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check skipped in recognized sandbox.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nWorkaround (not a fix): Undocumented env vars IS_SANDBOX=1 / CLAUDE_CODE_BUBBLEWRAP=1 skip the check per a reporter's reading of cli.js; not officially documented, side effects unknown.\n\nMisleading approaches:\n- --permission-mode dontAsk as root: reporter found it silently denies writes to protected paths (.claude/, .bashrc, .mcp.json)\n\nLimitations:\n- Escape hatch env vars are reporter-derived, not endorsed; issue closed as not planned\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sandboxing (official_docs, 2026-09, documented_behavior): Docs: the flag is blocked as root/sudo on Linux and macOS, skipped inside a recognized sandbox; use dev container running as non-root.\n- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/58150 (github_issue, 2026-05-11, reporter_hypothesis): Reporter on 2.1.139 quotes the exit-1 message, shows minified check referencing IS_SANDBOX and CLAUDE_CODE_BUBBLEWRAP; 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