effortLevel setting in settings.json not applied on session start

Description

The effortLevel key in ~/.claude/settings.json is not being picked up when starting a new Claude Code session. The effort level defaults to "high" regardless of the configured value.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set "effortLevel": "max" in ~/.claude/settings.json
2. Start a new Claude Code session
3. Observe the status bar shows "high" instead of "max"
4. The session header also omits "with max effort"

Expected behavior

A new session should respect the effortLevel value from settings.json and start with max effort, showing "with max effort" in the header and "max" in the status bar.

Actual behavior

• The status bar shows ● high · /effort
• The header shows Opus 4.6 (1M context) · Claude Team (no "with max effort")
• Running /effort manually within the session correctly sets it to max

Workaround

Run /effort at the start of each session.

Environment

• Claude Code v2.1.142
• OS: Linux (WSL2) 6.6.114.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
• Shell: zsh