You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ConfigurationArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.299,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
Claude Code used .config.json as its configuration file whenever that file existed. It now uses it only when:
the file has content, or
the file is empty and can be written to, and the other configuration file does not exist
Why
An empty placeholder .config.json no longer makes Claude Code ignore your real configuration file.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed sign-in, MCP servers and project trust appearing lost on Linux after a sandboxed command left an empty .config.json in the config…
