feat(file-safety): guard machinery in the writer, with the identity and rights refusals (U5-B, split 1/2 of #1914, #1375) - #2357

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/core/task/Task.ts:
- Around line 300-302: In the guarded-write follow-up for write_to_file, use
Task’s observationRegistry to validate both recorded observation completeness
and file version before saveDirectly publishes an approved full-file
replacement. Preserve the existing safeguards and proceed with the write only
when both checks pass.

Review comments at @src/core/tools/__tests__/readFileTool.spec.ts:
- Around line 2138-2141: Extend the readFileTool tests around “leaves the target
unobserved without failing the read when the post-read stat fails” to cover warm
registries for each stat-failure path and read format. Seed the
ObservationRegistry with an unrelated observation before the read and assert it
survives, while preserving the existing cold-registry coverage.

Review comments at @src/integrations/misc/__tests__/indentation-reader.spec.ts:
- Around line 362-370: Expand the `readWithIndentation` tests to cover clipping
on an included line beyond both the anchor and the first slice line: use a short
anchor and short first included line followed by a long included line. Assert
the selected content and that `hasClippedLines` is true, while preserving the
existing clipped-line test.

Review comments at @src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts:
- Line 94: The successful tempPath tests do not verify bigint identity handling.
Extend the tests around the mocked fs.lstat result to cover staging with
distinct bigint identities and a missing target, confirming both are accepted;
keep the change scoped to these success cases.
- Line 86: Update the directory-fsync test around the mocked fs.rename so it can
hold the rename promise pending; assert fsyncSync has not run while rename is
pending, then resolve the rename and assert directory fsync occurs afterward.

Review comments at @src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts:
- Around line 569-570: Update the write loop in safeWriteText so a zero-byte
result from fsSync.writeSync for a nonempty buffer throws instead of retrying
indefinitely. Keep advancing offset by the number of bytes written, and let the
existing error cleanup close the descriptor.
- Around line 724-728: In the backup cleanup flow around `orphanPath`, only
unlink the path if this operation successfully created it; track successful seed
creation and skip cleanup when `openSync(..., "wx")` fails due to an existing
entry. Add a collision test confirming the pre-existing entry is preserved.
- Around line 675-676: Update the authorization data used by the resolvedDir
check to record the directory’s resolved location, and compare resolvedDir
against that authorized resolved location instead of path.resolve(expected.dir).
Retain the moved-directory check so writes are still rejected when the directory
changes after authorization.
- Around line 296-297: Update the icacls failure handling in _saveDaclWindows to
retain the caught execution error on the resulting DaclInspectionError, so
refusals expose it as causeError instead of null. Preserve the existing refusal
behavior while making the original error available to callers.
- Around line 878-879: Update the failure cleanup around backupPath after commit
or durability-check failures to retry removing the backup and report its path if
it remains; preserve the original error and publication state.
- Around line 820-825: Update the Windows DACL restoration flow around
_restoreDaclWindows so the staging file receives and verifies a DACL equivalent
to the target DACL before publication. If applying or verifying that DACL fails,
abort the write without publishing the staging file; preserve the existing DACL
dump and restoration safeguards.
- Around line 491-492: Protect the supplied staging entry from replacement
between the lstat validation, chmod, and rename operations. Use an established
race-resistant mechanism to ensure chmod and publication apply to the same
validated regular-file entry; if that cannot be guaranteed, fail without
publishing rather than following or publishing a replacement symlink.
- Around line 10-13: Update the backup option documentation in safeWriteText to
describe that backup: true copies an existing target to a temporary backup
before commit, removes it on success, and cleans it up best-effort on failure;
clarify that a post-commit error may leave the new content at the target. Remove
the inaccurate rollback claim and retain the documented default behavior when
backup is false.
- Around line 428-435: Update the lock-key resolution used by safeWriteJson and
withFileLock to share one walk and produce the same key for the same path,
including when a symlink chain ends at a missing target; remove the independent
hop budgets that let the entry points choose different keys.
- Line 458: Update the directory creation flow around fs.mkdir(dirPath, {
recursive: true }) to ensure each newly created directory’s parent is synced
before the writer reports success. Preserve the existing write and sync
safeguards, and do not limit syncing to the target directory.

