{"record":{"id":"e6c28c26798bfb18","repo":"thedotmack/claude-mem","slug":"uninstall-could-not-read-settings-for-server-run","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"[uninstall] Could not read settings for server runtime cleanup:","messagePattern":"\\[uninstall\\] Could not read settings for server runtime cleanup:","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts","lineNumber":47,"sourceCode":"// the matching teardown. The worker path is the default and is unchanged: only\n// when the recorded runtime is the server runtime do we run the extra teardown.\nfunction readSelectedRuntime(): InstallRuntimeId {\n  try {\n    const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(USER_SETTINGS_PATH);\n    return normalizeRuntimeFlag(settings.CLAUDE_MEM_RUNTIME) ?? 'worker';\n  } catch (error: unknown) {\n    const err = error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));\n    console.warn('[uninstall] Could not read selected runtime from settings, defaulting to worker:', err);\n    return 'worker';\n  }\n}\n\nfunction clearServerRuntimeSettings(keys: readonly string[]): void {\n  let flat: Record<string, unknown> | null;\n  try {\n    flat = readFlatSettings(USER_SETTINGS_PATH);\n  } catch (error: unknown) {\n    console.warn('[uninstall] Could not read settings for server runtime cleanup:', error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n    return;\n  }\n  if (!flat) return;\n  let changed = false;\n  for (const key of keys) {\n    if (key in flat) {\n      delete flat[key];\n      changed = true;\n    }\n  }\n  if (changed) {\n    try {\n      writeSettingsJsonAtomic(USER_SETTINGS_PATH, flat);\n    } catch (error: unknown) {\n      console.warn('[uninstall] Could not write settings during server runtime cleanup:', error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n    }\n  }\n}","sourceCodeStart":29,"sourceCodeEnd":65,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/blob/e2d1df569a8f04075d40e92461128ece7cf04c82/src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts#L29-L65","documentation":"clearServerRuntimeSettings() calls readFlatSettings(USER_SETTINGS_PATH) to load the flat settings map before deleting leftover server-runtime keys. If the read throws, it warns and returns, so CLAUDE_MEM_RUNTIME and related server-runtime keys remain in ~/.claude/settings.json after uninstall even though the plugin itself is removed.","triggerScenarios":"`npx claude-mem uninstall` on the server-runtime path when settings.json fails to load: malformed JSON, an unreadable file, or a process-locked file on Windows.","commonSituations":"The same settings.json corruption sources as the runtime-selection read: hand edits, dotfile sync merge conflicts, backups restored with wrong ownership.","solutions":["Repair settings.json until a plain JSON.parse succeeds","Re-run `npx claude-mem uninstall` so the server-runtime key cleanup executes","Or delete the CLAUDE_MEM_* keys from ~/.claude/settings.json by hand"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';\nconst settings = `${process.env.HOME}/.claude/settings.json`;\nJSON.parse(readFileSync(settings, 'utf8')); // must succeed or server-runtime keys survive uninstall","typeGuard":"function isErrnoException(error: unknown): error is NodeJS.ErrnoException {\n  return error instanceof Error && typeof (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'string';\n}","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Validate settings.json before every uninstall when the server runtime is in play","After uninstall, grep settings.json for CLAUDE_MEM_ keys to confirm cleanup ran","Avoid tools that rewrite settings.json concurrently with uninstall"],"tags":["uninstall","settings","server-runtime","json-parse"],"backgroundTag":"malformed-json-config","analyzedSha":"e2d1df569a8f04075d40e92461128ece7cf04c82","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T23:58:13.836Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T07:17:48.351Z"}