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Claude Code v2.1.239 ·

Global config keeps its file permissions, defaulting to owner-only

Your global config file keeps its permissions, defaulting to owner-only instead of following umask.

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What

Rewrites of the global config file now read back and reuse the file's existing permission bits, falling back to 0600 (owner read/write only) if they cannot be read. Previously the result depended on the process umask.

Evidence

t.ok && t.value.mode !== void 0 ? t.value.mode : 384

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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