claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Bash tool: exit 126 with "permission denied: /proc/self/fd/3" on Fedora 43 + zsh, blocks git writes, `ls -la`, `gh` [4 comments, 4 participants]

Preflight Checklist

• I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Summary

On Fedora Linux 43 with zsh as the default shell, Claude Code's Bash tool returns exit code 126 for a reproducible subset of commands, including git checkout, git push, gh pr create, ls -la <pattern>, and find. Simpler commands in the same session (pwd, git status, grep, Read/Edit tool file operations) work normally. The error surfaces in the harness as:

  Exit code 126
  [Request interrupted by user for tool use]

— but the user did not interrupt. A previous CC session on this machine surfaced the underlying error: zsh:4: permission denied: /proc/self/fd/3, indicating zsh's shell init is failing on a specific file-descriptor access inside whatever sandbox CC spawns the shell under.

Restarting the Claude Code tab (as suggested by CC docs for CLI failures) does not resolve this. Subagents dispatched via the Agent tool (git-master, coder, finder) hit the identical failure — the block is at the harness/sandbox boundary, not the CLI.

Environment

• Claude Code version: <paste claude --version output>
• OS: <paste /etc/os-release NAME + VERSION>
• Kernel: Linux 6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
• Shell: zsh (<paste $SHELL + zsh --version>)
• Model: claude-opus-4-7 (1M context)
• Project has a PreToolUse Bash hook (.claude/hooks/guard-bash.sh) — confirmed narrow (only blocks inline-secret patterns), not the cause.

Works vs. doesn't

Works in the same session:

• pwd
• git status --short | head -20
• git log --oneline -3
• git branch --show-current && git stash list | head -5
• grep -n -E 'pattern' path/to/file.toml
• All Read / Edit / Write tool operations

Fails with exit 126:

• ls -la <glob-with-dotfiles>
• find . -maxdepth 2 -name '.env*'
• git checkout -b new/branch
• git push origin branch
• gh pr create ...
• /usr/bin/git checkout -b new/branch (absolute path — same failure)

What Should Happen?

Expected

Bash tool executes the command in a shell environment that zsh can initialize successfully, or falls back to bash / sh if the user shell fails to init. Exit code should reflect the actual command exit, not a shell-init failure disguised as a user interrupt.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Reproduction

1. cd into a git repository on Fedora 43 with zsh as the user shell.
2. Ask Claude Code to run git checkout -b any/branch-name via the Bash tool.
3. Observe exit code 126 with "Request interrupted by user for tool use" even when the user does nothing.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.117 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Other Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

❯ claude --version 2.1.117 (Claude Code)

~ ❯ cat /etc/os-release | head -4 NAME="Fedora Linux" VERSION="43 (Workstation Edition)" RELEASE_TYPE=stable ID=fedora

~ ❯ echo $SHELL && zsh --version /usr/bin/zsh zsh 5.9 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)