Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Managed SettingsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.296,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear who sets underCode or how the copied settings are changed before the desktop session receives them.
What
Managed settings are settings an organization pushes out to Claude Code. Each entry in them now carries an underCode field.
When underCode is true, the settings handed to the desktop app's sessions (desktopSessionPayload) are built from a transformed copy of the CLI settings. The copy is produced by an internal helper (yut).
Otherwise the old rule still applies. The desktop payload is only sent when serve_to_desktop is true and the settings are not empty.
Why
In practice, an entry can now reach desktop sessions without being marked serve_to_desktop. Administrators who manage settings for desktop users have a second way to deliver them.
