Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SettingsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.246,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The code that notices settings file changes can now re-resolve its directories after the session moves, for example after /cd, and can be asked whether it is currently watching.
Details
Watcher setup is guarded by a counter so a slow setup that has been superseded cannot install a watcher.
A new bridgeStore option controls hooking up the bridge store when subscribing, and defaults to on.
Evidence
Watching for changes in setting files
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /cd, on Claude Code changelog.* Fixed `/reload-skills` reporting a skill count that disagreed with the slash menu after `/cd`changelogsee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /cd, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeImproved /cd: the new directory's project settings, hooks, .mcp.json servers (behind the usual approval prompt), skills, and agents now take…
