{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"artifact-publish-may-auto-refresh-an-artifacts-type-contra","canonical_anchor":"artifact-publish-may-auto-refresh-an-artifacts-type-contra","heading":"Artifact publish: may auto-refresh an artifact's type contract before publishing","tier":"notice","area":"Artifacts","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/artifact-publish-may-auto-refresh-an-artifacts-type-contra","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Artifact publish: may auto-refresh an artifact's type contract before publishing\n\nPublishing to an existing artifact can now re-fetch that artifact's type contract first when none was supplied\n\n**Unclear.** The finding does not say which publish modes allow the refresh.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen publishing to an existing artifact slug (its short name), and no contract was supplied, Claude Code can now fetch the artifact's type and contract again before publishing, using the capabilities it already knows about. This only happens when the publish mode allows it.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe publish step works from the artifact's current type rules rather than a missing or outdated copy.\n\n- Area: Artifacts\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}