{"version":"2.1.318","anchor":"file-reader-rejects-multiply-hard-linked-files-when-onename","canonical_anchor":"file-reader-rejects-multiply-hard-linked-files-when-onename","heading":"Some file reads now refuse files that have more than one hard link","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318\/e\/file-reader-rejects-multiply-hard-linked-files-when-onename","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318","markdown":"### Some file reads now refuse files that have more than one hard link\n\nWhen a read requires a file to have a single name, Claude Code now refuses files with more than one hard link\n\n**What**\n\nA hard link is a second name for the same file on disk, so one file can show up at two paths. Some of Claude Code's file reads now ask for a file that has only one name. For those reads, a file with more than one hard link is now refused and treated as if it could not be read. The existing checks still apply: the path must be a regular file and must be under the size limit.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis is a security hardening. Without it, a hard link placed in an innocent-looking location could make Claude Code read a different, possibly sensitive, file that shares the same contents on disk.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}