When Claude fetches an artifact you don't own or whose ownership is unverified, the consent prompt now states plainly whether this session's network access is on or off, since that determines whether the artifact's content can enter the conversation. This replaces the older, more generic message, and the underlying check (now framed as a 'consent surface' rather than 'read is user only') runs an egress probe before granting read access.
WebFetch of claude.ai artifacts: new consent flow for reading others' artifacts while network access is off
Reading someone else's artifact now clearly states whether network access is on or off first.
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WebFetchArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.260,
ImprovementsSection of the release