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Claude Code v2.1.248

Computer-use app blocklists extended on Windows

You'll notice
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Computer Use

Computer use now refuses more Windows apps, including terminals, shells and trading software.

What

The per-app restrictions used when Claude controls your computer now cover more Windows surfaces: Store entries for Edge, Firefox and Arc, Windows Terminal, PowerShell, and shells such as explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe, plus a long name-matching list covering trading and cryptocurrency applications. The refusal wording for browsers, terminals, IDEs and Claude's own window is unchanged. This whole surface can be turned off by remote configuration.

Evidence

com.tradingview.tradingviewapp.desktop

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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