## Summary of Investigation I investigated whether the V1 app server uses

~/.openhands/agent_settings.json

. Answer: No, V1 does NOT use

~/.openhands/agent_settings.json

. ### Key Findings: 1. No

agent_settings.json

references exist - I searched the entire codebase and found zero references to "agent_settings.json" 2. V1 uses a different settings mechanism: - Settings are loaded through

UserContext

→

AuthUserContext.get_user_info()

→

user_auth.get_user_settings()

- Uses

SettingsStore

abstraction with implementations like

FileSettingsStore

3. FileSettingsStore (

openhands/storage/settings/file_settings_store.py

): - Hardcoded to use

path: str = 'settings.json'

(line 17) - This is relative to the file store, not specifically

~/.openhands/agent_settings.json

4. The legacy V0 code (in

openhands/core/config/utils.py

): - Marked as "Legacy-V0" with deprecation notice - Mentions

~/.openhands/settings.json

in comments (line 855) - This is NOT on the V1 execution path Conclusion: V1 does not use or reference

agent_settings.json

. The user may be thinking of the legacy V0 config file or a different file. If they need V1 configuration, they should use

config.toml

or the database-backed settings system.