[BUG] Claude code can't change folders or doesn't remember the folders structure

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?

Say you have this project struccture

example_project_folder/
- frontend_folder/
- backend_folder/

you open claude in example_project_folder/

now you tell it

please fix bug foo in @frontend_folder

this will work, now if you tell it

please fix bug in @backend_folder

you can't, when you press the @ symbol, it doesn't detect backend_folder, seems like it does a cd command and stays in the most recent folder it has been to and doesn't have memory of the original project structure, it has to run an ls on example_project_folder to understand the structure

doing a /clear command fixes the issue, so you need to keep clearing the context if you want the auto detection to work

What Should Happen?

I expect everything to work as expected, for claude to have a memory of the structure of the project.

also assume you're working with a new context. clear context. if you press up arrow to get the previous prompt you cant append to it @folder, the @ sysmbol stops working again

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

I already did

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.109

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

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