Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SettingsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.304,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Claude Code keeps a saved copy of settings it has already loaded so it does not reload them every time. That saved copy now records a hold token, and is cleared when the token changes, so settings are loaded fresh.
Why
This could stop Claude Code from using out-of-date settings.
