diff --git a/system/Commands/Housekeeping/ClearDebugbar.php b/system/Commands/Housekeeping/ClearDebugbar.php
index 2a5c9fa4b536..dd49b24a7656 100644
--- a/system/Commands/Housekeeping/ClearDebugbar.php
+++ b/system/Commands/Housekeeping/ClearDebugbar.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public function run(array $params)
{
helper('filesystem');
- if (! delete_files(WRITEPATH . 'debugbar')) {
+ if (! delete_files(WRITEPATH . 'debugbar', false, true)) {
// @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
CLI::error('Error deleting the debugbar JSON files.');
CLI::newLine();
diff --git a/tests/system/Commands/ClearDebugbarTest.php b/tests/system/Commands/ClearDebugbarTest.php
index d55988996ee8..1e86406f7054 100644
--- a/tests/system/Commands/ClearDebugbarTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Commands/ClearDebugbarTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public function testClearDebugbarWorks(): void
$result = $this->getStreamFilterBuffer();
$this->assertFileDoesNotExist(WRITEPATH . 'debugbar' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "debugbar_{$this->time}.json");
- $this->assertFileExists(WRITEPATH . 'debugbar' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.gitkeep');
+ $this->assertFileExists(WRITEPATH . 'debugbar' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'index.html');
$this->assertStringContainsString('Debugbar cleared.', $result);
}
}
diff --git a/writable/index.html b/writable/index.html
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b702fbc3967b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/writable/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+ 403 Forbidden
+
+
+
+Directory access is forbidden.
+
+
+