Ref: https://blog.ferstar.org/en/posts/zcode-silent-workspace-snapshot-upload/
Findings from my personal investigation of the ZCode desktop app (3.12.3, mac arm64 DMG). Not an official source — I reverse-engineered the app bundle myself with AI support, so verify before trusting.
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The upload feature is Settings → Indexing → Codebase → "Index new folders" (writes
repoSnapshotIndexingEnabled). It's off by default — everything below only happens if you turned it on yourself. Check~/.zcode/v2/setting.json; mine is false. (The other toggle there, "Index repositories for instant grep (Beta)", is a local search index — it uploads nothing.) -
What it uploads: one encrypted archive per snapshot — a file at
~/.zcode/v2/checkpoints//pending/.tar.gz.enc— containing your actual source code (full file contents), your prompt text, your global config (~/.zcode/AGENTS.mdetc.), and your entire.gitdirectory — history, refs, config — with no size or secret filters on.git. Normal files do ge
