app.asar permission.

[awake4real]

When invoking Claude Desktop in LM22.1 XIA, this always appears in the default start page in Cowork:
Allow Claude to change files in "app.asar"?
This includes all files and subfolders. Claude will be able to read, edit, and permanently delete—and may share file contents with third-party tools it connects to. Be careful about exposing sensitive information.

Included are 3 buttons, Cancel, Always. Yes

I don't want to use Cowork, and since I only click Cancel, it comes up every time I start Claude.

[github-actions]

This sounds like it's probably a Claude Desktop MCP filesystem permission prompt rather than a packaging bug. The app asks for permission before accessing files via MCP, and if a filesystem server is misconfigured to point at the app's own installation directory, you'd see app.asar show up in that dialog on every launch.

A few things would help narrow this down:

1. What version are you on, and how did you install it (.deb, AppImage, or something else)?
2. Do you have any MCP servers configured? Check Settings → Developer → MCP servers and see if there's a filesystem server listed.
3. Does the dialog appear immediately at startup, before you've interacted with anything?
4. What's the full path shown in the dialog — something like /opt/claude-desktop/resources/app.asar, or just app.asar?
5. If you've clicked "Always" or "Yes" to dismiss it, does the app work normally after that?

If you do have a filesystem MCP server configured, check whether its path is pointing somewhere it shouldn't be. That's the most likely culprit here.

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[awake4real]

Claude Desktop 1.1.5368-1.3.17
Single User

The dialog appears immediately on the Cowork page, prior to any interaction.
No Developer use.
NO path visible
After I click Cancel and switch to Chat it works normally, but if I close Claude and open it again, the same behavior is evident.

[awake4real]

Yes, a PDF handling MCP server is listed under Settings → Developer → MCP Servers.

[awake4real]

file:///run/user/1000/doc/16d33f2a/claude_desktop_config.json

preferences |  
menuBarEnabled | true
coworkScheduledTasksEnabled | true
ccdScheduledTasksEnabled | true
sidebarMode | "chat"
coworkWebSearchEnabled | true
keepAwakeEnabled | true

[ramonsmits]

Just installed it using Fedora instructions in the README:

# Add the repository
sudo curl -fsSL https://aaddrick.github.io/claude-desktop-debian/rpm/claude-desktop.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/claude-desktop.repo

# Install
sudo dnf install claude-desktop

I'm experiencing this same issue on Fedora 43:

Software Information:

• Firmware Version: 3602
• OS Name: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
• OS Build: (null)
• OS Type: 64-bit
• GNOME Version: 49
• Windowing System: Wayland
• Kernel Version: Linux 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64