{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"files-containing-nul-bytes-are-rejected-on-read","canonical_anchor":"files-containing-nul-bytes-are-rejected-on-read","heading":"Files containing NUL bytes are refused when read as text","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/files-containing-nul-bytes-are-rejected-on-read","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Files containing NUL bytes are refused when read as text\n\nClaude Code now refuses to read a file as text when it contains a NUL byte, a zero character typical of binary files\n\n**Unclear.** Which feature reads files through this helper is not identified.\n\n**What**\n\nA helper Claude Code uses to read files as text now refuses a file that contains a NUL byte, a zero character that normally shows up in binary files such as images or programs. Before, it refused only things that were not files and files that were too large.\n\n**Why**\n\nBinary files are now turned away instead of being loaded as garbled text.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}