[Claude Code] Write refused on symlinked files: 'it is a symbolic link. Write to the link's target path instead' / 'Refusing to write through symlink' / 'Refusing to write into symlinked directory' (…

Cause (Documented platform behavior): TOCTOU protection between permission check and operation. False positives fixed: Windows AppContainer/restricted-token (v2.1.265), macOS dragged screenshots (v2.1.273). Fix status: documented_behavior Limitations: - Docs cite false-positive refusal fixes in v2.1.265 / v2.1.273. Other error fragments: - it is a symbolic link. Write to the link's target path instead - Refusing to write through symlink: - Refusing to write into symlinked directory: - ripgrep was found only by name on PATH, and a search outside the working directory cannot apply your Read deny rules in that configuration - its permission check expired before it ran (too many concurrent file operations). Retry. Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor): - https://code.claude.com/docs/en/errors#refusing-after-a-symlink-changed (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Docs enumerate symlink refusal reasons, including symlink at the write location (CLAUDE.md -> AGENTS.md) and rg-by-name refusal; version fixes for false positives. Search phrasings: Refusing to write through symlink claude code; claude code CLAUDE.md symlink AGENTS.md write refused; symlink resolution changed after permission was checked Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.