Review comments at @src/utils/__tests__/fileLock.spec.ts:
- Around line 120-128: Update the test around acquireFileLock so the mocked
readlink target is a missing referent under aliasDir, with “missing” in its
name, and assert that locking uses the corresponding realDir lock key. Preserve
the existing readlink behavior for other paths.

Review comments at @src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts:
- Around line 1310-1312: Update the undoEscapedPublish test to distinguish the
peer file at escaped from this write’s staged publication: assert the identical
peer file remains, then test deletion using the actual staged publication.
Adjust cleanup so it handles the peer file and staged publication separately.

Review comments at @src/utils/fileLock.ts:
- Around line 162-166: Update the path handling around acquireFileLock and the
operation callback so the mutation is bound to the same directory identity
protected by the acquired lock, even if an ancestor alias changes while
acquisition waits. Preserve final-component unlink semantics; do not resolve the
target in a way that changes how the final path component is removed.
- Around line 81-86: In the lock-path inspection fallback, propagate unexpected
readlink or realpath errors instead of returning absoluteFilePath and acquiring
a lexical lock; preserve the existing handling for ENOENT and ENOTDIR.

Review comments at @src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts:
- Around line 601-602: Update the documentation for _flushFileToDisk to state
that it flushes the staged file to storage before commit; do not imply that it
syncs the parent directory after the rename.
- Around line 449-452: Prevent the escaped commit in the safe-write flow before
the rename can overwrite a same-named file in a swapped ancestor directory.
Update the commit-path validation around undoEscapedPublish to verify the
destination still resolves within the intended directory, while preserving
existing rollback protections; add a regression test where the outside directory
already contains the target file and confirm it remains unchanged.
- Around line 294-298: Update the locked publish flow around
resolvePublishTarget so it checks for and restores an existing backup of the
symlink referent before applying strict dangling-alias rejection. Preserve
rejection when no recoverable backup exists, and keep resolution and recovery
inside the protected block so failures do not leave the advisory lock held.
- Around line 594-598: Update the mode-preservation path around fs.chmod so
chmod failures propagate and abort publication before rename instead of being
logged and ignored; ensure mode-inspection failures likewise prevent
publication, and preserve the existing rename flow only after permissions are
verified.
- Around line 444-447: Update the post-commit check in the safe-write flow to
retain and use the original canonical scope established before publication,
rather than resolving confinementRoot again after the commit. Compare the
published path against that original scope and reject the publication if the
workspace root has changed.
- Around line 481-488: Move the confinement-check failure handling in the
safe-write flow to cover failures from both _resolveScopeRoot calls as well as
_assertWithinScope. Ensure cleanup and rollback still run when scope resolution
fails, using the available publish and staging state, and then propagate the
original confinement error.
- Around line 391-397: Update the staging flow around _copyTargetMode to
preserve the resolved target’s Windows DACL on actualTempNewFilePath before
credentials are committed; if that protection cannot be established, abort the
write. Keep the existing mode-bit handling intact.
- Around line 188-206: Update undoEscapedPublish to remove the publication only
through an established cleanup protocol that guarantees it cannot delete a
peer’s replacement, even when the replacement has identical bytes. The current
byte comparison and re-stat followed by unlink are not sufficient; establish the
required synchronization or atomic conditional-removal mechanism without
weakening existing safeguards.
- Line 283: Validate the canonical path that acquireFileLock passes to
proper-lockfile before acquiring it, including when the target is reached
through in-scope symlinks but does not yet exist. Ensure the lock operation
cannot create a .lock directory outside the permitted scope, while preserving
the existing confinement checks.
- Around line 305-307: Update the lock-resolution flow around resolveLockKey to
verify that resolvedTargetPath maps to the held lockKey before writing; reject
or retry if they differ. Preserve the existing stability checks and ensure a
captured target cannot be written under another target’s lock.
- Around line 340-343: After recoverInterruptedReplacement completes, re-resolve
the target path and acquire the lock for the resolved target before running the
merge callback or publishing the replacement. Update the safe-write flow around
recoverInterruptedReplacement so a restored legacy symlink is handled through
its referent, while preserving the existing recovery and merge behavior.
- Around line 67-70: Update the publish warning in the safeWriteJson
documentation to state that a swapped ancestor may let the rename replace an
outside target, and post-commit cleanup may fail and cannot restore the replaced
file. Remove the claim that an existing target guarantees StagingPathError and
no write; preserve the documented scope of the option.
- Around line 397-399: Update the staged-file flow around _copyTargetMode and
_flushFileToDisk to retain the writable handle used to write the temporary file
through the mode copy, then sync through that handle before rename. Avoid
reopening the staged file with r+, while preserving the existing mode-copy and
pre-commit sync ordering.
- Line 407: Update the safe-write operation used by openProjectMcpSettings to
pass its captured workspaceFolder as confineTo, ensuring publication of the MCP
config is confined to the workspace and cannot overwrite an outside referent.
- Around line 387-388: Update the confined-write verification around
actualTempNewFilePath to avoid loading the entire staged file into stagedBytes;
use bounded-memory verification while preserving all existing escape-undo checks
and their behavior.
- Around line 304-323: Extend the safeWriteJson tests to cover lock-key handoff
and retry exhaustion: change the resolved key during acquisition and verify the
old lock is released, the new lock is acquired, and merging uses the new target;
then force the key to keep changing through all retries and verify rejection, no
staging, and release of the held lock.

