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fix(server): Open in and Reveal open ~/ file links from projects outside the home folder - #31246
An agent message that links a home-relative file, such as ~/notes.md, can't be opened in an editor or revealed in Finder/Explorer when the project is outside the home folder. Projects on D:\ on Windows, under /Volumes on macOS, or under /srv on Linux all hit this. The editor and the file manager get a literal ~/notes.md that names a folder called ~, so the file never opens.
Call path: resolvePathLinkTarget (packages/shared/src/fileLinks.ts) turns ~/ into a full path only when inferHomeFromCwd can read the home folder from the project path (/Users/<name>, /home/<name>, C:\Users\<name>). In any other project folder the ~/ path is passed through unchanged. Three web actions then send it to shell.openInEditor as written:
the file link's "open in preferred editor" action (markdownFileEditorTarget → useOpenInPreferredEditor)
"Reveal in Finder/Explorer" (revealFileInFileManager in ChatMarkdown.tsx)
the file context menu (resolveFileContextMenuAbsolutePath)
externalLauncher.launchEditor starts code --goto ~/notes.md or open -R ~/notes.md without a shell, so nothing expands the ~.
The contract in packages/shared/src/path.ts (isHostPath) already says "Home-relative host paths are expanded by the destination server". The other server entry points follow it: filesystem metadata, media-file assets and workspace roots all call expandHomePath. The launcher was the only one that didn't.
Change
launchEditor now expands the home prefix of input.cwd with the shared expandHomePath from provider-core (~, ~/, ~\) before it resolves the launch. Absolute paths pass through unchanged.
Scope and approval
This is a small fix for an obvious bug, so it has no issue. The server breaks its own documented host-path contract in one entry point. The fix is two lines in one service method plus a focused test. No client, contract, or UI changes.
Verification
New test in apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.test.ts: "opens and reveals a home-relative path in the home folder". It opens ~/notes/todo.md:3 in VS Code and reveals ~/notes/todo.md on macOS, with HostProcess.HomeDirectory set to /Users/t3.
Before the fix (upstream/main):
- Expected
+ Received
[ "code", "--goto",
- "/Users/t3/notes/todo.md:3",
+ "~/notes/todo.md:3", ],
[ "open", "-R",
- "/Users/t3/notes/todo.md",
+ "~/notes/todo.md", ],
× opens and reveals a home-relative path in the home folder
After the fix: the test passes. The rest of externalLauncher.test.ts gives the same results as before. One test, "keeps the macOS VS Code Insiders bundle out of stable VS Code", fails on the dev Mac both before and after the change, because that machine has a real /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app.
Also ran: effect-tsgo tsrs --noEmit in apps/server (0 errors), vp lint and vp fmt --check on apps/server/src/process, and the commit hook's fmt, lint and knip checks.
Not checked: a real launch on a Windows host. The macOS test covers the expansion, and expandHomePath already handles ~\.
Chat file links such as `~/notes.md` reach `shell.openInEditor` as written
whenever the client cannot infer the home folder from the project path (a
project on D:\ on Windows, under /Volumes on macOS, or /srv on Linux). The
launcher spawned the editor or file manager without a shell, so `code --goto
~/notes.md` and `open -R ~/notes.md` looked for a literal `~` folder. Expand
the home prefix before resolving the launch, as file metadata, media assets
and workspace roots already do.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Home-prefixed paths are expanded before existing editor and file-manager launches, allowing Open in and Reveal to target the intended host files. Other paths and launch mechanisms remain unchanged.
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launchEditor now expands a leading home-relative path in input.cwd before resolving the launch. A non-Windows test checks the expanded paths passed to VS Code and macOS open.
Changes: External launcher path expansion
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Summary
Expand paths before launch resolution apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.ts, apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.test.ts
launchEditor expands input.cwd using HostProcess.HomeDirectory before resolving the launch. The test checks expanded paths for VS Code and file-manager reveal.
Opening or revealing a ~/ file link now works for the editor working directory. A positioned JetBrains launch can still receive an unexpanded ~/ project root and open the wrong project. The fix is small and local to the launcher. The Windows home-relative path is also not covered by tests.
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The title names the actual change: launching the editor and revealing in the file manager now work for ~/ file links from projects outside the home folder. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific. The changeset adds home-prefix expansion in launchEditor (externalLauncher.ts) plus a macOS test, which matches the title's scope.
