{"version":"2.1.233","anchor":"env-var-to-drop-permission-prompts-left-unanswered-when-a-se","canonical_anchor":"env-var-to-drop-permission-prompts-left-unanswered-when-a-se","heading":"Env var to drop permission prompts left unanswered when a session resumes","tier":"use","area":"Permissions","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.233\/e\/env-var-to-drop-permission-prompts-left-unanswered-when-a-se","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.233","markdown":"### Env var to drop permission prompts left unanswered when a session resumes\n\nSet an env var so resumed print-mode sessions drop unanswered permission requests instead of cancelling and re-asking.\n\n**What**\n\nSet `CLAUDE_CODE_RETIRE_UNANSWERED_PARKED_PERMISSION` and a resumed print-mode session that finds no saved answer to a permission request it was waiting on will drop the request and move on, instead of cancelling and asking again.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Applies only in print mode, and only when the resumed transcript has a permission request parked with no recorded response.\n- Without the variable, behaviour is unchanged: the request is cancelled and the interrupted turn is re-run so the prompt appears again.\n- With it set, the interrupted turn is skipped entirely and telemetry records the outcome as \"retired_unanswered\".\n\n**Usage**\n\n`CLAUDE_CODE_RETIRE_UNANSWERED_PARKED_PERMISSION=1 claude -p --resume <session-id> \"continue\"` **Evidence** `CLAUDE_CODE_RETIRE_UNANSWERED_PARKED_PERMISSION`\n\n- Area: Permissions\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_RETIRE_UNANSWERED_PARKED_PERMISSION`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}