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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Regression Evidence:
Add tests for a retargeted symlink, including lock release and reacquisition,
and for repeated retargeting that must reject without publishing. Add an
escape-undo test that replaces the file between the read and final stat and
verifies that the replacement is not deleted.

- Security Boundaries:
Do not follow an untrusted final-component symlink for settings exports.
Preserve replacement of the selected directory entry, or reject symlinks before
writing. Add a regression test for an export path that points to an
attacker-readable file.

- Persistence Integrity:
Prevent an escaped publish from overwriting existing files, or preserve and
safely restore their prior contents. Track the published file's identity and use
a deletion protocol that cannot remove a peer replacement. Add regression tests
for both cases.

- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
Track and clean up the staging link after publication, or report its orphaned
path without treating the commit as uncommitted. Ensure confinement recheck
failures do not bypass safe staged-file cleanup and backup handling. Add
regression tests for both paths.

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## ESLint Suppressions

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# AGENTS.md

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Context: fs.writeFile(inside, "original bytes")
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[warning] 67-67: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
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src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts

[warning] 119-119: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFile(referent, "utf8")
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src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts

[warning] 1257-1257: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(target, JSON.stringify({ inside: true }))
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[warning] 4-4: Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
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[warning] 358-358: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
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Review comments at @src/utils/__tests__/jsonFileRecovery.test.ts:
- Around line 67-109: Extend the backup-recency tests around
recoverInterruptedReplacement to exercise safeWriteJson, recoverMissingJsonFile,
and readFileWithMissingRetry; for each entry point, verify both that an
exact-mtime tie rejects with the failure trace and preserves both backups, and
that distinct mtimes accept the newer backup.

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message, which can also appear in its stack; sanitize both fields before this
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- Regression Evidence:
Add tests that verify lock release and reacquisition after a symlink retarget,
and rejection without publication after repeated retargeting. Add an escape-undo
test that replaces the file between the read and final stat and verifies that
the replacement remains.

- Security Boundaries:
For settings exports, reject final-component symlinks or replace the selected
directory entry without following them. Add a regression test with an export
path pointing to an attacker-readable file.

- Persistence Integrity:
Prevent escaped writes from overwriting existing state, or preserve and safely
restore it. Use a deletion protocol that cannot remove a peer replacement, and
perform rollback before reporting an escape. Add regression tests for these
cases.

- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
Track and clean up the staging link after publication, or report its orphaned
path without treating the commit as uncommitted. Ensure confinement recheck
failures cannot bypass safe staged-file cleanup or backup rollback. Add
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[warning] 69-69: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(otherBackup, JSON.stringify({ other: true }))
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[warning] 89-89: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
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[warning] 90-90: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
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[warning] 105-105: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Regression Evidence:
Add focused tests in `src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts` or
`src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts`: 1. **Release and reacquire after a
retarget.** Make `resolveLockKey` (through the mocked
`fs.realpath`/`lstat`/`readlink`) return a different key on the first
recomputation. Assert that the original lock is released, the new key is
acquired, and the publish completes under the new key. 2. **Reject after
repeated retargets.** Make the key change on every pass. Assert that
`safeWriteJson` rejects with the "kept changing" error, that nothing is staged
or published, and that the last acquired lock is released. 3. **Escape-undo
replacement race.** Create an escaped publish whose bytes match the staged
bytes. Mock `fs.stat` (bigint) so the second call returns a different `ino`, a
different `dev`, or a different `size`. Assert that `undoEscapedPublish` leaves
the replacement file in place.

