# Pathway through zone **URL:** \ **Category:** Support & Solutions\ **Created:** [June 3, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405 "2026-06-03T07:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andris.leja](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/andris.leja/32/503_2.png) [@andris.leja](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/andris.leja)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/1 "2026-06-03T07:18:02Z")
Let me start with picture. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/yarbo/original/2X/7/7f31c5dabd378b6459bf5807c8410395b140e1d0.jpeg) 3 zones in this snippet and zone #3 is “parking” where my car can be parked anywhere so to avoid Yarbo bumping into my car, braking off the antennas or whatever I’ve drawn a pathway directly from zones #1 to #zone #2, but it is still crossing zone #3. I thought that such pathway will lead yarbo directly from #1 to #2, but recently when yarbo was returning from mowing area #1, i received an error where yarbo was stuck againt the wheel of my car - so it went not straight to zone #2, but it left the pathway in zone #3. So should it be by design? If one pathway crosses several zones, is Yarbo allowed to ‘jump off’ the pathway? If yes, then how to achieve that Yarbo is not traversing my ‘car parking’ zone? That’s the only way how yarbo can get from that zone #1 to rest of zones and docking station. ---
**Author:** ![cobradunn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/cobradunn/32/298_2.png) [@cobradunn](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/cobradunn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/2 "2026-06-03T11:19:46Z")
This is known behavior. I’m not sure if it’s intentional or a bug, but it’s definitely a big problem in your case. ---
**Author:** ![rgloverii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/rgloverii/32/956_2.png) [@rgloverii](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/rgloverii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/3 "2026-06-03T11:25:59Z")
I don’t think Pathways were originally supposed to behave in this manner, but something was changed over the winter and now pathways and sidewalks have a different behavior pattern. From my point of view, they are less predictable in their behavior. Likely not deliberate. Can you show in the map pic how Yarbo actually drove when it hit your car? ---
**Author:** ![andris.leja](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/andris.leja/32/503_2.png) [@andris.leja](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/andris.leja)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/4 "2026-06-03T11:37:39Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/yarbo/original/2X/e/e180b5b1a5df3f027fce7c27621f24644dbe920a.jpeg) I guess Yarbo was aiming to go to pathway 1. So solution would be to move both pathways (1 and 2) to the left side and not to keep that car anywhere near them. As I’m not keeping the car anywhere between pathways 1 and 2. ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/5 "2026-06-03T11:53:35Z")
I wouldn’t map across your driveway because it’s a mapped area it thinks it’s a known good. It used to follow pathways religiously, but now it can enter and exit them at any point in a mapped area. It’s completely unpredictable and a reason I asked for this toggle. Please upvote this request. > [@Strict Pathway Adherence Mode](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/strict-pathway-adherence-mode/4339): > > Original pathway logic followed strict adherence to keeping the rover within the pathway and only entering and exiting where the pathway starts and ends. At some point, this requirement was lifted and now the rover can enter and exit at any point along a pathway that is within a mapped area. I submit that this can be unexpected and lead to dangerous situations. If the end user is expecting the intuitive behavior of sticking to the safe corridor, they may be surprised when it deviates. I also… ---
**Author:** ![andris.leja](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/andris.leja/32/503_2.png) [@andris.leja](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/andris.leja)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/6 "2026-06-03T12:06:32Z")
Upvoted. Well - my pathway also requires mowing so then I have to move all the connections to one side and that would make sure the Yarbo is traversing the area only when I send it to mow the area. ---
**Author:** ![cobradunn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/cobradunn/32/298_2.png) [@cobradunn](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/cobradunn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/7 "2026-06-03T13:24:52Z")
As a workaround could you delete Pathway 1 and 2 That might force it to use the long path. ---
**Author:** ![bryan.wheeler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/bryan.wheeler/32/215_2.png) [@bryan.wheeler](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/bryan.wheeler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/8 "2026-06-03T16:02:13Z")
Really need to be able to disable and enable pathways. ---
**Author:** ![andris.leja](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.yarbo.com/andris.leja/32/503_2.png) [@andris.leja](https://forum.yarbo.com/u/andris.leja)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.yarbo.com/t/pathway-through-zone/6405/9 "2026-06-03T17:25:22Z")
Naah… i might want to move all pathways in one end of the area and then remember not to park the car near them.