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Claude Code v2.1.246

An empty managed-settings tier can come from a host attestation

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Settings not in their notes

Claude Code can skip reading policy settings from disk when the host says there are none.

CLAUDE_CODE_MANAGED_SETTINGS_PATH
What

When the storage backend attests the machine has no OS policy folder, the settings walk is handed an empty managed-settings tier without touching disk. If CLAUDE_CODE_MANAGED_SETTINGS_PATH was set explicitly, that contradiction is recorded and the walk reads the files itself.

Evidence

settingsPrime: the host attests this machine has no OS policy folder ('system' absent); the policy walk is served an empty managed-settings file tier without reading the host

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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