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Claude Code v2.1.267 ·

Symlinked-settings-write fallback is dead code

A new fallback meant to retry settings writes through symlinked paths never actually runs

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What

A new helper (lr) wraps settings-file writes so that, on a permission-type write failure, it checks a new Lo() function and, if Lo() returns true, retries the write with allowSymlink: true (and checkParentDir: false), logging "Writing settings through symlinked path". However, Lo() is a stub that unconditionally returns false, so the retry branch and its log message can never run.

Why

Anyone whose settings file lives behind a symlink and hits this permission error still sees the original failure; the intended fallback to write through the symlinked path does not actually work yet.

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