diff --git a/src/eslint-suppressions.json b/src/eslint-suppressions.json
index f1b2590f7f..671c9f594c 100644
--- a/src/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/src/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@
},
"utils/safeWriteJson.ts": {
"@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
- "count": 4
+ "count": 3
}
},
"vitest.setup.ts": {
diff --git a/src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts b/src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9ebcadafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,1817 @@
+import * as fs from "fs/promises"
+import * as fsSync from "fs"
+import { execFile } from "child_process"
+import type { ChildProcess } from "child_process"
+import * as path from "path"
+
+import {
+ OrphanedBackupError,
+ PostCommitDurabilityError,
+ resolveLockKey,
+ safeWriteText,
+ StagingPathError,
+} from "../safeWriteText"
+
+// Full mock for fs/promises — all methods are vi.fn() stubs
+vi.mock("fs/promises", () => ({
+ copyFile: vi.fn(),
+ chmod: vi.fn(),
+ mkdir: vi.fn(),
+ access: vi.fn(),
+ rename: vi.fn(),
+ unlink: vi.fn(),
+ rmdir: vi.fn(),
+ realpath: vi.fn(),
+ lstat: vi.fn(),
+ readlink: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
+// Full mock for fs — all sync methods are vi.fn() stubs. Stats is a bare
+// class stub so tests can build minimal Stats stand-ins via its prototype.
+vi.mock("fs", () => ({
+ openSync: vi.fn(),
+ writeSync: vi.fn(),
+ closeSync: vi.fn(),
+ mkdirSync: vi.fn(),
+ fsyncSync: vi.fn(),
+ chmodSync: vi.fn(),
+ fchmodSync: vi.fn(),
+ fstatSync: vi.fn(),
+ statSync: vi.fn(),
+ Stats: class Stats {},
+}))
+
+// Mock child_process.execFile (callback-based — must invoke callback to resolve)
+vi.mock("child_process", () => ({
+ execFile: vi.fn((cmd, args, opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(null)
+ }),
+}))
+
+// Minimal stand-in for the ChildProcess that callback-form execFile returns.
+const fakeChild = { kill: () => true } as unknown as ChildProcess
+
+// Helper that mirrors safeWriteText's path resolution exactly
+function _resolvedTarget(filePath: string): string {
+ return path.resolve(filePath)
+}
+function _dirPath(filePath: string): string {
+ return path.dirname(_resolvedTarget(filePath))
+}
+// Minimal Stats stand-in: the SUT only reads `.mode` from it.
+// Async lstat stand-in: the SUT only asks whether the path is a link or a file.
+// Built on the Stats prototype so the mock value still satisfies fsSync.Stats.
+function _fileStats(isLink: boolean): fsSync.Stats {
+ const s = Object.create(fsSync.Stats.prototype) as fsSync.Stats
+ s.isSymbolicLink = () => isLink
+ s.isFile = () => !isLink
+ // Single name by default: the post-open verification rejects a staged file that
+ // has gained a second (hard-link) name.
+ s.nlink = 1
+ return s
+}
+// Directory stand-in: neither a symlink nor a regular file. The symlink double short-circuits
+// on isSymbolicLink(), so only this double reaches the branch that rejects any other file type.
+function _notARegularFileStats(): fsSync.Stats {
+ const s = Object.create(fsSync.Stats.prototype) as fsSync.Stats
+ s.isSymbolicLink = () => false
+ s.isFile = () => false
+ return s
+}
+
+// fs.BigIntStats is a type-only export (fs.BigIntStats is undefined at runtime), so the stand-in is
+// a Stats object carrying bigint ino/dev - exactly what fs.lstat(path, { bigint: true }) hands
+// back at runtime.
+function _fileStatsWithIdentity(ino: bigint, dev: bigint): fsSync.BigIntStats {
+ // Double assertion: the runtime value is the Stats stand-in, the type is the bigint variant.
+ const s = _fileStats(false) as unknown as fsSync.BigIntStats
+ s.ino = ino
+ s.dev = dev
+ return s
+}
+
+function mockDefaults(): void {
+ vi.resetAllMocks()
+ // After resetAllMocks, vi.fn() returns undefined — restore promise defaults.
+ vi.mocked(fs.mkdir).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+ vi.mocked(fs.access).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+ // Existing-target default: a regular 0o644 file.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockReturnValue(_stats(0o644))
+ // Staged-file default: a regular file, not a link, so a caller-supplied
+ // tempPath passes the location and file-type check by default.
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(_fileStats(false))
+ // Post-open default: the opened file is the same single-named regular file.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.fstatSync).mockReturnValue(_fileStats(false))
+}
+function _stats(mode: number): fsSync.Stats {
+ const s = Object.create(fsSync.Stats.prototype) as fsSync.Stats
+ Object.assign(s, { mode })
+ return s
+}
+
+// ── Test 1: staging file created then cleaned after success ────────────────
+
+describe("safeWriteText", () => {
+ beforeEach(() => {
+ mockDefaults()
+ // Default sync-write behaviour: report that all requested bytes were
+ // written. The Buffer overload passes (fd, buffer, offset, length),
+ // so the fourth argument is the requested length.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.writeSync).mockImplementation((...args: unknown[]) =>
+ typeof args[3] === "number" ? args[3] : 0,
+ )
+ })
+
+ describe("staging and cleanup", () => {
+ it("creates a temp file in the staging dir, fsyncs it, renames to target, and cleans up on success", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1) // fd=1
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello world", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // staging dir was created with private permissions — use
+ // stringContaining to handle Windows path resolution
+ expect(fsSync.mkdirSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), {
+ recursive: true,
+ mode: 0o700,
+ })
+ // a pre-existing staging dir is repaired to private permissions too
+ expect(fsSync.chmodSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), 0o700)
+
+ // temp file was opened for writing with the existing target's mode
+ // (default 0o644 from the statSync default mock)
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), "w", 0o644)
+
+ // content was written as a buffer (partial-write loop, full write)
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, Buffer.from("hello world", "utf8"), 0, 11)
+
+ // fsync (sync form) was called on the fd
+ expect(fsSync.fsyncSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+
+ // file was closed
+ expect(fsSync.closeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+
+ // atomic rename happened — realpath mock returns targetPath, so that's the dest
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // no unlink of temp (it's now the committed file; DACL skipped via platform:linux)
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("removes the now-empty staging directory after a successful self-staged commit", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // the staging subdir is removed best-effort after the commit rename.
+ // Exact path read back from the create: the SUT releases the same
+ // directory it staged in, and a substring match would also accept a
+ // release aimed at some other staging directory.
