{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"gmail-attachment-and-drive-connector-delivery-telemetryhand","canonical_anchor":"gmail-attachment-and-drive-connector-delivery-telemetryhand","heading":"Claude Code now recognises the Gmail and Google Drive connectors","tier":"internal","area":"Connectors","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/gmail-attachment-and-drive-connector-delivery-telemetryhand","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### Claude Code now recognises the Gmail and Google Drive connectors\n\nClaude Code now recognises the Gmail and Google Drive connectors and records whether Gmail attachments were delivered, kept, saved or read\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether the way Gmail attachments reach Claude changed, or only the usage data about them.\n\n**What**\n\nMCP connectors are outside services that give Claude extra tools. Claude Code now recognises the Google Drive and Gmail connectors by their addresses, `drivemcp.googleapis.com` and `gmailmcp.googleapis.com`.\n\nFor Gmail, Claude Code now records usage data on what happened to an attachment:\n\n- Delivered\n\n- Not kept\n\n- Not saved\n\n- Not read\n\n- The email message itself could not be read\n\n**Why**\n\nGmail attachments that come through the connector are now tracked, and they may also be handled in a way of their own.\n\n- Area: Connectors\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}