Auto mode rules (autoMode.*) from projectSettings and localSettings are now silently ignored with a warning, since those files are repo-controlled and could be authored by untrusted parties. Only userSettings, flagSettings, and policySettings may set auto mode classifier rules.
Evidence
Source-trust guard in autoMode config loader (search for "only user/flag/managed settings may set classifier rules")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged auto mode to no longer read autoMode from .claude/settings.local.json (repo-resident); use ~/.claude/settings.json instead
