{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"windowswsl-83-short-name-path-components-now-treated-as-p","canonical_anchor":"windowswsl-83-short-name-path-components-now-treated-as-p","heading":"Windows\/WSL: 8.3 short-name path components now treated as protected","tier":"notice","area":"Windows","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/windowswsl-83-short-name-path-components-now-treated-as-p","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Windows\/WSL: 8.3 short-name path components now treated as protected\n\nOn Windows and WSL, any path part that looks like an old 8.3 short name now counts as a protected path\n\n**What**\n\nWindows can give files and folders an old-style short name, such as `PROGRA~1`, in what is called the 8.3 format. On Windows and on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, which runs Linux inside Windows), Claude Code's protected-path check now flags any part of a path that looks like one of these short names. A protected path is one Claude Code treats with extra care before touching. An older check that ran only on WSL was removed from this part of the test.\n\n**Why**\n\nA short name can point to the same place as a long one, so this closes a way for a path to slip past the protected-path check by using the short spelling.\n\n- Area: Windows\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}