Android rclone mount corrupts Word edits without cache
rclone mount on Android via Termux fails to create its VFS cache and corrupts Word documents edited through Google Docs.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 2 October 2026 · last reported 3 October 2026
What's going wrong
Android users who run rclone mount in Termux, including through a debug shell, report that the mount cannot create its cache folder because the default location is read-only.
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