configuration

2 questions

AI

Why is my Claude Code session slow / hung / not authenticating?

Pick the branch by what just happened: install/login failures, settings not applying, hung tool calls, auto-compact thrash, or slow search on WSL. Most 'Claude is broken' reports resolve into one of those five plus a /clear.
AI

Why isn't my CLAUDE.md / settings.json taking effect?

Check three things in order: which file Claude is actually loading (precedence runs user → project → project-local → CLI args → managed), whether your edit is shadowed by a higher layer, and whether the change needs a session restart. Most no-effect cases are precedence, not bugs.