{"version":"2.1.222","anchor":"settings-reader-computes-a-host-model-overlay","canonical_anchor":"settings-reader-computes-a-host-model-overlay","heading":"Settings reader computes a host model overlay","tier":"internal","area":"Settings","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222\/e\/settings-reader-computes-a-host-model-overlay","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.222","markdown":"### Settings reader computes a host model overlay\n\nSettings can inherit a model choice from a managing host, though that path only exists when one is configured.\n\n**What**\n\nThe parent-slice settings reader also derives a model overlay from the host-managed provider, and reports it as a source of truth.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The source-of-truth lookup returns \"parent\" when either the parent slice or the `hostModelOverlay` is present.\n- Only reachable when a host-managed provider is configured; state otherwise unresolved.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`hostModelOverlay`\n\n- Area: Settings\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}