Configuration Path Ignored: CLAUDE_HOME Environment Variable Not Respectedwha

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Jun 5, 2025 by aaronmallen Closed Jun 5, 2025

Bug Description

Claude does not respect CLAUDE_HOME configuration

 echo $CLAUDE_HOME
/Users/aaron/.local/share/claude

However claude still makes $HOME/.claude and stores all the files there

Environment Info

  • Platform: macos
  • Terminal: WarpTerminal
  • Version: 1.0.11
  • Feedback ID: ce1e4711-1cca-4ab7-8811-8e25b87cde40

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:892:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:964:15)\n    at JZ (file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:683:2402)\n    at file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:11763\n    at Q (file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:526:17069)\n    at LU (file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:10909)\n    at HG (file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:10355)\n    at lO2 (file:///Users/aaron/.local/share/claude/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2042:4758)","timestamp":"2025-06-05T14:27:40.533Z"},{"error":"RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded\n    at Socket.onChildStdout (node:child_process:482:14)\n    at Socket.emit (node:events:507:28)\n    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:559:12)\n    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:510:3)\n    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:390:5)\n    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","timestamp":"2025-06-05T14:27:41.139Z"}]

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