Claude Workspace Trust Fix

Workaround for a known bug where PreToolUse hooks in ~/.claude/settings.json
are silently skipped in interactive mode. The root cause is that
~/.claude/.claude.json defaults hasTrustDialogAccepted to false for each
project entry, and the trust dialog itself does not set the flag correctly.

-p (non-interactive) mode bypasses the workspace trust check, so hooks appear
to work there but not in interactive sessions.

Affected Versions

Confirmed on v2.1.69 (March 2026). The upstream issues were closed by stale bot
without a real fix:

• anthropics/claude-code issue 12100
• anthropics/claude-code issue 13288

Fix Procedure

1. Back up the current file
2. Set hasTrustDialogAccepted: true for every project entry
3. Verify the result
4. Instruct user to restart Claude Code sessions

# 1. Backup
cp ~/.claude/.claude.json ~/.claude/.claude.json.bak

# 2. Apply fix
python3 -c "
import json, pathlib
p = pathlib.Path.home() / '.claude' / '.claude.json'
data = json.loads(p.read_text())
count = 0
for key in data.get('projects', {}):
    if not data['projects'][key].get('hasTrustDialogAccepted', False):
        data['projects'][key]['hasTrustDialogAccepted'] = True
        count += 1
p.write_text(json.dumps(data, indent=2) + '\n')
print(f'Fixed {count} project entries')
"

# 3. Verify
python3 -c "
import json, pathlib
p = pathlib.Path.home() / '.claude' / '.claude.json'
data = json.loads(p.read_text())
projects = data.get('projects', {})
false_count = sum(1 for v in projects.values() if not v.get('hasTrustDialogAccepted', False))
true_count = sum(1 for v in projects.values() if v.get('hasTrustDialogAccepted', False))
print(f'Total: {len(projects)} | true: {true_count} | false: {false_count}')
"

Important Notes

• This file (~/.claude/.claude.json) is local to each machine -- it is not
  managed by dotfiles or Nix
• New projects added later will also default to false, so rerun the fix
  periodically or after adding new projects
• Running Claude Code sessions must be restarted to pick up the change

Diagnosis

If hooks still do not fire after applying the fix:

1. Clear /tmp/deny-debug.log and attempt an Edit in interactive mode
2. If the debug log remains empty, hooks are not being invoked at all
3. Test with -p mode: claude -p 'Edit README.md add <!-- test -->'
4. If -p fires hooks but interactive does not, re-check hasTrustDialogAccepted

Reference

Vault note: i9wa4/internal notes/2026-03-06-claude-code-pretooluse-hooks-workspace-trust.md