{"version":"2.1.229","anchor":"directory-sync-can-be-turned-off-with-an-environment-variabl","canonical_anchor":"directory-sync-can-be-turned-off-with-an-environment-variabl","heading":"Directory sync can be turned off with an environment variable","tier":"use","area":"File Sync","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229\/e\/directory-sync-can-be-turned-off-with-an-environment-variabl","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.229","markdown":"### Directory sync can be turned off with an environment variable\n\nYou can turn off background directory syncing by setting CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_DIR_SYNC.\n\n**What**\n\nThe background worker that syncs directory contents now starts only when a decision helper allows it, and `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_DIR_SYNC` feeds that decision alongside the entrypoint being used. When it is skipped for that reason, a telemetry line records it.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`dir_sync_worker_disabled`\n\n- Area: File Sync\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_DIR_SYNC`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}