[BUG] tmpfs user quota causes claude code bash tool to fail
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 14, 2026 by latedeployment Closed Mar 14, 2026
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?
tmpfs quota per user limits bash tool ability to execute tasks, but the tool doesn't describes the failure and simply fails
What Should Happen?
claude should understand it fails due to disk size error and fail differently
Error Messages/Logs
Bash(make test 2>&1)
⎿ Error: Exit code 2
but it cannot really run the task, so it just fails
Steps to Reproduce
have tmpfs quota or full disk on the /tmp mount
Claude Model
Sonnet (default)
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
v2.1.76
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Ubuntu/Debian Linux
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
_No response_
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