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ const stagingDir = String(vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls[0]?.[0])
+ expect(stagingDir).toContain(".file-safety-staging")
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(stagingDir)
+ // the win32 DACL restore gate must stay closed on other platforms:
+ // no icacls save or restore is attempted
+ expect(execFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("still removes the staging directory when no options are supplied at all", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ // options is undefined: the self-staged check and the optional-chained
+ // DACL runner lookup must not dereference it
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello")).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ const stagingDir = String(vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls[0]?.[0])
+ expect(stagingDir).toContain(".file-safety-staging")
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(stagingDir)
+ if (process.platform === "win32") {
+ // default platform is win32: the DACL save + restore still ran
+ // through the default icacls path (options?.execFileRunner must
+ // not throw when options is undefined)
+ expect(vi.mocked(execFile)).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ expect(vi.mocked(fs.unlink)).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"))
+ }
+ })
+
+ it("does not remove the staging directory when the caller supplies its own tempPath", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const callerTemp = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_caller-staged.tmp"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux", tempPath: callerTemp })
+
+ // the caller owns its temp file's directory; safeWriteText must not
+ // rmdir a directory it did not create
+ expect(fs.rmdir).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("retries a failed staging-dir removal, never fails the committed write, and reports the exact path", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const warnings: string[] = []
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("ENOTEMPTY"), { code: "ENOTEMPTY" }))
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux", onWarning: (m) => warnings.push(m) }),
+ ).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+
+ // the commit rename still happened, and the removal was retried once
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), targetPath)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ const stagingDirs = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]))
+ expect(stagingDirs.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, stagingDirs[0])
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, stagingDirs[0])
+ // the leftover is not swallowed: the exact directory path reaches the warning sink
+ const reported = warnings.filter((m) => m.includes(stagingDirs[0]))
+ expect(reported).toHaveLength(1)
+ expect(reported[0]).toContain("could not remove the staging directory")
+ })
+
+ it("treats a staging directory that someone else already removed as a completed cleanup", async () => {
+ // ENOENT from the rmdir is the goal, not a leftover: reporting it would send the reader
+ // looking for a directory that is already gone.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const warnings: string[] = []
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mockRejectedValue(
+ Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" }),
+ )
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux", onWarning: (m) => warnings.push(m) }),
+ ).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ // The removal that reported ENOENT has to be the one aimed at this write's own
+ // staging directory: a cleanup that removed some other directory and got
+ // ENOENT is not this contract, and it would leave this directory behind.
+ const stagingDirs = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]))
+ expect(stagingDirs.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(stagingDirs[0])
+ expect(warnings).toEqual([])
+ })
+
+ it("reports a staging directory it could not remove after a failed write, without replacing the write error", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const warnings: string[] = []
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The commit rename fails, and the post-failure cleanup then fails twice.
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("EPERM"), { code: "EPERM" }))
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux", onWarning: (m) => warnings.push(m) }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ const stagingDirs = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]))
+ expect(stagingDirs.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, stagingDirs[0])
+ const reported = warnings.filter((m) => m.includes(stagingDirs[0]))
+ expect(reported).toHaveLength(1)
+ expect(reported[0]).toContain("could not remove the staging directory")
+ })
+
+ it("gives each self-staged write its own staging directory so a concurrent write cannot remove it", async () => {
+ const targetA = "/tmp/test-dir/target-a.txt"
+ const targetB = "/tmp/test-dir/target-b.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockImplementation((p) => Promise.resolve(p as string))
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetA, "a", { platform: "linux" })
+ await safeWriteText(targetB, "b", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // Two self-staged writes in the same directory must not share one staging
+ // directory: the first write's best-effort rmdir would otherwise delete the
+ // directory the second write had created but not yet opened (ENOENT on openSync).
+ const created = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0]))
+ const staging = created.filter((p) => p.includes(".file-safety-staging_"))
+ expect(staging).toHaveLength(2)
+ expect(staging[0]).not.toBe(staging[1])
+ // Uniqueness comes from the documented name shape
+ //
/.file-safety-staging__: pinning the shape
+ // keeps the separator and the random suffix meaningful, not just the prefix.
+ for (const dir of staging) {
+ expect(dir).toMatch(/\.file-safety-staging_\d+_[a-z0-9]+$/)
+ }
+ const removed = vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0]))
+ expect(removed).toEqual([staging[0], staging[1]])
+ })
+
+ it("removes its own staging directory when a self-staged write fails", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("EACCES"), { code: "EACCES" }))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("EACCES")
+
+ // The failed write's temp file is unlinked, then the directory it
+ // created is removed — a failed write must not leave an empty
+ // .file-safety-staging directory behind.
+ // mkdirSync created this write's staging directory; the temp file lives
+ // inside it, so the unlink targets a path under that directory.
+ const staging = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0]))
+ expect(staging).toHaveLength(1)
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(staging[0]))
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(staging[0])
+ // The directory is only empty after its temp file is gone, so the
+ // unlink must happen before the rmdir.
+ expect(vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+ vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mock.invocationCallOrder[0],
+ )
+ })
+
+ it("does not remove a staging directory it did not create when a caller-staged write fails", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const callerTemp = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_caller-staged.tmp"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("EACCES"), { code: "EACCES" }))
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello", { platform: "linux", tempPath: callerTemp }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("EACCES")
+
+ // The caller owns that directory: only the caller's temp file is cleaned,
+ // never a rmdir of a directory safeWriteText never created.
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(callerTemp)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+ })
+
+ it("win32: a rejecting async onWarning does not abort the write or leak an unhandled rejection", async () => {
+ // TypeScript accepts an async sink where a void callback is expected, so the
+ // wrapper has to attach a handler to the returned promise: an unhandled
+ // rejection can end the process under Node's default mode, after a write that
+ // already succeeded.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(new Error("icacls error"), "", "")
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+ const consoleWarn = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", {
+ platform: "win32",
+ onWarning: async () => {
+ throw new Error("async sink down")
+ },
+ }),
+ ).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), targetPath)
+ // The rejection is reported through the fallback sink rather than surfacing as an
+ // unhandled rejection.
+ expect(consoleWarn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("onWarning callback rejected"))
+ consoleWarn.mockRestore()
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 2: fsync ordering ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+ describe("fsync ordering", () => {
+ it("calls fsync on the fd before close, and rename after close", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // Verify call order: openSync(temp) → writeSync → fsyncSync(temp)
+ // → closeSync(temp) → rename. On POSIX the parent directory is then
+ // opened and fsynced after the commit rename, so openSync/fsyncSync/
+ // closeSync each have a second (directory) call.
+ expect(vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.calls.length).toBe(2)
+ expect(vi.mocked(fsSync.writeSync).mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(vi.mocked(fsSync.fsyncSync).mock.calls.length).toBe(2)
+ expect(vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mock.calls.length).toBe(2)
+
+ // the temp file was fully closed before the commit rename
+ expect(vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ // The title promises the order, so compare the invocations rather than
+ // only count them: a rename before closeSync, or a close before fsync,
+ // would not be a durable commit.
