File viewer pane does not auto-refresh when file is edited by Claude

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 12, 2026 by Belfanti-Machine-Works

Description

The file viewer pane (right panel in Claude Code desktop app) does not automatically refresh when Claude edits the currently displayed file. The user has to manually navigate away and back to the file to see the updated content.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open a file in the Claude Code desktop app file viewer pane (right panel)
  2. Ask Claude to make edits to that file
  3. Observe that the file viewer pane still shows the old content

Expected behavior

The file viewer pane should automatically refresh and display the updated file contents after Claude writes changes to disk.

Actual behavior

The file viewer pane shows stale content. There is no refresh button visible in the pane to manually trigger a reload.

Workaround

Click a different file in the file tree, then click back to the edited file to force a reload.

Environment

  • Platform: Windows 11 Pro
  • Claude Code: Desktop app

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