- Persistence Integrity:
1. In `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts`, restore the EPERM-fallback backup before
throwing the escape error on the success path (lines 448-453) and the catch path
(lines 486-488). Run the rollback steps at lines 496-511 on both paths. Report
any rollback failure. 2. Before the commit rename, re-check the target identity
under the lock. Alternatively, preserve the displaced file at the escaped
location and restore it on escape. 3. In `undoEscapedPublish` (lines 188-207),
skip the unlink when file identity cannot be confirmed between the check and the
unlink. 4. In `src/core/task-persistence/readFileWithMissingRetry.ts` (lines
54-55), do not map a rejected recovery to `ENOENT`. Surface a distinct
recovery-failure signal. In `src/core/task-persistence/apiMessages.ts`, have
`readApiMessagesFile` raise `ApiMessagesReadError("io_error")` for that signal.
Keep `undefined` only for a file that is truly absent. Revise
`readFileWithMissingRetry.spec.ts` lines 36-68 to match. 5. Add regression tests
for: an ancestor swap onto an outside directory that already holds the target
file; an EPERM fallback followed by an escape; a peer replacement between the
identity check and the unlink; a rejected recovery on the API history read path
through `readApiMessages`.

- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
1. In `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts`, move the two `_resolveScopeRoot` calls at
lines 482-483 inside a `try`. Alternatively, guard them so a rejection cannot
skip the backup rollback (lines 496-511) and the staged `.new` cleanup (lines
514-529). If rollback is unsafe, keep the backup and report its path. Then
rethrow the original error. Add a regression test that makes `fs.realpath`
reject with `EACCES` during the catch. Assert that the staged `.new` file is
removed and the backup is restored or reported. 2. In
`src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts`, do not discard the post-link
`fs.unlink(tempPath)` error at line 1074. If removal fails, report the staging
path as an orphan with its cleanup error. Do not report the write as
uncommitted. Check the staging-directory `rmdir` result at line 1158 the same
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Trivial · Cover the successful created-directory resolution in the… · safeWriteText.spec.ts:2113-2116

src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts:2113-2116
Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Cover the successful created-directory resolution in the acceptance fixture.

With _scenario(false), realpath(created) still throws ENOENT after mkdir. The "publishes when the created directory resolves inside the location the caller authorized" test therefore never reaches the branch it names. It passes through the missing-directory fallback.

A regression that rejects every successfully resolved created directory would still pass the suite. The refusal test would still reject, and the publish test would still take the fallback.

Track directory creation separately from link placement in the mkdir fixture. In the stable case, realpath(created) should return created. In the redirected case, it should return escaped. The ENOENT throw should apply only to target.

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Review comment at @src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts around lines 2113 - 2116:
Update the mkdir and realpath fixture used by _scenario so directory creation is tracked independently from link placement. After mkdir, make realpath(created) return created in the stable case and escaped in the redirected case; restrict the ENOENT behavior to target so the successful created-directory test exercises the resolved-inside path.

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Review comments at @src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts:
- Around line 2113-2116: Update the mkdir and realpath fixture used by _scenario
so directory creation is tracked independently from link placement. After mkdir,
make realpath(created) return created in the stable case and escaped in the
redirected case; restrict the ENOENT behavior to target so the successful
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- Regression Evidence:
Add focused tests in `src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts` or
`src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts`: 1. Release and reacquire after a
retarget. Make the mocked `fs.realpath`/`lstat`/`readlink` path return a
different key on the first recomputation. Assert that the original lock is
released, the new key is acquired, and the publish completes under the new key.
2. Reject after repeated retargets. Make the key change on every pass. Assert
that `safeWriteJson` rejects with the "kept changing" error, that nothing is
staged or published, and that the last acquired lock is released. 3. Escape-undo
replacement race. Create an escaped publish whose bytes match the staged bytes.
Mock `fs.stat` with bigint so the second call returns a different `ino`, a
different `dev`, or a different `size`. Assert that `undoEscapedPublish` leaves
the replacement file in place.

