Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Remote ToolsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.281,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear The finding does not say what happens when an overlap is actually found.
What
On Windows, Claude Code can offer this machine's tools to cloud sessions. Before it does, a safety check makes sure the workspace does not overlap certain folders. New Windows-only code now finds your Documents folder in these ways:
It reads the User Shell FoldersPersonal value from the Windows registry.
It falls back to asking PowerShell for $PROFILE.
It also checks OneDrive Documents folders.
It turns mapped network drive letters into full network paths using HKCU\Network\<drive>.
The PowerShell and WindowsPowerShell profile folders found this way are included in the overlap check. The check also rejects network paths, paths on this computer's own host name, WSL host paths and short-form paths.
Why
If this lookup fails, this machine's tools are not offered to cloud sessions until Claude Code next starts. If your tools are missing from a cloud session on Windows, restarting is the way to retry.
How sure we are
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 say what happens when an overlap is actually found.
