medium severityReplit Agent
Agent fails file ops with "PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied", "EACCES: permission denied", or similar. May loop retrying (e.g., rm → sudo rm → find -delete → Python shutil.rmtree). Console/logs show denied access to /nix/store/*, /data/cache, /root. Build/deploy halts [GitHub #571](https://github.com/ultrafunkamsterdam/undetected-chromedriver/issues/571), [Rajesh Dhiman blog](https://www.rajeshdhiman.in/blog/fix-replit-errors).
Root cause
Replit runs Agent-generated code as non-root user in sandboxed container. Code attempting system paths (/nix/store, /root, /data) or privileged ops (sudo, rm -rf protected dirs) triggers permission denied/EACCES. Agent interprets as solvable, retries creatively (sudo rm, shutil.rmtree) instead of respecting boundaries [Hacker News analysis](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161209).
Replit Agentpermission deniedPermissionErrorEACCESsandboxNixchmodretry-escalation