{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"artifact-read-file-error-wording-now-covers-unresolvable-pat","canonical_anchor":"artifact-read-file-error-wording-now-covers-unresolvable-pat","heading":"Artifact read_file and preview refuse paths that cannot be resolved","tier":"notice","area":"Artifacts","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/artifact-read-file-error-wording-now-covers-unresolvable-pat","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Artifact read_file and preview refuse paths that cannot be resolved\n\nArtifact read_file and preview now refuse network paths and any path they cannot resolve, with updated error messages\n\n**What**\n\nArtifacts are published files that Claude Code can save to your machine or show as a preview. Their path checks are now stricter:\n\n- `read_file` saves published artifact files into a local folder. It already refused an `out_dir` (the folder to save into) that named a network path. It now also refuses an `out_dir` that cannot be resolved. The error now reads \"read_file saves only to local directories - out_dir names a network path or cannot be resolved.\"\n\n- Preview has a new refusal message: \"preview renders local files only; this path, or a link on the way to it, reaches a network share, or a directory or link on the way could not be examined.\"\n\n**Why**\n\nWhen Claude Code cannot work out where a path really leads, it now refuses instead of going ahead. If you see one of these errors for a folder you believe is local, one of the folders or links along its path may be one Claude Code could not examine.\n\n- Area: Artifacts\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}