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Claude Code v2.1.275 ·

artifact read: falls back to reading it as a frozen artifact type link on a 404

Reading an artifact that 404s now falls back to returning its type declaration if it's a frozen artifact type

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Useful2my rating, 1 to 5
Signal1worth watching, 1 to 5
AreaArtifactswhat it touches
KindImprovementsin v2.1.275,
You'll notice

Reading an artifact that 404s now falls back to returning its type declaration if it's a frozen artifact type

What

When reading an artifact page or file returns a 404 (not found) error, Claude Code now checks whether the requested URL actually refers to a 'frozen artifact type' (an entry in a type catalog). If it does, it returns that type's declaration and instructions instead of just reporting the 404 as a failure. This applies to both the page read action and the single-file read_file action.

Why

This avoids a misleading failure when the URL was never a live artifact page in the first place but a reference to a known artifact type, giving useful information instead of a plain error.

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