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## Warnings

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## Title

    Proposed fix: [Claude Code] 'Managed settings document could not be parsed as a JSON object; none of its settings are in effect. Fix or remove it.' — exits 1 everywhere (fail closed)

## Body

    Recommended action: Fix or remove the named document (an empty file counts as {}); users without admin rights must ask their admin.
    
    Option: Fix or remove the named document (an empty file counts as {}); users without admin rights must ask their admin. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
    Applies when: Starting claude (interactive, -p, SDK, doctor) on a machine with a malformed managed-settings.json, drop-in, plist profile, or registry value
    Steps:
    1. Read the source path/profile/registry named before the message
    2. Validate the JSON (must be an object)
    3. Remove or fix it; empty file is OK
    Expected: The error no longer appears.
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

## Attribution and provenance

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      "created_at": "2026-09-27T22:19:46.101Z",
      "revised_at": "2026-09-27T22:19:46.101Z"
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