You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PermissionsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.232,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
The startup check on the temp directory now opens it with O_NOFOLLOW and inspects and fixes the open descriptor, instead of checking the path and then changing it, closing a window where the directory could be swapped between the two steps.
Details
A planted symlink or non-directory produces a distinct error, as does a directory owned by someone else or with an altered mode.
In each of these cases Claude Code refuses to use the directory.
Evidence
is not readable (its mode may have been altered, or a path component denies search). Refusing to use it
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
