Claude Code v2.1.221 ·
Unused IDE "openFile" RPC helper deleted
An unused helper for asking your IDE to open a file was deleted.
Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
RemovedKind: in v2.1.221,
RemovedSection of the release
What
A method that asked the connected IDE to open a file over the IDE MCP connection has been removed, along with its error log.
Details
- it called with preview off and no selection, and had no callers in the previous build
- no behaviour change expected; the IDE openFile RPC is simply no longer invoked from this code path
Evidence
Failed to open file in IDE via MCP:
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
See this entry in the whole of v2.1.221 →
