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Claude Code scheduled tasks revert model edits while the desktop app runs

What to do

Close the desktop app before editing model settings, or run a skill that switches tasks to Sonnet 5.5.

Why

A user with 37 scheduled tasks found edits get reverted while the app runs, and the skill fixed it.

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What the research found

A Claude Code user with 37 scheduled tasks found that editing their model settings while the desktop app runs gets reverted, and built a skill that switches all tasks to Sonnet 5.5 after closing the app.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

  1. The user has 37 scheduled tasks in Claude Code 99%
  2. Claude app overwrites the config file with in-memory settings, reverting model edits made while it is open 98%
  3. Scheduled task models were switched to Sonnet 5.5 after closing the app and rewriting the file 98%
  4. Sonnet 5.5 was released as a new Claude model 99%

Evidence

Actionability rated high.