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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] [Desktop] SSH sessions: File Pane shows "File could not be read… outside the session folder" and diff pane shows "No changes to show" despite real remote edits

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Error Message

  1. Clicking an edited file path fails. Clicking any file path Claude links in the chat (files it just edited on the remote host) opens the File Pane with an error saying the file could not be read or is outside the session folder. The file has not been deleted or moved — it exists on the remote at the exact path shown, and git status / git diff on the remote correctly report the edits.

Error Messages/Logs

Code Example

File Pane, after clicking a file path Claude edited in the chat:

> File could not be read. It may have been deleted or moved, or it lives outside the session folder.

Diff pane, when opened during / after a session with real remote edits:

> No changes to show

No relevant console errors observed from the UI. Can add logs if there's a specific place to look.
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  • This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

In SSH sessions on the redesigned Claude Code Desktop app, two related UI features are broken:

  1. Clicking an edited file path fails. Clicking any file path Claude links in the chat (files it just edited on the remote host) opens the File Pane with an error saying the file could not be read or is outside the session folder. The file has not been deleted or moved — it exists on the remote at the exact path shown, and git status / git diff on the remote correctly report the edits.

  2. Diff pane reports no changes. After Claude edits files on the remote, the diff pane shows "No changes to show" even when the remote's version control shows many changed files from the session. The changes are physically on disk on the remote; the client just can't surface them in the diff pane.

Chat, prompts, and Claude's actual edits on the remote all work normally — Claude is successfully reading and writing files on the remote machine. The failure is purely in the client-side UI surfaces (File Pane click-to-open and diff pane) that try to read those same files back for display.

Reproduced across the full client × remote matrix I tested:

ClientRemote HostResult
Windows 11 DesktopmacOS (SSH)Reproduces
Windows 11 DesktopUbuntu (SSH)Reproduces
macOS DesktopmacOS (SSH)Reproduces
macOS DesktopUbuntu (SSH)Reproduces

This rules out client-OS specificity, remote-OS specificity, and any single-host SSH config issue.

What Should Happen?

Per the Claude Code Desktop docs, the file pane is available in local and SSH sessions. Clicking an edited file path should open the file contents in the File Pane, and the diff pane should display the actual changes Claude made on the remote host — matching what version control on the remote reports.

Error Messages/Logs

File Pane, after clicking a file path Claude edited in the chat:

> File could not be read. It may have been deleted or moved, or it lives outside the session folder.

Diff pane, when opened during / after a session with real remote edits:

> No changes to show

No relevant console errors observed from the UI. Can add logs if there's a specific place to look.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Claude Code Desktop (any supported client OS).
  2. Start a new session and select an SSH connection as the environment.
  3. Choose a project folder on the remote.
  4. Prompt Claude to edit a file in the project (e.g., "add a comment to the top of README.md").
  5. Wait for Claude to apply the edit. Confirm on the remote that the file was modified (git status shows it changed).
  6. In Claude Code, click the file path in the chat → File Pane opens with "File could not be read. It may have been deleted or moved, or it lives outside the session folder."
  7. Open the diff pane → "No changes to show" despite the remote having actual, VC-visible changes.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.3561.0 (fbc74b) 2026-04-20T14:59:51.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

Environment:

  • Claude Code Desktop version (Windows 11): Claude 1.3561.0 (fbc74b) 2026-04-20T14:59:51.000Z
  • Claude Code Desktop version (macOS): Claude 1.3561.0 (fbc74b) 2026-04-20T14:59:51.000Z
  • Remote OS versions tested: macOS 26.4.1, Ubuntu Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
  • Environment type: SSH connection (not Local, not Remote/cloud)

Happy to help verify the path-resolution hypothesis if there are debug flags or logs that would help.

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TL;DR

The issue can be resolved by investigating and fixing the path resolution mechanism in the Claude Code Desktop app, which is failing to correctly read and display edited files over SSH sessions.

Guidance

  • Verify that the file paths displayed in the chat and used by the File Pane are correctly resolved to the remote host's file system, considering the session folder and any potential path mapping issues.
  • Check the SSH connection settings and ensure that the remote host's file system is properly mounted or accessible to the Claude Code Desktop app.
  • Investigate the diff pane's change detection mechanism to determine why it's not showing changes made by Claude on the remote host, despite version control reporting them.
  • Consider adding debug logging or flags to help identify the root cause of the path resolution issue and diff pane problem.

Example

No specific code snippet can be provided without more information on the internal workings of the Claude Code Desktop app. However, a potential area of investigation could involve the path resolution function used by the File Pane and diff pane.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to the client-side UI surfaces and not with Claude's ability to edit files on the remote host. The fact that it reproduces across different client and remote OS combinations suggests a problem with the app's internal logic rather than a specific OS or SSH configuration issue.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by manually verifying the file paths and changes on the remote host using version control commands like git status and git diff, until the path resolution mechanism in the Claude Code Desktop app is fixed. This will ensure that the changes made by Claude are correctly identified and displayed, even if the app's UI surfaces are not functioning as expected.

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