Open Project dialog cannot access directories outside home

Description

The "Open project" dialog in the web UI is limited to the user's home directory.
It's not possible to open projects located elsewhere on the filesystem
(e.g. /develop/software).

Root Cause

The /find/file endpoint ignores the directory parameter sent by the client
File.search() always searches within Instance.directory
The dialog component doesn't properly handle absolute path input

Steps to Reproduce

Run opencode web
Press Cmd+O / Ctrl+O to open "Open project" dialog
Type /develop or any absolute path outside home
Dialog shows "No folders found" or only returns results from home

Expected Behavior

Typing /develop/ should list directories inside /develop/.

Opencode Web: "Open Project" does not show some folders #7577: Opencode Web: "Open Project" does not show some folders - user cannot navigate to projects outside home directory
opencode web UI cannot browse or select folders outside the default user profile (e.g., D:\code\python) #6490: opencode web UI cannot browse or select folders outside the default user profile (e.g., D:\code\python) - Windows-specific case with same root cause
Web frontend "open project" on Windows only lists user folder and fails for absolute/relative paths #7597: Web frontend "open project" on Windows only lists user folder and fails for absolute/relative paths - closed Windows-specific duplicate with suggested fixes
File selection in the WebUI does not work #8486: File selection in the WebUI does not work - related to the /find/file endpoint issues

Related to #8325 which was recently closed (2026-01-21) as a partial fix but appears to have not fully addressed paths outside the home directory.

Feel free to ignore if your specific case differs from these.

fix(web): allow opening projects outside home directory

Would be great to get this merged, seeing this issue as well

This is a huge headache for Windows users, and it's been 3 weeks since someone first reported. We even have 3 open PRs trying to solve this issue.
I don't see the reason for setting it aside for so long, especially considering the rapid iteration of this project. This should definitely be prioritized.

Fixed upstream in a8018dc and 972cb01 (v1.1.33+). Verified working.

Just putting it here that it hasn't been fixed.

Simple Docker container that has /workspace as workdir and it never shows up regardless of working directory.

Putting it under /root makes it show up fine.

This is also a problem when working from GitHub codespaces as the main directory is /workspaces/<repo-name> instead of /home/user

Hi hallow

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The problem was solved in old UI but in new UI (with tabs) you can no longer open projects outside $HOME.
I like to keep my projects in /workspace directory. Linking directory doesn't work properly. Mounting /workspace to $HOME/workspace is the only option I have: sudo mount --bind /workspace $HOME/workspace

I can also report that file picker is broken for the current web UI. I am launching opencode from my $HOME dir on Debian, I have all my projects, or links to projects, in there. The "add project" window only sees 1/10th of the dirs.

This is the third outstanding issue I have found in opencode, and I have only been using it for two days.

... this whole project is broken.

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