Anthropic quietly breaks Claude Cowork Projects with cloud-first default, angering power users
edgeXlendor · reddit · 2026-09-12
A Reddit user details how Anthropic silently restructured Claude Cowork Projects overnight:
- Cloud-first default: workflows tied to local folders suddenly lost internet access; the barely documented "Run on computer only" toggle fixed it after lengthy debugging.
- Persistent local folders seemingly removed: projects used to accept an extra attached folder accessible to every Cowork session; now only individual files can be added. Old projects kept the feature, so deleting and recreating one made the setup impossible to restore.
- The user argues Claude Code is no substitute for Projects' multi-workflow organization and threatens to move these workflows elsewhere.
The post captures a classic pain point: real workflows built on a product's architecture being broken by an unannounced change with no migration path.
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