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 that points to another place. When Claude Code cannot check where a link leads, it now refuses to read the file with a specific message. Cases include:
The link's target is not valid text (UTF-8).
On Windows, the target contains ...
The file sits at the end of too long a chain of links.
Before, these reads failed with a more general error.
The PowerShell tool's instructions to Claude also get an extra line in the advice about waiting, when a certain setting is on.
Why
This tightens the limits on what files Claude Code will read, and the new message makes a refusal easier to understand.
