1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/pkg.go b/pkg/pkg.go
index 75e0d1b1..e3d32028 100644
--- a/pkg/pkg.go
+++ b/pkg/pkg.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (t *TContext) prepareStatus(writeHeader bool) error {
 	if t.status, t.statusErr = os.OpenFile(
 		t.statusPath.String(),
 		syscall.O_CREAT|syscall.O_EXCL|syscall.O_WRONLY,
-		0400,
+		0444,
 	); t.statusErr != nil {
 		return t.statusErr
 	}
@@ -2798,7 +2798,6 @@ func Open(
 		dirSubstitute,
 		dirIdentifier,
 		dirChecksum,
-		dirStatus,
 		dirFault,
 		dirWork,
 	} {
@@ -2810,6 +2809,17 @@ func Open(
 		}
 	}
 
+	for _, name := range []string{
+		dirStatus,
+	} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(
+			base.Append(name).String(),
+			0711,
+		); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	c := Cache{
 		parent: ctx,