+ const fsyncOrder = vi.mocked(fsSync.fsyncSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const closeOrder = vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const renameOrder = vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ expect(fsyncOrder).toBeLessThan(closeOrder)
+ expect(closeOrder).toBeLessThan(renameOrder)
+ })
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 3: simulated failure between write and rename leaves target intact ──
+
+ describe("crash/torn-write safety", () => {
+ it("simulated failure between fsync and rename leaves the target byte-identical and no temp left behind", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ // rename was attempted (the failure point)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // temp file was cleaned up on failure
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"))
+
+ // backup was NOT created (backup:false by default), so target is untouched
+ // The only rename call was temp→target, not a rollback rename
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ })
+
+ it("a post-commit backup cleanup failure is non-fatal: the target stays committed and no temp is left behind", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The post-commit backup unlink (SUT step 6) fails — the write must
+ // still succeed; an orphaned backup is the documented acceptable
+ // outcome, so the failure is swallowed instead of rolling back.
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("EPERM"))
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // the commit rename (temp -> target) still happened; it is the only rename
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // the failing cleanup was the post-commit backup unlink
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+
+ // the staging temp was already committed by the rename; nothing
+ // temp-shaped is unlinked afterwards
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"))
+ })
+
+ it("a failed post-commit directory fsync does not roll the backup back over the published content", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const dirPath = path.dirname(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // The file fd opens normally; the parent-directory open after the commit
+ // rename fails, which is the post-commit durability failure.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockImplementation((target) => {
+ if (String(target) === dirPath) throw new Error("EBADF")
+ return 1
+ })
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ PostCommitDurabilityError,
+ )
+
+ // The commit rename already published the new content, and the backup was only
+ // ever a copy: the target was never moved, so there is nothing to rename back.
+ expect(fs.copyFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath, expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // The durability failure is reported, not swallowed - and the backup copy is not
+ // left beside the target where no caller could find it.
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ })
+
+ it("does not let the failure cleanup unlink the file the commit already published", async () => {
+ // A tiny filesystem so that "the target is still there" is a STATE assertion: a cleanup
+ // that deleted the published file and a later step that recreated it would both satisfy
+ // a weaker "the content is at the target" check.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const dirPath = path.dirname(targetPath)
+ const files = new Set([targetPath])
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementation(async (from: unknown, to: unknown) => {
+ files.delete(String(from))
+ files.add(String(to))
+ })
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockImplementation(async (p: unknown) => {
+ files.delete(String(p))
+ })
+ // The post-commit parent-directory fsync is the failure under test.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockImplementation((target) => {
+ if (String(target) === dirPath) throw new Error("EBADF")
+ return 1
+ })
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ PostCommitDurabilityError,
+ )
+
+ expect(files.has(targetPath)).toBe(true)
+ // The staged path is the committed file from the rename onwards: the cleanup must not
+ // reach for it at all. Before the commit point was tracked, every post-commit
+ // failure (directory fsync, DACL restore, a throwing warning sink) ran the temp
+ // unlink against the name the target now lives under.
+ const stagedPath = String(vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.calls[0][0])
+ expect(
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]) === stagedPath
+ }),
+ ).toHaveLength(0)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ })
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 4: backup:true keeps old safeWriteJson semantics, copy-based ──
+
+ describe("backup:true", () => {
+ it("copies target -> backup before commit without moving the target, deletes the copy on success", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true })
+
+ // target was accessed (exists check)
+ expect(fs.access).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath)
+
+ // The backup is a copy: the canonical target is never moved away, so readers
+ // never see a missing file and no later step can clobber a concurrent publish.
+ expect(fs.copyFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath, expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath, expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+
+ // the only rename is the atomic commit temp -> target
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // backup copy was deleted on success
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ })
+
+ it("a failed commit does not move the target, so nothing has to be rolled back", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The commit rename is the only rename in the flow and it fails.
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ // The target never left its path, so there is no restore rename and the
+ // pre-write content is still what a reader sees at targetPath.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(fs.copyFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath, expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+
+ // Both the backup copy and the staging temp are cleaned up on failure.
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"))
+ })
+
+ it("creates the backup privately before its content exists, then fsyncs it", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true })
+
+ // The destination must exist with a private mode before copyFile writes anything
+ // into it: copyFile chooses the destination mode itself, so a restrictive target
+ // could otherwise leave a group/world-readable copy that a later chmod cannot
+ // undo. "wx" also means a pre-existing path is never silently reused.
+ const seedOpen = vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.calls.find(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.bak_") && call[1] === "wx"
+ })
+ expect(seedOpen).toBeDefined()
+ expect(seedOpen?.[2]).toBe(0o600)
+ const seedOrder = vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.calls.indexOf(seedOpen!)
+ ]
+ expect(seedOrder).toBeLessThan(vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.invocationCallOrder[0])
+
+ // The chmod keeps a copied read-only attribute (Windows) from breaking the fsync
+ // open, and keeps a backup of a permissive file private.
+ expect(fs.copyFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath, expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ expect(fs.chmod).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"), 0o600)
+ expect(vi.mocked(fs.chmod).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeGreaterThan(
+ vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.invocationCallOrder[0],
+ )
+
+ // The copy is then opened for fsync with the writable flag.
+ const backupOpen = vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.calls.find(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.bak_") && call[1] === "r+"
+ })
+ expect(backupOpen).toBeDefined()
+ })
+
+ it("a failed backup flush is reported and leaves no partial backup behind", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The copy lands, but the fsync of the copy fails: the retained content is not
+ // known to be durable, so the write must not proceed on a half-written backup.
+ // The staged temp is fsynced earlier with a different handle, so target the
+ // backup's fd specifically.
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockImplementation((p: unknown) =>
+ String(p).includes("safeWriteText.bak_") ? 7 : 1,
+ )
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.fsyncSync).mockImplementation((fd: unknown) => {
+ if (fd === 7) {
+ throw new Error("EIO")
+ }
+ })
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ "EIO",
+ )
+
+ // Nothing was published, and the incomplete copy is removed rather than left
+ // next to the target looking like a usable backup.
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"))
+ })
+
+ it("carries the leftover path when the partial backup cannot be removed either", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockImplementation((p: unknown) =>
+ String(p).includes("safeWriteText.bak_") ? 7 : 1,
+ )
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.fsyncSync).mockImplementation((fd: unknown) => {
+ if (fd === 7) {
+ throw new Error("EIO")
+ }
+ })
+ let unlinkAttempts = 0
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockImplementation(async (p: unknown) => {
+ if (String(p).includes("safeWriteText.bak_")) {
+ unlinkAttempts++
+ }
+ throw Object.assign(new Error("EPERM"), { code: "EPERM" })
+ })
+
+ // The copy failed and the locked leftover could not be unlinked even after the
+ // retry. Dropping the path would leave a partial copy of the previous content on
+ // disk with no reference to it anywhere, so the error carries it.
