Sandbox ~/** globs freeze TUI

“On Linux, with sandbox denyRead rules like ~/**/.env, every sandboxed Bash command freezes the TUI for a minute or more.”

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/893/file
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Quiet. No reports and thumbs-up in the last two weeks, down from 2 a week at the late-September peak. A workaround is known.

Sandbox ~/** deny globs freeze the TUI while walking home. With patterns like "~/**/.env" in denyRead or credentials.files, the glob expander walks all of ~, at startup or on Bash commands.

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Where: sandbox config
Error text: [WARN] [event-loop-stall] blocked for 56690ms monotonic ... cpu=28500ms
Versions: 2.1.276 to 2.1.296
Platforms: Linux
How bad: Stops work: a core feature can't be used. Most reports say it used to work. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Not quite your bug?

Startup hangs on Read rule paths2 people
Sandbox fails on symlinked paths2 people
Sandbox placeholder files in .git2 people

Original reports3, newest first

Oct 11, 2026Linux: sandbox denyRead glob (~/**/.env) now freezes the TUI on every Bash command (regression)#101404
Sep 28, 20262.1.284 freezes on first Enter: new sandbox glob expander synchronously walks all of ~ for "~/**/…" denyRead patterns (follows symlinks, unbounded memory); 2.1.280 fine#98023
Sep 20, 2026sandbox.credentials.files glob expansion costs ~7GB RSS and ~50s on every session start#95695