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Claude Code v2.1.118 22 Apr 2026

WSL Managed Settings Inheritance

What

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) instances can now inherit managed settings from the Windows host's policy chain.

Details

A new wslInheritsWindowsSettings boolean setting controls this behavior
When set to true in a Windows admin-only source (HKLM registry or C:/Program Files/ClaudeCode/managed-settings.json), WSL reads managed settings from the full Windows policy chain
Windows sources take priority over Linux-native /etc/claude-code settings
Double opt-in required: admin enables the chain via HKLM/HKCU, user confirms via their own HKCU entry
Uses reg.exe queries via /mnt/c/Windows/System32/reg.exe for cross-environment access
Drop-in settings from C:/Program Files/ClaudeCode/managed-settings.d/ are also supported

Evidence

Schema description (search for "wslInheritsWindowsSettings") and WSL detection function pnH() at line ~50906.

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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