+ const error = await safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", {
+ backup: true,
+ platform: "linux",
+ }).catch((caught: unknown) => caught)
+
+ expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(OrphanedBackupError)
+ const orphan = error as OrphanedBackupError
+ expect(orphan.orphanedBackupPath).toContain("safeWriteText.bak_")
+ expect(orphan.message).toContain("safeWriteText.bak_")
+ expect(orphan.message).toContain("EPERM")
+ expect(orphan.originalError).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+ expect((orphan.originalError as Error).message).toBe("EIO")
+ expect(orphan.cause).toBe(orphan.originalError)
+ expect(unlinkAttempts).toBe(2)
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("backup:true when target does not exist: no backup created, just commit", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // fs.access resolves for dirPath check, but rejects for target check (backup path)
+ vi.mocked(fs.access).mockImplementation(async (p) => {
+ if (typeof p === "string" && p.endsWith("target.txt")) throw { code: "ENOENT" }
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "new data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // no backup rename (target didn't exist)
+ expect(fs.access).toHaveBeenCalledWith(targetPath)
+
+ // only one rename: temp -> target
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+
+ // no unlink (no backup to delete; DACL skipped via platform:linux)
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+ })
+
+ it("retries a failed post-commit backup cleanup once and reports the leftover path", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+ // Step 6 removes the backup copy after the commit; the unlink keeps failing.
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(new Error("EPERM"))
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux", onWarning })
+
+ // The publish succeeded, so the write still resolves - but the leftover copy of the
+ // previous content must be retried once and then reported with its path, never dropped.
+ const backupPath = vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.calls[0][1]
+ const backupUnlinks = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.bak")
+ })
+ expect(backupUnlinks.length).toBe(2)
+ expect(
+ backupUnlinks.map(function (call) {
+ return call[0]
+ }),
+ ).toEqual([backupPath, backupPath])
+ expect(onWarning).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(String(onWarning.mock.calls[0][0])).toContain(String(backupPath))
+ })
+
+ it("reports the exact orphan paths when cleanup fails after a failed write, keeping the write error", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+ // The commit rename fails, and every cleanup unlink fails as well.
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(new Error("EACCES"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux", onWarning })).rejects.toThrow(
+ "ENOSPC",
+ )
+
+ const backupPath = vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.calls[0][1]
+ const tempArg = vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.calls[0][0]
+ // Both leftovers are retried once, and each leftover is reported with its exact path
+ // instead of being dropped - the caller still gets the original write error.
+ expect(
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]) === String(backupPath)
+ }).length,
+ ).toBe(2)
+ expect(
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]) === String(tempArg)
+ }).length,
+ ).toBe(2)
+ expect(onWarning).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ const messages = onWarning.mock.calls.map(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0])
+ })
+ expect(
+ messages.some(function (m) {
+ return m.includes(String(backupPath))
+ }),
+ ).toBe(true)
+ expect(
+ messages.some(function (m) {
+ return m.includes(String(tempArg))
+ }),
+ ).toBe(true)
+ })
+
+ it("treats an already-gone staging temp as a completed cleanup, not as a leftover", async () => {
+ // ENOENT from the temp unlink means the goal is already met. Retrying it and then
+ // warning claimed an orphan that did not exist - a false alarm that trains the reader
+ // to ignore the leftover reports that matter.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(
+ Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" }),
+ )
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux", onWarning })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ // ENOENT short-circuits: the goal is met, so there is nothing to retry and
+ // nothing to report.
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(onWarning).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("still reports a staging temp that could not be removed for any other reason", async () => {
+ // The tolerance is scoped to ENOENT. EACCES means the staged file is still on disk, and
+ // swallowing it would turn a false alarm into a false silence.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(
+ Object.assign(new Error("EACCES: permission denied"), { code: "EACCES" }),
+ )
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux", onWarning })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ const tempArg = vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.calls[0][0]
+ expect(onWarning).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(String(onWarning.mock.calls[0][0])).toContain("could not remove the staging temp")
+ expect(String(onWarning.mock.calls[0][0])).toContain(String(tempArg))
+ expect(String(onWarning.mock.calls[0][0])).toContain("EACCES")
+ })
+
+ it("treats an already-gone backup copy as removed instead of reporting a phantom orphan", async () => {
+ // Same rule on the backup copy: ENOENT means there is nothing left to recover by hand,
+ // so the warning would point at a file that is not there.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockImplementation(async (p: unknown) => {
+ if (String(p).includes("safeWriteText.bak_")) {
+ throw enoent
+ }
+ })
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux", onWarning })).rejects.toThrow(
+ "ENOSPC",
+ )
+
+ const backupPath = String(vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.calls[0][1])
+ expect(
+ onWarning.mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes(backupPath)
+ }),
+ ).toHaveLength(0)
+ })
+
+ it("retries a failed DACL-dump cleanup once and reports the leftover dump path", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+ // The dump unlink keeps failing. The published file is fine, but the dump is a text copy
+ // of the target's access rights that only this write knew the name of.
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(new Error("EPERM"))
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32", onWarning })
+
+ const dumpUnlinks = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.acl")
+ })
+ expect(dumpUnlinks.length).toBe(2)
+ expect(
+ dumpUnlinks.map(function (call) {
+ return call[0]
+ }),
+ ).toEqual([dumpUnlinks[0][0], dumpUnlinks[0][0]])
+ // Reported once, with the exact path, and the write still resolved.
+ const messages = onWarning.mock.calls.map(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0])
+ })
+ const dumpReports = messages.filter(function (m) {
+ return m.includes("could not remove the DACL dump")
+ })
+ expect(dumpReports.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(dumpReports[0]).toContain(String(dumpUnlinks[0][0]))
+ })
+
+ it("reports the DACL dump path after a failed write without replacing the write error", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(new Error("EPERM"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32", onWarning })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ const dumpUnlinks = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.acl")
+ })
+ // The commit span owns the dump removal, so the failure path must not retry the same file
+ // and report the same leftover twice.
+ expect(dumpUnlinks.length).toBe(2)
+ const messages = onWarning.mock.calls.map(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0])
+ })
+ expect(
+ messages.filter(function (m) {
+ return m.includes("could not remove the DACL dump")
+ }).length,
+ ).toBe(1)
+ expect(
+ messages.some(function (m) {
+ return m.includes("safeWriteText.acl")
+ }),
+ ).toBe(true)
+ })
+
+ it("backup:true closes the seed descriptor even when the copy fails", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.closeSync).mockReturnValue(undefined)
+ // Distinct descriptors, and the backup's own id recorded, so the assertion below cannot be
+ // satisfied by the close of some other descriptor.
+ let nextFd = 40
+ const backupFds: number[] = []
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockImplementation(function (p) {
+ const id = nextFd++
+ if (String(p).includes("safeWriteText.bak")) backupFds.push(id)
+ return id
+ })
+ // The copy is the statement that sits between the open and the close.
+ vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mockRejectedValue(new Error("EIO: copy failed"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("EIO")
+
+ expect(backupFds.length).toBe(1)
+ // Every successful openSync gets a close attempt, including this path, because an open
+ // descriptor holds the backup file and blocks the cleanup below.
