{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"working-tree-upload-refuses-windows-short-names-and-read-rul","canonical_anchor":"working-tree-upload-refuses-windows-short-names-and-read-rul","heading":"Working-tree upload refuses Windows short names and Read-rule paths","tier":"notice","area":"Cloud Sessions","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/working-tree-upload-refuses-windows-short-names-and-read-rul","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### Working-tree upload refuses Windows short names and Read-rule paths\n\nUploads refuse Windows short-name paths, and credential refusals can now cite your Read rules.\n\n**What**\n\nBefore uploading your working tree to a cloud session, Claude Code now refuses if uncommitted changes include paths shaped like Windows 8.3 short names, since such a name can resolve to a different file than it spells. The credentials-and-keys refusal can now also cite paths covered by a Read rule in your settings.\n\n**Details**\n\n- An oversized starting file set can now be refused outright rather than quietly falling back to uploading only a bundle.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`which can open a different file than they name`\n\n- Area: Cloud Sessions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}