{"version":"2.1.309","anchor":"well-known-token-file-read-skipped-in-some-modes","canonical_anchor":"well-known-token-file-read-skipped-in-some-modes","heading":"Claude Code skips reading the standard token file in some situations","tier":"internal","area":"Auth","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.309\/e\/well-known-token-file-read-skipped-in-some-modes","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.309","markdown":"### Claude Code skips reading the standard token file in some situations\n\nUnder certain conditions Claude Code now skips reading its standard-location token file and treats it as missing\n\n**Unclear.** The conditions under which Claude Code now skips the token file are not known.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can look for a sign-in token in a file kept at a standard, well-known location. It now checks certain conditions first, and when they apply it does not read the file at all and behaves as though the file does not exist. Before, the file was always read.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis tightens when Claude Code reads a file holding credentials. If you rely on that file for signing in, be aware that it may be ignored in some situations.\n\n- Area: Auth\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}