Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.323,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear What Claude Code does when a path matches, including whether it is tied to a desktop shortcut tip, is not stated.
What
Claude Code has a new check for file paths. A path counts as a match only when all of these are true:
CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE is not set. This environment variable marks a remote session, one that runs on another machine instead of your own computer.
The path starts with a particular folder.
A separate check on /home passes.
Why
This check behaves differently depending on where Claude Code runs. On your own machine it can match. When CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE is set, it never matches.
How sure we are
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The writer flagged doubtWhat Claude Code does when a path matches, including whether it is tied to a desktop shortcut tip, is not stated.
Anthropic's release notes agreeImproved start-up on Linux when /home is an autofs map: Claude Code no longer looks up files in /home itself. Set…
