{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"read-tool-blank-pages-parameter-is-treated-as-absent","canonical_anchor":"read-tool-blank-pages-parameter-is-treated-as-absent","heading":"Reading a file no longer fails when the page range is left blank","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/read-tool-blank-pages-parameter-is-treated-as-absent","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Reading a file no longer fails when the page range is left blank\n\nThe Read tool now treats a blank page range as no page range, so the request no longer fails with a validation error\n\n**What**\n\nThe Read tool, which Claude uses to open files, has an optional page range setting meant for PDF files. If Claude sends that setting as an empty or whitespace-only value, Claude Code now treats it as if it had not been given at all. Before, such a value could make the request fail its validity check.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis removes a pointless error when Claude reads ordinary files that are not PDFs.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}