- Persistence Integrity:
1. In `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts`, restore the EPERM-fallback backup before
throwing the escape error on the success path (lines 448-453) and on the catch
path (lines 486-496). Run the rollback at lines 511-520 on both paths. Report
any rollback failure with the backup path. Where restoring to an out-of-scope
path would itself escape, keep the backup and report its path explicitly. 2.
Before the commit rename, re-check the target identity under the lock.
Alternatively, preserve the displaced file at the escaped location and restore
it on escape. 3. In `undoEscapedPublish` (lines 188-207), skip the unlink when
file identity cannot be confirmed between the check and the unlink. 4. In
`src/core/task-persistence/readFileWithMissingRetry.ts` (lines 54-55), do not
map a rejected recovery to ENOENT. Surface a distinct recovery-failure signal.
In `src/core/task-persistence/apiMessages.ts`, raise
`ApiMessagesReadError("io_error")` for that signal. Keep `undefined` only for a
file that is truly absent. Update `readFileWithMissingRetry.spec.ts` lines 36-68
to match. 5. Add regression tests for: an ancestor swap onto an outside
directory that already holds the target file; an EPERM fallback followed by an
escape; a peer replacement between the identity check and the unlink; a rejected
recovery on the API history read path through `readApiMessages`.

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382-382: Previously reported: valid ..cache descendants are rejected.

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path (lines 486-496). Run the rollback at lines 511-527 on both paths. If
restoring to the original target would itself escape scope, keep the backup and
name its path in the thrown error. 2. Before the commit rename, re-check the
target identity under the lock. Alternatively, preserve the displaced file at
the escaped location and restore it on escape. 3. In `undoEscapedPublish` (lines
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and the unlink. The current code re-stats, but it compares only `dev`, `ino`,
and `size`. 4. In `src/core/task-persistence/readFileWithMissingRetry.ts` (lines
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a file that is truly absent. Update `readFileWithMissingRetry.spec.ts` to match.
5. Add regression tests for: an ancestor swap onto an outside directory that
already holds the target file; an EPERM fallback followed by an escape; a peer
replacement between the identity check and the unlink; a rejected recovery on
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path in the thrown error. 2. Before the commit rename, re-check the target
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a file that is truly absent. Update `readFileWithMissingRetry.spec.ts` to match.
5. Add regression tests for: an ancestor swap onto an outside directory that
already holds the target file; an EPERM fallback followed by an escape; a peer
replacement between the identity check and the unlink; a rejected recovery on
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[warning] 1303-1303: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(target, JSON.stringify({ inside: true }))
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510-510: Existing finding remains: escape cleanup can delete an unpublished file.

If the swapped-in file contains the staged JSON bytes, Line 412 rejects before publication. Line 510 still calls undoEscapedPublish. Its byte comparison and consecutive identity checks can pass for that untouched file, so cleanup deletes it.

Gate publication undo on a successful publication. Add the matching-bytes case to the existing regression test. This remains the failure reported in the supplied review thread.

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511-511: Existing finding remains: confirmed escapes skip staged cleanup.

If the new pre-rename check detects the ancestor swap, this throw exits before staged cleanup at Line 547. The staged JSON remains in the outside directory. The new test explicitly asserts that leftover at src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts, Lines 1339–1341.

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- Line 435: Update the createdRoot normalization so removing the namespace
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path, while preserving existing handling for non-UNC paths. Add coverage
confirming UNC paths reach created-directory authorization and redirected
directories are rejected.
- Line 663: Update the created-ancestor validation in safeWriteText so it also
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- Regression Evidence:
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`src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts:306-325`. Cover lock release and reacquisition after
one retarget. Cover rejection and final lock release after repeated retargets.
Add an `undoEscapedPublish` test at `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts:194-207` that
changes the second stat's `dev`, `ino`, or `size` after a matching read, and
assert the file remains on disk.

