You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
File ReadingArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.301,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code keeps a list of file extensions it treats as binary, meaning not readable as plain text. Three have been added, alongside existing entries like .tgz and .iso:
.zst
.lz4
.whl
Why
These compressed archives and Python package files are less likely to be read as if they were text.
