{"version":"2.1.311","anchor":"files-api-sign-in-expiry-error","canonical_anchor":"files-api-sign-in-expiry-error","heading":"Clear error when saving a file fails because your sign-in expired","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311\/e\/files-api-sign-in-expiry-error","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311","markdown":"### Clear error when saving a file fails because your sign-in expired\n\nIf the Files API rejects your claude.ai sign-in while saving, Claude Code now says so and asks you to sign in again and save again\n\n**What**\n\nThe Files API is Anthropic's service for storing files. When saving a file through it fails because it did not accept the session's claude.ai sign-in, Claude Code now says that the sign-in may have expired, and that once you have signed in to Claude again, you should save again.\n\n**Why**\n\nYou get a message that says what went wrong and what to do, instead of a general failure.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}