+ expect(fsSync.closeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(backupFds[0])
+ // And the half-made backup does not outlive the attempt.
+ expect(
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.some(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.bak")
+ }),
+ ).toBe(true)
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 5: win32 DACL path ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+ describe("win32 DACL", () => {
+ it.skipIf(process.platform !== "win32")(
+ "copies target DACL onto staging file via icacls before rename on Windows",
+ async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32" })
+
+ // icacls dump + restore were called (execFile is callback-based mock)
+ expect(execFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ },
+ )
+
+ it("non-win32: DACL path is unreachable when platform is not win32", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // icacls was NOT called on non-win32
+ expect(execFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL failure falls back to plain rename (never fails the write)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // icacls dump fails — the callback-based mock must invoke cb with an error.
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(new Error("icacls error"), "", "")
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32" })
+
+ // write succeeded despite icacls failure (fallback to plain rename)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), targetPath)
+ // one icacls attempt only: a failed DACL apply must not try to restore
+ expect(execFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ })
+
+ it("win32: reports that access rights may change when the DACL cannot be saved", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(new Error("icacls error"), "", "")
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+ const warnings: string[] = []
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32", onWarning: (m) => warnings.push(m) })
+
+ // The write still commits - a failing icacls must not leave the user unable to save -
+ // but the caller is told the replacement may not carry the old ACL.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), targetPath)
+ expect(warnings.filter((m) => m.includes("different access rights"))).toHaveLength(1)
+ })
+
+ it("win32: reports when the target cannot be checked for DACL preservation", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The target exists but is not readable: that is not "absent", and skipping DACL
+ // preservation has to be visible.
+ vi.mocked(fs.access).mockImplementation(async (p) => {
+ if (String(p) === targetPath) {
+ throw Object.assign(new Error("EACCES"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ }
+ })
+ const warnings: string[] = []
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32", onWarning: (m) => warnings.push(m) })
+
+ expect(execFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(warnings.filter((m) => m.includes("Could not check"))).toHaveLength(1)
+ })
+
+ // Warning delivery is advisory: it must not be able to fail the save it is reporting on.
+ it("win32: a throwing onWarning does not abort the write", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(new Error("icacls error"), "", "")
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", {
+ platform: "win32",
+ onWarning: () => {
+ throw new Error("callback down")
+ },
+ }),
+ ).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(".file-safety-staging"), targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL: a partial dump left by a failed save is removed and never restored", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // icacls save fails — a real icacls may have written a partial dump
+ // before erroring, so the dump path must be cleaned up and must never
+ // be used for a restore.
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") cb(new Error("icacls save error"), "", "")
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32" })
+
+ // write committed; only the save was attempted (no restore from a failed dump)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(execFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ const saveArgs = vi.mocked(execFile).mock.calls[0]?.[1]
+ expect(saveArgs?.[1]).toBe("/save")
+ // the dump path (possibly partially created by icacls) was unlinked
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"))
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL save args are [targetPath, /save, dumpPath, /T] before backup rename", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "win32" })
+
+ // icacls was called twice (save + restore)
+ expect(execFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+ // First call: save DACL from target before backup rename
+ const firstCall = vi.mocked(execFile).mock.calls[0]
+ expect(firstCall[0]).toBe("icacls")
+ expect(firstCall[1]).toEqual([targetPath, "/save", expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"), "/T"])
+
+ // Second call: restore DACL onto directory after commit rename
+ const secondCall = vi.mocked(execFile).mock.calls[1]
+ expect(secondCall[0]).toBe("icacls")
+ expect(secondCall[1]).toEqual([
+ expect.stringContaining("/tmp/test-dir"),
+ "/restore",
+ expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"),
+ ])
+
+ // dump file was unlinked after restore
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"))
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL save runs before the backup copy, not after it", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ // The title is about order, so assert the order the mocks were actually
+ // called in. If the save ran after the backup copy the dump could describe a
+ // file that a concurrent publish had already replaced.
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "win32" })
+
+ const callOrder = vi.mocked(execFile).mock.invocationCallOrder
+ const copyOrder = vi.mocked(fs.copyFile).mock.invocationCallOrder
+ const renameOrder = vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.invocationCallOrder
+ const saveCall = callOrder[0]
+ const restoreCall = callOrder[1]
+ const backupCopy = copyOrder[0]
+ const commitRename = renameOrder[0]
+
+ expect(saveCall).toBeLessThan(backupCopy)
+ expect(backupCopy).toBeLessThan(commitRename)
+ expect(commitRename).toBeLessThan(restoreCall)
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL: a failed restore is reported and the dump is still unlinked", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ const warnSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+ // icacls save succeeds, restore fails
+ let callCount = 0
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ callCount++
+ if (typeof cb === "function") {
+ cb(callCount === 1 ? null : new Error("icacls restore error"), "", "")
+ }
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32" })
+
+ // The content did commit: failing here would break every publish on a machine
+ // where icacls cannot reapply the saved ACEs.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+ // The changed access rights are reported instead of being swallowed.
+ expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("could not be restored"))
+ warnSpy.mockRestore()
+
+ // dump file was still unlinked in finally
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"))
+ })
+
+ it("win32 DACL: when target does not exist, no save/restore/dump", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ // fs.access rejects for targetPath (ENOENT), but resolves for dirPath
+ vi.mocked(fs.access).mockImplementation(async (p) => {
+ if (typeof p === "string" && p.endsWith("target.txt")) throw { code: "ENOENT" }
+ return undefined
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32" })
+
+ // icacls was NOT called (target absent → skip DACL entirely)
+ expect(execFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+ // no dump file created or unlinked
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("reports a partial DACL dump that the failed capture could not remove", async () => {
+ // A failed icacls /save can leave a partial dump behind. Dropping the path with a
+ // catch(() => {}) meant a transient EPERM - antivirus, a handle still being released -
+ // left a concrete file beside the target whose name nothing could recover.
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const onWarning = vi.fn()
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The capture itself fails, so nothing may be restored onto the committed file.
+ vi.mocked(execFile).mockImplementation((_cmd, _args, _opts, cb) => {
+ if (typeof cb === "function") {
+ cb(new Error("icacls save error"), "", "")
+ }
+ return fakeChild
+ })
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRejectedValue(
+ Object.assign(new Error("EPERM: operation not permitted"), { code: "EPERM" }),
+ )
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "win32", onWarning })
+
+ // The write still proceeds: a failing icacls must not leave the user unable to save.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ // The partial dump is retried and then reported with its exact path.
