fix(server): a symlinked T3 home no longer lists managed worktrees as importable projects by felixleopold · Pull Request #35266 · pingdotgg/t3code

felixleopold · 2026-11-12T13:14:58Z

Problem

When the T3 home directory is reached through a symlink, the session scanner lists T3-managed worktrees as importable projects. The scanner compares each session's directory by its real path, but the configured base and worktrees directories were only made absolute, not resolved. A sandbox the agent recorded by its real path therefore never matched the worktrees directory and was offered for import.

Change

AgentSessionScanner resolves the configured base and worktrees directories with realPath (falling back to the absolute path if that fails), so both sides of the comparison are canonical.

Scope and approval

Very small, focused bug fix with no behavior change except the corrected exclusion: a managed worktree must never show up as an importable project, and the existing symlink handling in this file already intends that. No prior issue because the defect and fix are obvious from the comparison above.

Verification

New test excludes sandboxes when the configured base dir is itself a symlink in AgentSessionScanner.test.ts: it fails on main (the sandbox is returned as a candidate) and passes with the change.
vp test run apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts: 72 passed.
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and the affected tests pass.
Not checked: Windows (the symlink test follows the neighbouring symlink tests and has no extra platform guard).

Made by Claude Sonnet 5.5 in Claude Code via T3 Code.

… importable projects Session candidates are compared by realpath, but the configured base and worktrees directories stayed lexical. With a symlinked T3 home, a managed sandbox the agent recorded by its real path never matched the worktrees directory, so it showed up as an importable project. Canonicalize both roots the same way as the candidates. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <[email protected]>

macroscopeapp · 2026-11-12T13:16:48Z

Approvability

Verdict: Approved at a45d164

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The scanner now resolves configured directory symlinks before applying existing import exclusions, preventing managed worktrees from appearing as importable projects. The change is limited to discovery filtering and preserves the previous fallback when resolution fails.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T13:21:17Z

Walkthrough

The scanner now checks candidates against both resolved and real paths for the configured base and worktrees directories. A new test verifies that a worktree sandbox under a symlinked base directory is excluded.

Changes: Symlink-aware project exclusion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Canonicalize exclusion roots and verify scan behavior `apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts`, `apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.test.ts`	The scanner checks candidates against resolved and real paths for configured exclusion roots, using the resolved path if realpath resolution fails. The test checks that a worktree sandbox under the real base directory is not returned as a candidate when the configured base directory is a symlink.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

[Bug]: Session import offers T3 Code's own scratch folders as projects when the T3 home is a symlink #23727: The issue reports that T3 scratch folders appear as import candidates when the T3 home is a symlink. This change addresses the same symlink-aware exclusion scenario.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to da0f4

Symlinked T3 home directories are handled without losing matches on the lexical path, and a new test covers the symlinked base directory case. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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Title check		The title names the main change: a symlinked T3 home no longer lists managed worktrees as importable projects. It follows the conventional commit format and matches the scanner resolution fix describe…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The problem and change are clear and tied to AgentSessionScanner. Verification names a new …
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: a symlinked T3 home no longer lists managed worktrees as importable projects. It follows the conventional commit format and matches the scanner resolution fix described in the summary and objectives. It is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.

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The description follows the template. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The problem and change are clear and tied to AgentSessionScanner. Verification names a new test, the fail-before and pass-after result, the vp test run count, and the check:changed run. It also states what was not checked (Windows). The template's Scope section asks for a linked issue for bug fixes, and the author explains why none is needed. The template asks for the agent model and harness, and the description includes this line, so the required content is complete.

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apps/server/src/project/AgentSessionScanner.ts-833-834: 1

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Keep lexical roots available for Codex project-root selection.

If /home/user/t3-home links to /data/t3-home, a Codex session can record /home/user/t3-home/scratch with /repos/app in projectRoots. Previously, projectCwd recognized the configured base prefix and selected /repos/app.

These assignments replace that prefix with /data/t3-home. projectCwd at Line 1342 checks the noncanonical cwd, so it no longer selects /repos/app. The later real-path check at Lines 1715-1719 excludes the scratch directory instead. The valid project disappears from the scan.

Check both configured and canonical roots, or canonicalize the cwd before selecting its project root. Extend the existing Codex project-root test with this symlinked-base case.

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…g scanner roots Codex scratch-folder mapping checks the recorded cwd without resolving it, so dropping the configured spelling would stop matching cwds recorded through the symlinked home. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-12T16:46:40Z

-  const baseDir = path.resolve(serverConfig.baseDir);
-  const worktreesDir = path.resolve(serverConfig.worktreesDir);
+  // Recorded cwds and their realpaths are both checked, so keep both spellings of a symlinked root.
+  const rootSpellings = (directory: string) => {


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Use a named Effect.fn for rootSpellings.

This reusable I/O helper returns an Effect from an arrow function. Define it with Effect.fn("AgentSessionScanner.rootSpellings") to give root resolution the required operation span.

As per coding guidelines, “Reusable functions use Effect.fn” and “Default to named spans for service operations and I/O.”

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juliusmarminge · 2026-11-12T16:48:22Z

The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

the fix is written and reviewed, but proving it needs something no worker has:

Permanent blocker: the specified reproduction requires a Claude or Codex provider turn that writes a transcript; the VM brief lists first-party Claude and ChatGPT OAuth as unavailable and instructs against working around that limitation. Replay does not produce these transcripts.
Symlinked-home exclusions for managed worktrees, scratch folders, and transcripts containing either configured or canonical paths remain unverified in the real app.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.

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fix(server): session import skips T3 Code's own folders behind a symlinked home #23728

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