{"version":"2.1.224","anchor":"exported-claude-archives-no-longer-need-every-index-file","canonical_anchor":"exported-claude-archives-no-longer-need-every-index-file","heading":"Exported Claude archives no longer need every index file","tier":"notice","area":"Internals","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224\/e\/exported-claude-archives-no-longer-need-every-index-file","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.224","markdown":"### Exported Claude archives no longer need every index file\n\nImporting an exported Claude archive now only requires conversations.json; missing indexes are rebuilt.\n\n**What**\n\nImporting an exported `.zip` only requires `conversations.json` now. If the combined `projects.json` is missing, projects are read from the individual `projects\/*.json` files instead, and the archive summary is rebuilt from `users.json` plus per-conversation message counts rather than being required in the file.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`export zip missing required entry`\n\n- Area: Internals\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}