{"version":"2.1.234","anchor":"windows-device-paths-reported-by-the-shell-are-ignored","canonical_anchor":"windows-device-paths-reported-by-the-shell-are-ignored","heading":"Windows device paths reported by the shell are ignored","tier":"notice","area":"Windows","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.234\/e\/windows-device-paths-reported-by-the-shell-are-ignored","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.234","markdown":"### Windows device paths reported by the shell are ignored\n\nClaude Code ignores odd Windows device paths reported by your shell and keeps the previous directory.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen the shell reports back a working directory that looks like a Windows NT device-namespace path, Claude Code now logs a warning and keeps the previous directory instead of adopting it. This joins the existing guards for dot segments, network paths and foreign automounts, and runs on every read-back.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`shell cwd read-back is an NT-namespace device path; ignoring`\n\n- Area: Windows\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}