{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"managed-settings-host-feature-overlay-and-settings-folder-t","canonical_anchor":"managed-settings-host-feature-overlay-and-settings-folder-t","heading":"Managed settings gain a separate host feature layer and folder tracking","tier":"notice","area":"Managed Settings","scope":"org","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/managed-settings-host-feature-overlay-and-settings-folder-t","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Managed settings gain a separate host feature layer and folder tracking\n\nManaged settings now combine a separate host feature layer, carry some on\/off settings down, and track files in managed-settings.d\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear which on\/off settings are carried over or what the host feature layer can set.\n\n**What**\n\nManaged settings are settings an organization sets for the people who use Claude Code. Claude Code combines them from several layers. This now changes in three ways:\n\n- A separate host feature layer now sits alongside the existing host model layer.\n\n- Some on\/off settings are now carried over from the level above.\n\n- The reader for the `managed-settings.d` folder now keeps track of which files are in the folder from one read to the next.\n\n**Why**\n\nThese changes affect how managed settings apply in organizations that use them.\n\n- Area: Managed Settings\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: org\n- Heads-up: no"}