+ const dumpUnlinks = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0]).includes("safeWriteText.acl")
+ })
+ expect(dumpUnlinks).toHaveLength(2)
+ expect(
+ onWarning.mock.calls.map(function (call) {
+ return String(call[0])
+ }),
+ ).toEqual(
+ expect.arrayContaining([
+ expect.stringContaining("could not remove the DACL dump"),
+ expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.acl"),
+ ]),
+ )
+ })
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 6: pre-written temp path (tempPath option) ──────────────────────
+
+ describe("pre-written temp path", () => {
+ it("uses the provided tempPath, fsyncs it, and renames to target", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ const customTempPath = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_custom-temp.tmp"
+
+ // platform:linux skips DACL entirely so this test focuses on tempPath only
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "", { tempPath: customTempPath, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // openSync was called on the custom temp path (r+ mode for fsync)
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, "r+")
+
+ // fsync was called
+ expect(fsSync.fsyncSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+
+ // rename happened — realpath mock returns targetPath
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, targetPath)
+
+ // no unlink of custom temp (caller's concern; DACL skipped via platform:linux)
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+ // a caller-supplied tempPath must not create the staging directory
+ expect(fsSync.mkdirSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("applies the existing target's mode to a caller-supplied tempPath before publishing", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockReturnValue(_stats(0o600))
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(2)
+
+ const customTempPath = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_custom-temp.tmp"
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "", { tempPath: customTempPath, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // the caller-staged temp is fchmod'd to the restrictive target mode so
+ // the atomic rename cannot widen a 0o600 target (CWE-732 regression)
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2, 0o600)
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, "r+")
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("keeps the temp's default mode when the target does not exist yet (ENOENT)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockImplementation(() => {
+ throw enoent
+ })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(2)
+
+ const customTempPath = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_custom-temp.tmp"
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "", { tempPath: customTempPath, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // no existing target, so nothing to preserve and no fchmod on the temp
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("propagates a non-ENOENT stat failure rather than defaulting the mode (caller-staged)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ const eacces = Object.assign(new Error("EACCES: permission denied"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockImplementation(() => {
+ throw eacces
+ })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(2)
+
+ const customTempPath = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_custom-temp.tmp"
+
+ // A target that cannot be stat'd is not a fresh target: publishing with
+ // the default mode would widen a restrictive target through the rename.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "", { tempPath: customTempPath, platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("EACCES")
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("propagates a non-ENOENT stat failure rather than defaulting the mode (self-staged)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ const eio = Object.assign(new Error("EIO: i/o error"), { code: "EIO" })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockImplementation(() => {
+ throw eio
+ })
+
+ // The mode is read before the temp is opened, so a real I/O failure stops
+ // the write before anything is staged.
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "hello world", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("EIO")
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("opens the temp before applying a read-only target's mode (0o444 does not block the open)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockReturnValue(_stats(0o444))
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(3)
+
+ const customTempPath = "/tmp/test-dir/.new_custom-temp.tmp"
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "", { tempPath: customTempPath, platform: "linux" })
+
+ // a 0o444 target must not make openSync(tempPath, "r+") fail: the mode
+ // is applied with fchmodSync on the already-open fd, after the open
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, "r+")
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, 0o444)
+ const openIdx = vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const fchmodIdx = vi.mocked(fsSync.fchmodSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ expect(openIdx).toBeLessThan(fchmodIdx)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customTempPath, targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("applies the existing target's exact mode to the self-staged temp (umask must not narrow it)", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockReturnValue(_stats(0o664))
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // openSync's creation mode is narrowed by the process umask (0o664 -> 0o644 with
+ // the common 0o022), and the rename publishes the temp's mode onto the target,
+ // so the existing target's mode must be applied on the fd before the commit.
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 0o664)
+ const openIdx = vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const fchmodIdx = vi.mocked(fsSync.fchmodSync).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ expect(openIdx).toBeLessThan(fchmodIdx)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("does not fchmod the self-staged temp for a fresh target", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockImplementation(() => {
+ throw enoent
+ })
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // Nothing exists to preserve: the default creation mode is the intended one.
+ expect(fsSync.fchmodSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 7: symlink handling (Finding 4 regression test) ─────────────────
+
+ describe("symlink handling", () => {
+ it("a write through a symlink commits onto the resolved referent, never the link path", async () => {
+ const linkPath = "/tmp/links/link.txt"
+ const referentPath = "/tmp/targets/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(referentPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(linkPath, "new-content", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // The commit rename must target the realpath result (the referent), never the link itself —
+ // that is what guarantees a write through a symlink replaces the referent's content
+ // and preserves the link.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), referentPath)
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), linkPath)
+ })
+
+ it("when realpath reports ENOENT (target absent), uses the given path as-is", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" }))
+ // lstat reports the path itself as absent, so this is a new target and
+ // the fallback is allowed.
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" }))
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // rename still happened with the fallback path (path.resolve on /tmp → C:\tmp)
+ const resolvedFallback = _resolvedTarget(targetPath)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), resolvedFallback)
+ })
+
+ it("propagates a dangling symlink instead of writing through the link path", async () => {
+ // realpath resolves the referent, so a link whose target is missing reports
+ // ENOENT. Falling back to the link path would replace the symlink with a
+ // regular file, so the error must propagate and nothing may be committed.
+ const linkPath = "/tmp/test-dir/dangling-link.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" }))
+ const linkStats = Object.create(fsSync.Stats.prototype) as fsSync.Stats
+ linkStats.isSymbolicLink = () => true
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(linkStats)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(linkPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("ENOENT")
+
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+ })
+
+ // ── Test 8: review fixes (permissions, partial writes, resolution, durability) ──
+
+ describe("review fixes", () => {
+ it("preserves the target's restrictive mode and tolerates a failed staging-dir permission repair", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockReturnValue(_stats(0o600))
+ // a pre-existing staging dir may fail its best-effort permission repair
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.chmodSync).mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+ throw new Error("EACCES")
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "secret", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // the staging file inherits the target's 0o600 mode and the write commits
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), "w", 0o600)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("falls back to the 0o644 default when the target does not exist yet", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.statSync).mockImplementation(() => {
+ throw Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "fresh", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), "w", 0o644)
+ })
+
+ it("loops on short writes until the full content is durable before fsync", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const content = "0123456789" // 10 bytes
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ const buffer = Buffer.from(content, "utf8")
+ // first write (offset 0) reports 4 bytes (short write); the loop continues
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.writeSync).mockImplementation((...args: unknown[]) =>
+ args[2] === 0 ? 4 : typeof args[3] === "number" ? args[3] : 0,
+ )
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, content, { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // [0,10) reports 4 bytes, then [4,10) writes the remaining 6
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 1, buffer, 0, 10)
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 1, buffer, 4, 6)
+ expect(fsSync.fsyncSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1)
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("fsyncs the parent directory after the commit rename on POSIX", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // temp fd=1 then parent-dir fd=2 - distinct fds prove the ordering
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValueOnce(1).mockReturnValue(2)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // the directory fsync (fd 2) happens only after the file fsync (fd 1);
+ // the dir path assertion is path-agnostic (stringContaining) because
+ // path.dirname renders the same input differently on Windows
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("test-dir"), "r")
+ expect(fsSync.fsyncSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 1)
+ expect(fsSync.fsyncSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 2)
+ expect(fsSync.closeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2)
+ })
+
+ it("reports a failed parent-directory fsync instead of claiming a durable write", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync)
+ .mockReturnValueOnce(1)
+ .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+ throw new Error("EBADF")
+ })
+
+ // The content rename committed, so the caller can still find the data at
+ // the target; what the write cannot claim is that the directory entry
+ // reached the disk. Returning success here would claim durability the
+ // filesystem did not grant.