- Security Boundaries:
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restrictive permissions (for example, open it with mode 0o600 or chmod it to the
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mode cannot be read or applied to the staged file, fail the write before any
content is written. Keep the staged file beside the caller-facing path that the
base used, or justify the new directory. Add a test that asserts the staged
file's mode at the time its first byte is written, and a test for the case where
the target mode cannot be read.

- Persistence Integrity:
1. In `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts`, restore the EPERM-fallback backup before
throwing the escape error on the success path (around lines 466-467) and on the
catch path (around lines 510-511). If restoring to the original target would
itself escape scope, keep the backup and name its path in the thrown error. 2.
Before the commit rename, re-check the target identity under the lock.
Alternatively, preserve the displaced file at the escaped location and restore
it on escape. 3. In `undoEscapedPublish`, skip the unlink unless file identity
is confirmed between the check and the unlink. The current code compares only
`dev`, `ino`, and `size`. 4. In
`src/core/task-persistence/readFileWithMissingRetry.ts`, do not map a rejected
recovery to `ENOENT`. Surface a distinct recovery-failure signal. In
`src/core/task-persistence/apiMessages.ts`, raise
`ApiMessagesReadError("io_error")` for that signal. Return `undefined` only for
a file that is truly absent. Update `readFileWithMissingRetry.spec.ts` to match.
5. Add regression tests for: an ancestor swap onto an outside directory that
already holds the target file; an EPERM fallback followed by an escape; a peer
replacement between the identity check and the unlink; a rejected recovery on
the API history read path through `readApiMessages`.

- Lifecycle Resource Cleanup:
Clean up the owned staging file before the escape error is thrown. In the escape
branch at `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts` lines 496-511, remove
`actualTempNewFilePath` (ignoring ENOENT) after `undoEscapedPublish`, and then
throw `checkError`. Alternatively, restructure so the staged cleanup at lines
544-559 runs on every failure path before the escape is rethrown. Keep the
backup handling unchanged. Update `src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts`
lines 1335-1341 so it asserts that no `.new_` staging file remains after the
escape rejection, instead of pinning the leftover.

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src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.integration.spec.ts

[warning] 23-23: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(targetPath, "old bytes")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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[warning] 39-39: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFile(targetPath, "utf8")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

(detect-non-literal-fs-filename-typescript)

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[warning] 49-49: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(inside, "original bytes")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

(detect-non-literal-fs-filename-typescript)

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[warning] 55-55: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFile(inside, "utf8")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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[warning] 68-68: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(inside, "original bytes")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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[warning] 72-72: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.readFile(inside, "utf8")
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

(detect-non-literal-fs-filename-typescript)

src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts

[warning] 4-4: Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
Context: import { execFile } from "child_process"
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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[warning] 5-5: Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
Context: import type { ChildProcess } from "child_process"
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts

[warning] 4-4: Importing child_process exposes a command-execution surface; ensure any command/argument built from input is validated, and prefer execFile/spawn with an argument array over exec.
Context: import { execFile } from "child_process"
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts

[warning] 1258-1258: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(target, JSON.stringify({ inside: true }))
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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[warning] 1303-1303: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(target, JSON.stringify({ inside: true }))
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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[warning] 1449-1449: Filesystem path is not a string literal; a request-/variable-derived path can enable path traversal. Validate and normalize the path before use.
Context: fs.writeFile(backupPath, JSON.stringify(committed))
Note: [CWE-22] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal').

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src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.integration.spec.ts: 1

1-75: LGTM!

src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts: 2

510-510: Previously reported: do not undo an uncommitted publication.

If the pre-commit check rejects an escaped destination that already contains identical JSON, this call can delete that pre-existing file. The rename never ran. The helper compares identity only between its own two stats, not against the staged file. Gate undo on successful publication and publication identity. This matches the prior matching-bytes finding. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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511-511: Previously reported: complete safe teardown before rethrowing an escape.

A confirmed escape still exits before staged-file cleanup and backup rollback. The new swapped-directory test explicitly expects the staged file to remain outside the scope. Credential-bearing staged content can therefore survive a refused write. This remains covered by the existing teardown finding. (raw.githubusercontent.com)