Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WindowsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.283,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
Claude Code blocks the PowerShell command Remove-Item when it targets a protected system path. The message it shows for that block can now be supplied with a more specific reason. When no reason is given, the message is the same as before: "Remove-Item on system path '…' is blocked. This path is protected from removal."
Why
Some blocked deletions may now explain themselves with different wording than the standard message.
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 doubtIt is not clear which cases, if any, now show a custom message instead of the standard one.
Anthropic's release notes agreeWindows: Fixed the PowerShell tool letting cmd /c rd, rmdir, del or erase delete drive roots, the home folder and other folders that…
