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Claude Code v2.1.288 ·

Clear message when a settings change cannot be saved

If Claude Code cannot write a change to its config file, it now says nothing changed and asks you to check the file can be written

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What

If Claude Code fails to write a change to its config file, the file where your settings are kept, it now shows: "Could not save this to the config file, so nothing changed. Check that the file can be written, then try again."

Why

You find out straight away that a settings change did not stick, rather than assuming it did.

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