Sandbox Permission denied
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Dec 23, 2025 by Flaxoos Closed Dec 23, 2025
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
Agent tries running go build, which needs to create a tmpdir, gets permission denied. (working in yolo mode, so i granted all permissions)
⏺ Bash(task _check) timeout: 3m 0s
⎿ Error: Exit code 201
task: [format] gofmt -w .
task: [format] go run github.com/daixiang0/gci@v0.13.7 write . --skip-generated -s standard -s default
go: creating work dir: mkdir /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/go-build2337539837: permission denied
task: Failed to run task "_check": exit status 1
⏺ Bash(go build ./...)
⎿ Error: Exit code 1
go: creating work dir: mkdir /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/go-build2993427605: permission denied
⏺ Bash(TMPDIR=/tmp go build ./...)
⎿ Error: Exit code 1
# git.xxx.co/modules/wire-batch-sdk/internal/subscriber
internal/subscriber/subscriber.go:165:53: in call to telemetry.ProcessMessageWithTrace, type batch.ResponseHandler of sub.handler does not match func(context.Context, *T) error (cannot
infer T)
Agent explaining:
Good question. There are two separate temp directory issues happening:
1. claude-XXXX-cwd errors (the shell wrapper)
zsh:1: permission denied: /var/folders/.../claude-a9f9-cwd
This is Claude Code's bash sandbox trying to track the current working directory between commands. It writes a small file to remember where it is. This is failing but commands still execute.
2. go-buildXXXXXXX errors (Go compiler)
go: creating work dir: mkdir /var/folders/.../go-build2703794680: permission denied
This is Go's compiler. Go always needs a temp directory to store intermediate build artifacts (.o files, cached compilations, etc.). There's no way to run go build or go run without it.
The root cause:
/var/folders/zz/.../T/ is macOS's standard temp directory location. The Claude Code sandbox I'm running in apparently doesn't have write access to it. This is likely a security restriction in how Claude Code executes bash commands.
Why you haven't seen this before:
I don't know - it could be:
- A recent change to the sandbox permissions
- Something specific to this session
- A transient environment issue
> /doctor
Diagnostics
└ Currently running: native (2.0.76)
└ Path: /Users/ido/.local/bin/claude
└ Invoked: /Users/ido/.local/share/claude/versions/2.0.76
└ Config install method: native
└ Auto-updates: enabled
└ Search: OK (bundled)
What Should Happen?
I've never seen this happen before, it normally workls fine, no permission denied
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
run claude in yolo mode in a go project
tell it to run go build ./..
Claude Model
Opus
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
Probably the previous one
Claude Code Version
2.0.76
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Warp
Additional Information
also using zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)
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