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ PostCommitDurabilityError,
+ )
+
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), targetPath)
+ })
+
+ it("propagates realpath errors (EACCES and code-less) instead of the fallback path", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const eacces = Object.assign(new Error("EACCES: permission denied"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValueOnce(eacces)
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toBe(eacces)
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+ const plain = new Error("resolution failed")
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValueOnce(plain)
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toBe(plain)
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("backup:true propagates access errors (EACCES and code-less) instead of skipping the backup", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const eacces = Object.assign(new Error("EACCES"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ const plain = new Error("access failed")
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // each write accesses dirPath then target; only the target access rejects
+ const rejectTarget = (error: Error) => async (p: unknown) => {
+ if (typeof p === "string" && p.endsWith("target.txt")) throw error
+ }
+ vi.mocked(fs.access)
+ .mockImplementationOnce(rejectTarget(eacces))
+ .mockImplementationOnce(rejectTarget(eacces))
+ .mockImplementationOnce(rejectTarget(plain))
+ .mockImplementationOnce(rejectTarget(plain))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toEqual(
+ expect.objectContaining({ code: "EACCES" }),
+ )
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ "access failed",
+ )
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+ })
+ describe("content bytes", () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/enc-dir/target.txt"
+
+ beforeEach(() => {
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ })
+
+ it("stages UTF-8 bytes for string content", async () => {
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "héllo", { platform: "linux" })
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, Buffer.from("héllo", "utf8"), 0, 6)
+ })
+
+ it("publishes caller-supplied bytes unchanged instead of re-encoding them", async () => {
+ // The extension host encodes a document with VS Code's own codec, which
+ // covers the legacy code pages and BOMs Node cannot represent, and hands
+ // the result over: those bytes must reach the commit rename exactly as
+ // they were given.
+ const bytes = Buffer.from([0x00, 0x68, 0x00, 0x69])
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, bytes, { platform: "linux" })
+ expect(fsSync.writeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, bytes, 0, 4)
+ })
+ })
+})
+
+// ── Test 12: lock key, staging path, and post-commit durability ─────────────
+
+describe("resolveLockKey", () => {
+ beforeEach(() => mockDefaults())
+
+ it("canonicalizes the parent directory, not just the file", async () => {
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockImplementation(async (target) => {
+ const key = String(target)
+ if (key === "/tmp/linkdir/file.json") return "/real/dir/file.json"
+ if (key === "/real/dir") return "/real/dir"
+ return key
+ })
+
+ // The key is the canonical directory plus the basename, so a symlinked
+ // ancestor and its referent share one lock.
+ await expect(resolveLockKey("/tmp/linkdir/file.json")).resolves.toBe(path.join("/real/dir", "file.json"))
+ })
+
+ it("computes a key for a dangling link, which resolvePublishTarget refuses", async () => {
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(_fileStats(true))
+ // Only the link path is read, so a single answer is enough and keeps the mock's
+ // return type matching fs.promises.readlink.
+ vi.mocked(fs.readlink).mockResolvedValue("referent.json")
+
+ // Mid-commit a peer writer renames the referent away and back, so the key
+ // must still be computable while the link dangles.
+ await expect(resolveLockKey("/tmp/linkdir/file.json")).resolves.toBe(
+ path.resolve(path.join("/tmp/linkdir", "referent.json")),
+ )
+ })
+
+ it("terminates on a two-link cycle instead of walking forever", async () => {
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(_fileStats(true))
+ // Every readlink answers with the same link, so an unbounded walk would
+ // never end; the bounded walk returns the key it actually reached.
+ vi.mocked(fs.readlink).mockImplementation(async () => "a.json")
+
+ await expect(resolveLockKey("/tmp/linkdir/a.json")).resolves.toBe(
+ path.resolve(path.join("/tmp/linkdir", "a.json")),
+ )
+ expect(fs.readlink).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(8)
+ })
+})
+
+describe("caller-supplied staging path", () => {
+ beforeEach(() => mockDefaults())
+
+ it("rejects a staging file outside the target's directory before writing anything", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+
+ // A rename across filesystems fails with EXDEV, and a path elsewhere lets
+ // a caller publish an unrelated file onto the target.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/other-dir/x.tmp", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow(StagingPathError)
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("rejects a staging path that is a symlink", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(_fileStats(true))
+
+ // Renaming a link over the target publishes whatever the link points at.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/test-dir/x.tmp", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow(StagingPathError)
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("rejects a staging path that is a directory rather than a regular file", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const supplied = "/tmp/test-dir/staging-dir"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // The symlink double above short-circuits on isSymbolicLink(), so the "another file
+ // type" branch is only reachable through a path that is neither link nor file. A
+ // directory would otherwise be renamed over the target, publishing a directory in
+ // place of the file.
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(_notARegularFileStats())
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: supplied, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow(
+ "Staging file must be a regular file, not another file type",
+ )
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ // The rejection names the path the caller has to clean up.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: supplied, platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toMatchObject({ stagingPath: path.resolve(supplied) })
+ })
+
+ it("rejects a staging path that is the target itself", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // Same inode and device for the supplied staging path and the target: the
+ // failure handler would unlink the only copy of the content, so a failed
+ // write would delete the file it was meant to protect.
+ const stats = _fileStatsWithIdentity(42n, 7n)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockResolvedValue(stats)
+
+ // A convention-conforming name: only the identity guard can reject this alias
+ // of the target, so the assertion pins the identity message rather than the
+ // error class - a non-conforming name would be rejected by the name check for
+ // the wrong reason and the guard could be deleted without reddening this test.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/test-dir/.new_alias_1.tmp", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("Staging file must not be the target itself")
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ // The comparison is only sound when both stats are read as bigint: on NTFS/ReFS the file
+ // identifiers exceed Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER.
+ // Filter on the options, not the spelling: path.resolve prefixes a drive letter on Windows,
+ // so the two identity reads are the calls that asked for options at all.
+ const identityLookups = vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mock.calls.filter((c) => c[1] !== undefined)
+ expect(identityLookups.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+ for (const c of identityLookups) {
+ expect(c[1]).toEqual({ bigint: true })
+ }
+ expect(fs.unlink).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("rejects a caller-staged file that does not carry the staging name convention", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // An arbitrary regular file beside the target passes the location, file-type and
+ // target-identity checks, yet renaming it onto the target would publish an
+ // unrelated file's content and delete its original name. Only the staging name
+ // convention this library's own writers use may be published.
