You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
File ToolsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
A symbolic link, or symlink, is a file or folder that points somewhere else. When Claude Code edits or writes a file, it now opens the file's folder first and writes through that open folder. It also refuses to follow a link at the last step. If a folder on the path is replaced by a symlink during the write, the write stops with an error saying so. This option cannot be combined with certain others, and Claude Code refuses if you try.
Before, writes used a plain rename and did not hold the folder open.
Why
This closes a gap where something could swap a folder for a link between Claude Code's check and its write. Such a swap could send the write to a different place.
