[BUG] Claude reads rules but don't follow it.

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 30, 2026 by bsantanu Closed May 31, 2026

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?

"Claude reads rules from CLAUDE.md at session start but doesn't reliably follow them, even after saving them to memory multiple times." It says I am sorry and writes again or so it says. When I asked how this will get fixed. It says go and report here. So here I am reporting it.

What Should Happen?

As it reads CLAUDE.md in the same project folder where I open the powershell it should follow the rules we have agreed on. Some of them are serious! I said don't push the code to github before I test locally and approve it. It at times just ignores ! Push to the production even before I can stop him.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Just try yourself ! Or look at the conversation log as you often ask if you can read it and I say yes.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.123 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

_No response_

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