You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ConfigurationArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.232,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
The notice that your Claude configuration file could not be found, along with the instructions for restoring it from backup, now also appears when the newer storage backend reports the file missing during an update. That path previously handled the case silently.
Details
The notice text and restore instructions were pulled into a single shared helper.
If printing the notice itself fails, a new error line reads "Could not report the missing config file".
The same path now also reports when a config was repaired from cache or replaced during a write.
Evidence
Could not report the missing config file:
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.