{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"withheld-memory-files-now-shown-as-a-startup-warning","canonical_anchor":"withheld-memory-files-now-shown-as-a-startup-warning","heading":"Claude Code now warns at startup about memory files it did not load","tier":"notice","area":"CLAUDE.md","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/withheld-memory-files-now-shown-as-a-startup-warning","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Claude Code now warns at startup about memory files it did not load\n\nA startup warning now lists memory files that were held back instead of loaded\n\n**Unclear.** What causes a memory file to be withheld, and when the warning is shown, are not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nMemory files are instruction files Claude Code reads at the start of a session. It already warned when such a file, or all of them together, was large enough to slow things down. It now also shows a warning listing memory files that were withheld, meaning not loaded, with one line per file after the size warnings.\n\n**Why**\n\nYou can now see which memory files were skipped, instead of wondering why Claude is not following instructions you wrote in them.\n\n- Area: CLAUDE.md\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}