{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"createonly-writes-follow-symlink-chains-up-to-40-hops","canonical_anchor":"createonly-writes-follow-symlink-chains-up-to-40-hops","heading":"File writes now follow chains of symlinks, up to 40 links deep","tier":"notice","area":"File Tools","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/createonly-writes-follow-symlink-chains-up-to-40-hops","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### File writes now follow chains of symlinks, up to 40 links deep\n\nSome file writes that go through a symlink now follow a chain of links up to 40 deep instead of only the first\n\n**What**\n\nA symlink is a file that points to another file. For writes that only create new files and allow symlinks, Claude Code used to follow a symlink one step. It now keeps following the chain, up to 40 links, to reach the real file.\n\n**Why**\n\nWrites through a symlink that points to another symlink now reach the right file.\n\n- Area: File Tools\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}