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Barlavento
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Golden Gate - Automator Quick Actions

Has anyone else had problems with Automator Quick Actions since updating to Golden Gate? I have several Quick Actions that now don't work when applied to files or folders in /Documents, but that continue to work OK if the same files are transferred to another folder e.g. /Downloads. A typical error message is: The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “rm: /Users/MYUSERNAME/Documents/Cards.jpg: Operation not permitted”. I have checked that Automator.app and Finder.app have full disk access. The command also works OK if run from Terminal. Everything was fine before Golden Gate.

Posted on Sep 19, 2026 6:20 AM

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iMac001
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Nov 2, 2026 12:38 PM in response to Barlavento

In my case the automator started on its own after I shared some audio files via Airdrop to another account of my own, on another iPhone.

I got really scared as such things never ever happened on my macbook, then the Safari started behaving strangely so I concluded the Apple AI or Siri is doing something I didn't ask for.

In my case I have a share to kindle automatisation, maybe the Airdrop feature triggered the process.

The process was asking for access to my Documents and I chose don't allow, it started right after sharing via Airdrop. It behaved like something had its own instructions regarding the access to files. I investigated the rogue process and nothing seemed to have launch it. So the conclusion was there is something in the system running in the background without me being able to find it, like a virus.


2026-11-02 18:31:33.661 Df com.apple.automator.runner[61397:446a01] [com.apple.launchservices:open] LAUNCH: Asking CSUI to launch 0 items


2026-11-02 18:31:33.742 Df com.apple.automator.runner[61397:4469fd] [com.apple.xpc:connection] [0x7974dab700] activating connection: mach=true listener=false peer=false name=com.apple.ProgressReporting


2026-11-02 18:31:43.508 Df WorkflowServiceRunner[61394:446ca2] [com.apple.launchservices:db] NotifyToken::RegisterDispatch(user.uid.501.com.apple.LaunchServices.database) fired for session key <private>


2026-11-02 18:31:43.508 Df com.apple.automator.runner[61397:4469fe] [com.apple.launchservices:db] NotifyToken::RegisterDispatch(user.uid.501.com.apple.LaunchServices.database) fired for session key <private>


2026-11-02 18:36:32.532 Df WorkflowServiceRunner[61394:446984] [com.apple.AppKit:AutomaticTermination] void _NSEnableAutomaticTerminationAndLog(NSString *) No windows open yet


2026-11-02 18:36:33.123 Df com.apple.automator.runner[61397:4469fd] [com.apple.AppKit:AutomaticTermination] void _NSEnableAutomaticTerminationAndLog(NSString *) No windows open yet


macbook@___ ~ % log show --last 30m --style compact \


  --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.TCC"' \


  2>/dev/null | grep -Ei 'WorkflowServiceRunner|automator|Documents|SystemPolicyDocumentsFolder' | tail -30

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360477