Code in Claude Desktop on 3P mentions it Claude Documentation
- Configuration reference mentions it Claude Documentation
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
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.