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MCP binary content that can't be saved to disk now falls back to an inline size summary in some mode

MCP binary results that fail to save to disk now show a friendlier message instead of a raw disk error

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KindBug Fixesin v2.1.275,
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MCP binary results that fail to save to disk now show a friendlier message instead of a raw disk error

What

When Claude Code tries to save binary or blob content returned by an MCP tool (an external tool connected via the Model Context Protocol) to disk and that save fails, it now checks a new condition. If that condition is set, the result shown is a plain message saying the content was not kept because it could not be saved, instead of the raw disk-error text. This applies across tool results, resources, and images.

Why

This replaces a technical, possibly confusing disk-error message with something a user can actually understand when MCP binary content can't be persisted.

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The writer flagged doubtWhat the new condition checks and when it is set isn't stated, so it's unclear which failures get the friendlier message versus the raw…

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