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Claude Code v2.1.265 ·

New codepoint 94180 blocked as an invisible/steganographic character

A new hidden character, U+16FE4, is now blocked as a potential steganography risk

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A new hidden character, U+16FE4, is now blocked as a potential steganography risk

What

Claude Code's checks for invisible or hidden characters now also flag codepoint 94180 (U+16FE4), alongside characters it already blocked such as the zero-width no-break space (65279) and the tag character range (917504-917999).

Why

This closes another way invisible characters could be smuggled into text, since such characters can be used to hide instructions or content that isn't visibly displayed.

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