[Bug] Claude refuses to modify configuration settings despite explicit user authorization
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.258
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 2, 2026
Bug Description
I explicitly asked for a configuration setting change to be written, and it flatly refused even though I fully authorized it and told it that I would approve the right. It absolutely shat in my face. The only thing that got it to actually do it is when I had a fatal model tell it to do it, and then it listened and it actually did what it was meant to do. How is that accurate? How is that helpful? I wasted thirty minutes dealing with this shit. That is ridiculous. If I ask it to write a setting on my machine and I tell it that I'm going to approve it, there is no reason why it should deny me. It should tell me a reason if it's stupid, but it should not flatly deny it.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: iTerm.app
- Version: 2.1.258
- Feedback ID: 40c2f4a3-07b4-4acc-b962-f289a861025a
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