Grok Bot computer cannot finish a normal workflow - details

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Grok Bot

Describe the Bug

build an interactive HTML report from data already pulled, then hand it back as a chat download.

Two blocks, both on the assistant computer, not on my machine:

Large HTML or script file writes are rejected as “executable content could not be bound to this review.” Small appends sometimes work. One-shot writes of a self-contained report do not. The assistant then stalls.

Copying an already-extracted local data file over my own Tailscale hop to my Mac was blocked as an “outbound transfer to an external remote host.” That hop is my own mini, already approved for read access. The copy was only so the report could be assembled where file writes work.

What I need: the assistant should be able to write a local HTML/JSON report on its computer, and move files across my own Tailscale devices, without those writes being treated as malware or as leaking data to a random host.

Steps to Reproduce

In Grok Bot, ask the assistant to pull data from a machine already on the user’s Tailscale network (read-only), then package it as a single interactive HTML report and attach that file in chat for download.

Let the assistant write the extracted data to a local JSON file on Grok Bot’s computer. That part succeeds.

Ask it to write the HTML report on that same computer (one self-contained page with normal HTML/JS, or a small Python script that builds the page).

Separately, ask it to copy the already-extracted local JSON over Tailscale to the user’s own Mac on that tailnet, only so the report can be assembled where file writes work.

Expected Behavior

Large HTML/script writes, and Python that generates those files, are rejected with: “The executable content could not be bound to this review. Run the resolved script directly or provide an explicit working directory.”

Small appends sometimes work. One-shot writes of the report do not. The assistant stalls or has to piece the file together.

Copying the local JSON over the user’s Tailscale hop is blocked as an “outbound transfer to an external remote host.”

The in-chat feedback tool returns: unavailable in privacy mode.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

For GrokBot

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Grok 4.6

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hi @MaydayJohnP Thanks for the post and being an early user of GrokBot. Your Bots share one cloud computer (same files, sessions, and logins). Each Bot has its own screen on that computer, which is what you can watch from a 1:1 chat. A group chat does not have a Computer of its own, so there is no live view in the room. To see what a Bot is doing, open that Bot’s private chat and use Computer from there.

I understand the ask but right now it’s super feasible given the structure of how Grok Bot is setup. The best thing to do is go into each of your Bots to see their individual desktops and what they are doing.