[BUG] Bash tool call drops "cd /path &&" prefix from SSH commands silently

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When Claude generates a Bash tool call containing ssh user@host "cd /path && command", the cd /path && portion is silently dropped from the actual command parameter. The command executes as ssh user@host "command" instead.

What Should Happen?

The full command ssh user@host "cd /path && command" should be executed as written.

Error Messages/Logs

No error from Claude Code itself — the wrong command runs silently. The SSH target returns an error because the working directory is wrong, e.g.: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Steps to Reproduce

1. Ask Claude to SSH into a remote machine and run a command that requires a directory change, e.g. "pull the latest code on the remote machine"
2. Observe that Claude generates ssh user@host "cd /path && git pull" in its reasoning/description
3. Check the actual Bash tool call command parameter — it will be ssh user@host "git pull" with cd /path && missing
4. The command fails because the remote shell is not in the expected directory

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.81 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

Workaround:
Using ; instead of && works correctly:
ssh user@host "cd /path ; git pull"