1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/pkg.go b/pkg/pkg.go
index 75e0d1b1..3515f99f 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
 	}
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ func (f *FContext) linkSubstitute(ids, substitutes string) (err error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		f.statusSPath = statusS
 	}
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+		err = nil
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -2798,7 +2801,6 @@ func Open(
 		dirSubstitute,
 		dirIdentifier,
 		dirChecksum,
-		dirStatus,
 		dirFault,
 		dirWork,
 	} {
@@ -2810,6 +2812,17 @@ 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,
 
@@ -2923,6 +2936,9 @@ func Open(
 	return &c, nil
 }
 
+// Path returns the pathname of the directory holding [Cache] state.
+func (c *Cache) Path() *check.Absolute { return c.base }
+
 // Collected is returned by [Collect.Cure] to indicate a successful collection.
 type Collected struct{}