In BriefPosted:1:47 PM PST March 6, 2025Image Credits:AnthropicAnthropics Claude Code tool had a bug that bricked some systemsThe launch of Anthropics coding tool, Claude Code, is off to a rocky start.According to reports on GitHub, Claude Codes auto-update function contained buggy commands that rendered some workstations unstable and broken. When Claude Code was installed at the root or superuser levels permissions that give programs the ability to make operating system-level changes the buggy commands would let applications modify typically restricted file directories and, in the worst-case scenario, brick systems.The problematic Claude Code auto-update commands changed the access permissions of certain critical system files. Permissions define which programs and users can read or modify files, or run certain apps. One GitHub user said that they were forced to employ a rescue instance to fix the permissions of files Claude Codes commands inadvertently broke.Anthropic told TechCrunch it removed the problematic commands from Claude Code and added a link in the program directing users to a troubleshooting guide. The link initially had a typo but Anthropic says thats been fixed, too.Topics