{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"macos-kernel-redirected-paths-vol-file-nofollow","canonical_anchor":"macos-kernel-redirected-paths-vol-file-nofollow","heading":"macOS kernel-redirected paths (\/.vol, \/.file, \/.nofollow, \/.resolve) now require manual approval for reads and globs","tier":"notice","area":"Permissions","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/macos-kernel-redirected-paths-vol-file-nofollow","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### macOS kernel-redirected paths (\/.vol, \/.file, \/.nofollow, \/.resolve) now require manual approval for reads and globs\n\nOn macOS, reading or searching paths under \/.vol, \/.file, \/.nofollow or \/.resolve now needs your manual approval\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code's Read tool (which opens files) and Glob tool (which finds files by name pattern) now flag paths that start with any of these macOS special prefixes:\n\n- `\/.vol`\n\n- `\/.file`\n\n- `\/.nofollow`\n\n- `\/.resolve`\n\nThe macOS system itself decides where these paths lead, and they could reach a network drive. Reading or searching them now asks for your approval instead of going ahead automatically.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis is an extra safety layer. It stops these unusual paths from being used to reach files, including ones on network drives, that Claude would otherwise need permission to open.\n\n- Area: Permissions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}