Unclear Exactly what the new project-scoped tracking and file-detail check are for is not clear.
What
Claude Code watches its settings files so it can pick up edits without a restart. This watching has changed in three ways:
- Settings files that belong to a specific project are now tracked.
- On Linux or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), when the watcher reports a change inside a watched folder, Claude Code first checks the file's details to confirm it really changed.
- Claude Code now reacts when a watched settings folder is deleted.
Why
These checks are meant to cut down on settings being reloaded when nothing has actually changed, which affects how settings refresh on Linux.
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Exactly what the new project-scoped tracking and file-detail check are for is not clear.