You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SettingsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.232,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Errors marked as startup-fatal are filtered out of the list shown in the invalid-settings dialog, joining the existing exclusions for MCP error metadata and status-only entries. An invalid static settings payload is now one of those fatal cases, and reports that Claude Code will not start until it is fixed.
Details
The policy helpers map now also accepts an optional default settings payload.
Evidence
is not a valid static settings payload
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
