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Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.271,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
When Claude Code tries to read an MCP configuration file and the attempt fails with an EACCES error (permission denied) on a stat-type check, on non-Windows systems, it's now recognized as meaning a parent directory isn't searchable, rather than a real failure to read the file. In this case the config is reported as not present, with a distinct telemetry reason, instead of being logged as a generic fatal read failure.
Why
This avoids treating a permissions quirk in a parent directory as a broken or corrupted MCP configuration, giving more accurate diagnostics when a config simply isn't reachable.