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Claude Code v2.1.281 ·

Worker journal detects files written by a newer build

The worker journal can now tell when a file was written by a newer build of Claude Code

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What

The worker journal, a record file kept by internal worker processes, gained writtenByNewerBuild. It reports true when reading the file fails with the reason unsupported_version.

Why

In practice, a journal file from a newer build can now be recognised as such, rather than looking like an ordinary unreadable file.

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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 say what Claude Code does once it detects such a file.

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