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Claude Code v2.1.277 ·

Scratch-folder path phrase gets normalized/obfuscated before display

References to the session's scratch folder are now normalized into a fixed phrase before display

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Under the hood

References to the session's scratch folder are now normalized into a fixed phrase before display

What

Claude Code now recognizes variants of the phrase "in this session's scratch folder" (allowing for different spacing and punctuation) and rewrites them into one fixed, hyphenated form before showing them. A related new function decides whether a file path should be displayed relative to a scratchpad location.

Why

Normalizing the wording keeps references to the scratch folder consistent on screen, regardless of small variations in how the phrase was originally generated.

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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not explain why paths would sometimes be shown relative to the scratchpad location.

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