[BUG] Claude Code is saving all log files in the current working directory

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

After using the native installer, when launching Claude Code from a WSL terminal, the Claude Code session is creating and writing debug content to the current project directory.

This results in several new folders and files ("cache/", "plugins/", "shell-snapshots/", "todos/", "history.jsonl") being written in the project root.

What Should Happen?

These ephemeral logging artifacts should be written to ~/.claude/

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

• Navigate to desired repository directory.
• Launch Claude Code using claude

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.17

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

Additional Information

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