CLAUDE.md loaded twice

“The model receives the same instructions twice: once in the startup instructions and once as nested memory.”

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CLAUDE.md loaded twice by nested memory traversal. The nested-memory walk loads CLAUDE.md and rules already in startup context; triggers include a first-turn @-mention in claude -p or symlinked paths.

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Where: Memory loading
Versions: 2.1.272 to 2.1.283
Platforms: macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

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Sep 26, 2026claude -p: @-mention on the first turn loads CLAUDE.md and rules that are already in context a second time#97500
Sep 15, 2026CLAUDE.md loads twice on the nested_traversal path when two paths reach the same file#94463

CLAUDE.md loaded twice

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