What
Claude Code can tell you which settings file your auto-update setting came from. --add-dir adds extra working directories to a session.
When the setting comes from managed settings and an organization policy is active, Claude Code no longer credits it to "an --add-dir directory's settings". Before, it gave that answer whenever an added directory's settings included an auto-update value.
Why
The message is more accurate about where the auto-update setting came from.
Names in the bundle--add-dir
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It is not clear exactly which conditions make Claude Code skip the added-directory answer.