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Claude Code v2.1.251

Writes are rejected if the file changed after the preview

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A write is refused if the file changed since the preview you approved.

What

When a write is applied with a recorded content hash, Claude Code now re-hashes the file on disk first and refuses the write if the contents no longer match, so an edit you approved cannot silently clobber a change made in the meantime.

Details
  • The internal write path takes a baseHash argument; the check runs whenever a caller supplies one.
  • On mismatch it throws instead of writing, reporting that the file changed since the edit was previewed.
Evidence

file changed since the edit was previewed

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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