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it.effect.skipIf(windowsHost) is an allowed platform gate, so it does not require a quarantine comment under the checked-in skip rule. The macOS test intentionally covers open -R. However, no test passes a home-relative path with platform: "win32": the existing Windows editor case uses an absolute path, and the file-manager case uses Linux/WSL behavior. Add mocked Windows coverage for the expanded editor and file-manager arguments.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.test.ts at line 260:
Add mocked Windows coverage alongside the home-relative path tests, using
platform: "win32" to verify the expanded editor and file-manager arguments; keep
the existing macOS open -R test and its platform gate unchanged.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.ts:
- Around line 655-656: Update the cwd handling before expandHomePath in the
launcher flow so Windows-shaped home-relative paths on a POSIX host are
converted to POSIX separators or rejected, rather than passed through as
filenames containing backslashes. Preserve valid destination-host paths and add
a cross-platform test that supplies a Windows-shaped home-relative path to a
POSIX launcher.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.test.ts:
- Line 260: Add mocked Windows coverage alongside the home-relative path tests,
using platform: "win32" to verify the expanded editor and file-manager
arguments; keep the existing macOS open -R test and its platform gate unchanged.
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I second this fix, my agent pointed to this fix for an annoying issue I've been having with a non-standard home directory which consistently broke all display links.
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- Line 735: In launchEditor, expand projectRoot with the same home directory
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Expand projectRoot with cwd in launchEditor.
The PR expands the home prefix of cwd, but projectRoot reaches the JetBrains command unexpanded. For a positioned file in a workspace under ~/, JetBrains receives the literal ~/... project path. It may open or create a project outside the intended workspace. Apply the same expansion to projectRoot. Absolute values pass through unchanged, and an absent value stays absent.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.ts at line 735:
In launchEditor, expand projectRoot with the same home directory used to expand cwd before passing the values to resolveEditorLaunch. Preserve absolute projectRoot values and leave an absent projectRoot undefined.
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Problem
An agent message that links a home-relative file, such as
~/notes.md, can't be opened in an editor or revealed in Finder/Explorer when the project is outside the home folder. Projects onD:\on Windows, under/Volumeson macOS, or under/srvon Linux all hit this. The editor and the file manager get a literal~/notes.mdthat names a folder called~, so the file never opens.Call path:
resolvePathLinkTarget(packages/shared/src/fileLinks.ts) turns~/into a full path only wheninferHomeFromCwdcan read the home folder from the project path (/Users/<name>,/home/<name>,C:\Users\<name>). In any other project folder the~/path is passed through unchanged. Three web actions then send it toshell.openInEditoras written:markdownFileEditorTarget→useOpenInPreferredEditor)revealFileInFileManagerinChatMarkdown.tsx)resolveFileContextMenuAbsolutePath)externalLauncher.launchEditorstartscode --goto ~/notes.mdoropen -R ~/notes.mdwithout a shell, so nothing expands the~.The contract in
packages/shared/src/path.ts(isHostPath) already says "Home-relative host paths are expanded by the destination server". The other server entry points follow it: filesystem metadata,media-fileassets and workspace roots all callexpandHomePath. The launcher was the only one that didn't.Change
launchEditornow expands the home prefix ofinput.cwdwith the sharedexpandHomePathfrom provider-core (~,~/,~\) before it resolves the launch. Absolute paths pass through unchanged.Scope and approval
This is a small fix for an obvious bug, so it has no issue. The server breaks its own documented host-path contract in one entry point. The fix is two lines in one service method plus a focused test. No client, contract, or UI changes.
Verification
New test in
apps/server/src/process/externalLauncher.test.ts: "opens and reveals a home-relative path in the home folder". It opens~/notes/todo.md:3in VS Code and reveals~/notes/todo.mdon macOS, withHostProcess.HomeDirectoryset to/Users/t3.Before the fix (upstream/main):
After the fix: the test passes. The rest of
externalLauncher.test.tsgives the same results as before. One test, "keeps the macOS VS Code Insiders bundle out of stable VS Code", fails on the dev Mac both before and after the change, because that machine has a real/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app.Also ran:
effect-tsgo tsrs --noEmitinapps/server(0 errors),vp lintandvp fmt --checkonapps/server/src/process, and the commit hook's fmt, lint and knip checks.Not checked: a real launch on a Windows host. The macOS test covers the expansion, and
expandHomePathalready handles~\.Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code desktop app)
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