You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Plan ModeArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
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What
Before saving a plan, Claude Code now confirms that the plansDirectory folder and the plan file are really inside your project. It refuses these cases and does not save the plan:
the folder or file is a link pointing outside the project
the plan file is a hard link, a file shared with another location
The message reads "Could not confirm the plansDirectory folder and plan file are inside this project, so the plan was not saved." Before, Claude Code simply created the folder and wrote the file. The check sits behind a server-side switch.
Why
If your plansDirectory is a link to another place, saving plans will fail. Point the setting at a real folder inside the project.
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Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed plan files sometimes being written outside the project when plansDirectory is set; a write that can't be shown to stay inside the…
