CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_RESUME_LOAD_GOODBYE_SKIP

Updated November 6, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_RESUME_LOAD_GOODBYE_SKIP is a Claude Code environment variable: Set this to stop the worker from skipping its disconnect goodbye during resume load; by default that goodbye is skipped then. Added in v2.1.319 and still present in v2.1.319. It is not in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_RESUME_LOAD_GOODBYE_SKIP=<value>
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To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_RESUME_LOAD_GOODBYE_SKIP": "<value>"
  }
}

Related variables

• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BACKGROUND_TASKS: Disable background tasks entirely.
• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BG_EXIT_HANDOFF
• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_BG_STABLE_PATH: On macOS, skips resolving a stable executable path for the background process and re-execs using the current executable path instead.
• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NESTED_SESSION_ID: Set to a truthy value to stop the session-id getter from returning null and have it return the resolved id instead.
• CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_QUIET_BACKGROUND_WAIT: When set, disables the quiet long background wait, so the session returns instead of entering a long sleep while background work is idle.
• CLAUDE_CODE_RELAUNCH_RESUME_HINT_FLAGS: Holds space-separated CLI flags to reapply when relaunching to resume; the flags are validated against known options, dropped if any is invalid, and the variable is cleared once read.
• CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_CACHE_WARM: In remote mode, controls warming the resume cache: true force-enables it, false disables it, and otherwise a server-side setting decides whether it runs.
• CLAUDE_CODE_RESUME_FROM_SESSION: Instructs Claude Code to bootstrap a new session's context from an existing session ID.

Frequently asked questions

All variables, searchable: Claude Code environment variables.