[BUG] Shell wrapper doesn't quote SSH_AUTH_SOCK — breaks with 1Password agent path containing spaces
Summary
Claude Code's internal shell command wrapper does not properly quote $SSH_AUTH_SOCK when the resolved symlink target contains spaces. This produces zsh: no such file or directory errors on every Bash tool invocation.
Setup
Standard 1Password SSH agent configuration on macOS — this is the officially recommended setup, not a custom config:
# ~/.zshenv
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.1password/agent.sock"
The symlink is created by 1Password and resolves to macOS's standard Group Containers path:
~/.1password/agent.sock -> ~/Library/Group Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock
The space in Group Containers is from macOS, not user-created.
Symptoms
Every Bash tool invocation produces three error lines before actual output:
zsh:2: no such file or directory: Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock
zsh:4: no such file or directory: Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock
zsh:6: no such file or directory: Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/t/agent.sock
Note the path is truncated at the space — only Containers/2BUA8C4S2C.com.1password/... appears, confirming an unquoted variable expansion is splitting on whitespace.
Why this is not a user config issue
- All user shell files are properly quoted —
.zshenvand.zshrcboth useexport SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.1password/agent.sock"(double-quoted) - The error line numbers (
zsh:2:,zsh:4:,zsh:6:) don't correspond to any user shell file —.zshenvis 5 lines, and line 4 is theSSH_AUTH_SOCKexport which is properly quoted. The errors originate from Claude Code's internal wrapper script that runs before the user's command. - The same setup works perfectly in iTerm2, Terminal.app, and VS Code's built-in terminal — no errors in any other shell environment
- Deleting
~/.claude/shell-snapshots/does not fix it — the snapshots don't even containSSH_AUTH_SOCK. The issue persists across fresh sessions. - SSH and git signing work correctly — the variable is set and functional; only the wrapper's unquoted expansion produces the cosmetic error
Impact
Cosmetic only — all commands execute correctly, but every single Bash invocation has three lines of error noise prepended to the output.
Environment
- Claude Code v2.1.71 (VS Code extension)
- macOS Tahoe 26.3 (Darwin 25.3.0)
- zsh 5.9
- 1Password SSH agent (official symlink setup)
Suggested Fix
Quote $SSH_AUTH_SOCK wherever it is referenced in the shell wrapper script (lines 2, 4, 6 per the error output).
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