[BUG] trustedDirectories in the ~/.claude/settings.json not allowing home directory itself as trusted.

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 18, 2026 by uuacallis Closed May 22, 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?

If I am in my home directory ~/ on my mac and I run claude, everytime I have to trust the directory. This is even if I have added the the following stanza to the ~/.claude/settings.json

"trustedDirectories": [
"/Users/<USERNAME>"
]

I have confirmed this works for other folders, just not the home directory.

What Should Happen?

If I explicitly add it, it should not require me to manually accept it at run time. I do realize i could use the unsafe permissions, but those are way more unsafe than this.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1) On a mac terminal type cd ~/
2) Execute Claude

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.143 (Claude Code)

Platform

AWS Bedrock

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

iTerm2

Additional Information

_No response_

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