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[MODEL] Please do not put tmp files into working directory, it is very annoying

Status Fixed / completed

Reported on v2.1.5

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Activity 4 comments · opened Jan 13, 2026 · closed Jan 14, 2026

Preflight Checklist

[x] I have searched existing issues for similar behavior reports
[x] This report does NOT contain sensitive information (API keys, passwords, etc.)

Type of Behavior Issue

Claude modified files I didn't ask it to modify

What You Asked Claude to Do

Anything that require to scan or read any file

What Claude Actually Did

He did it, but he also created a lot of usles (for me) files

Expected Behavior

put every tmp files into %TEMP% or /tmp

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

_No response_

Claude Model

Sonnet

Relevant Conversation

Impact

Critical - Data loss or corrupted project

Claude Code Version

2.1.5 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

_No response_

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4 Comments

AbhiImReal403 · 9 months ago

I’m seeing the same behavior on my end and wanted to confirm it’s reproducible.

When using Claude Code, a temporary file is being created in the primary working directory. The contents of this file appear to be the current working directory (pwd) that Claude Code is operating in.

From what I can tell, this temp file seems to be created whenever Claude Code performs a search or find operation across the project. It happens consistently during normal usage and not as part of any explicit file creation on my side.

Observations:

Temp file is created in the project root / working directory
File contents contain the current pwd
Likely triggered during search / find operations
Leaves artifacts in the repo unless manually cleaned up

Environment:

Claude Code version: 2.1.6 (Claude Code)
OS: Windows

This matches the behavior described in this issue, so adding a +1 that it’s affecting other users as well.

AbhiImReal403 · 9 months ago

after digging through the issue i can see that this issue is a duplicate of #17568

issue hasn't been fixed so far and the workaround for the time being is :

Added tmpclaude* to .gitignore to prevent them from being tracked.

Matteo-stefaa · 9 months ago

It was fixed this morning in v2.1.7
Now it's working fine 🙌

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