You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
InternalsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.317,
ImprovementsSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear whether this filtering is in use yet or depends on a switch.
What
Claude Code reads settings from several layers, such as project settings and local settings. It now has a rule linking each settings file to its layers:
A file is kept only when all of its layers are enabled, and others are left out.
Why
Plugins and settings from folders added with --add-dir may now respect the layers you pick with --setting-sources.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether this filtering is in use yet or depends on a switch.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed old transcripts not being cleaned up on machines where some runs skip cleanup, such as runs using --setting-sources
