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Clearer warning when writing into an unsynced memory-store copy

You'll notice
Useful3 Signal2
Memory

Writing into a stale local copy of a memory store now warns that nothing syncs it.

CLAUDE_MEMORY_STORES
What

Writing into a directory that belongs to a project memory store now gives one of two messages. If memory stores are configured through the CLAUDE_MEMORY_STORES environment variable you get the existing overwrite warning; otherwise you get a new message saying the directory is a leftover local copy that nothing syncs or recalls.

Details
  • Which message you see is decided entirely by whether CLAUDE_MEMORY_STORES is set.
Evidence

This file's directory is a leftover local copy of a project memory store that is no longer synced.

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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