Desktop app Files and Diff panes do not refresh when Claude edits a file
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 30, 2026
Description
In the Claude desktop app (Code tab), the Files pane keeps showing the previous contents after Claude writes to a file (observed with a Bash heredoc and a python rewrite; also seen with the Edit tool). The pane only picks up the change after closing and reopening the file. The Diff pane sometimes has the same problem.
Steps to reproduce
- Open a file in the Files pane.
- Ask Claude to rewrite or edit that file.
- Observe the pane still shows the old version.
- Close and reopen the file: the new version appears.
Expected
The Files and Diff panes refresh when the file changes on disk.
Environment
- Claude desktop app, Code tab
- macOS (Darwin 25.6.0)