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/test-dir/credentials.json", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("Staging file must carry the staging name convention")
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("rejects a caller-staged file that gained a second hard link before the open", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // Between the lstat check and the open, an attacker who can write the directory
+ // can replace the staging path with a hard link to another file in it: the
+ // opened inode then carries a second name, and the commit rename would publish
+ // that other file and delete its original name.
+ const linked = _fileStats(false)
+ linked.nlink = 2
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.fstatSync).mockReturnValue(linked)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(7)
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/test-dir/.new_x_1.tmp", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("Staging file changed between the check and the open")
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ // The rejection lands after the open: the descriptor must be closed and the
+ // borrowed alias unlinked, so the failed write leaves no open handle and no
+ // leftover at the staging path.
+ expect(fsSync.closeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7)
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/tmp/test-dir/.new_x_1.tmp")
+ })
+
+ it("rejects when the target identity cannot be compared for a reason other than a missing target", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ // A hard-linked staging file shares the target's inode, so the identity comparison is the only thing
+ // between this write and a rename onto the very file the guard protects. An EACCES from the target
+ // lstat must not be mistaken for "there is no target".
+ const stagingStats = _fileStatsWithIdentity(42n, 7n)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockImplementation(async (p) => {
+ if (String(p) === targetPath) {
+ throw Object.assign(new Error("EACCES"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ }
+ return stagingStats
+ })
+
+ await expect(
+ safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { tempPath: "/tmp/test-dir/hardlink.txt", platform: "linux" }),
+ ).rejects.toThrow("Staging file could not be compared with the target")
+ expect(fsSync.openSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ // Both identity reads must ask for bigint stats, or the comparison silently falls
+ // back to rounded numbers on NTFS/ReFS.
+ const identityLookups = vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mock.calls.filter((c) => c[1] !== undefined)
+ expect(identityLookups).toHaveLength(2)
+ for (const c of identityLookups) {
+ expect(c[1]).toEqual({ bigint: true })
+ }
+ })
+})
+
+describe("cleanup when a backed-up write fails before commit", () => {
+ beforeEach(() => mockDefaults())
+
+ it("releases the staged file, its copy and its own staging directory before throwing", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockResolvedValue(targetPath)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+ // The commit rename is the only rename in this flow and it fails.
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockRejectedValue(new Error("ENOSPC"))
+
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { backup: true, platform: "linux" })).rejects.toThrow("ENOSPC")
+
+ // The staging file and this write's own directory must not leak, and neither may
+ // the backup copy: the target still holds the pre-write content on disk.
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"))
+ expect(fs.unlink).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText.bak_"))
+ const stagingDirs = vi.mocked(fsSync.mkdirSync).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]))
+ expect(stagingDirs.length).toBe(1)
+ expect(fs.rmdir).toHaveBeenCalledWith(stagingDirs[0])
+
+ const failingRenameOrder = vi.mocked(fs.rename).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const unlinkOrder = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ const rmdirOrder = vi.mocked(fs.rmdir).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+ expect(unlinkOrder).toBeGreaterThan(failingRenameOrder)
+ expect(rmdirOrder).toBeGreaterThan(failingRenameOrder)
+ })
+})
+
+describe("resolvePublishTarget", () => {
+ beforeEach(() => mockDefaults())
+
+ it("propagates an lstat failure that is not ENOENT instead of falling back to the link path", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ const eacces = Object.assign(new Error("EACCES: permission denied"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockRejectedValue(eacces)
+
+ // A failed lstat says nothing about whether the path is a link, so the
+ // fallback would publish through a link we were not allowed to inspect.
+ await expect(safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })).rejects.toBe(eacces)
+ expect(fs.rename).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+ })
+
+ it("still falls back to the given path when lstat also reports the path as absent", async () => {
+ const targetPath = "/tmp/test-dir/target.txt"
+ const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+ vi.mocked(fs.realpath).mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ vi.mocked(fs.lstat).mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ vi.mocked(fsSync.openSync).mockReturnValue(1)
+
+ await safeWriteText(targetPath, "data", { platform: "linux" })
+
+ // The fallback is the resolved path, not the string that was handed in.
+ expect(fs.rename).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("safeWriteText_"), path.resolve(targetPath))
+ })
+})
diff --git a/src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts b/src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..270e16f8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,822 @@
+import * as fs from "fs/promises"
+import * as fsSync from "fs"
+import * as path from "path"
+import { execFile } from "child_process"
+
+export interface SafeWriteTextOptions {
+ /**
+ * When true, keep the old-file semantics without ever removing the target: the
+ * previous content is copied to a hidden backup path and flushed before the
+ * commit rename, the commit rename atomically replaces the target, and on success
+ * the backup copy is deleted. A failure before the commit leaves the target
+ * untouched (there is nothing to roll back) and removes the backup copy. When
+ * false (default) the atomic rename simply replaces the target.
+ */
+ backup?: boolean
+
+ /**
+ * Platform override for testing. When omitted the real process.platform
+ * value is used. Set to "win32" or "linux" / "darwin" from tests so that
+ * both branches are reachable without needing a real Windows runner.
+ */
+ platform?: string
+
+ /**
+ * Custom execFile runner for testing (e.g. vi.fn). When omitted the real
+ * child_process.execFile is used.
+ */
+ execFileRunner?: typeof execFile
+
+ /**
+ * Sink for non-fatal safety notices. A Windows DACL that could not be captured means the
+ * committed file may inherit different access rights: the write still proceeds (a missing or
+ * failing icacls must not block saving), but the caller is told instead of the change being
+ * silent. Defaults to console.warn.
+ */
+ onWarning?: (message: string) => void
+
+ /**
+ * Pre-written temp path to use for the commit phase. When provided,
+ * safeWriteText skips creating its own staging file and uses this path
+ * instead (it still fsyncs before rename). Useful when a caller has
+ * already written data to a temp file via a custom stream.
+ */
+ tempPath?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * A caller-supplied staging path that is not a file this write may publish: it
+ * sits outside the target's directory (so the commit rename would cross
+ * filesystems) or is not a regular file. Rejecting it before any write keeps the
+ * target from being replaced by whatever the path points at.
+ */
+export class StagingPathError extends Error {
+ readonly stagingPath: string
+
+ constructor(message: string, stagingPath: string) {
+ super(message)
+ this.name = "StagingPathError"
+ this.stagingPath = stagingPath
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The commit rename succeeded but the parent-directory fsync did not, so the
+ * directory entry is not known to be durable. The content is at the target; the
+ * caller cannot assume it survives a crash. Reported as its own error so a
+ * successful return never claims durability the filesystem did not grant.
+ */
+export class PostCommitDurabilityError extends Error {
+ readonly targetPath: string
+
+ constructor(targetPath: string, cause: unknown) {
+ super(
+ "The rename committed but the parent directory could not be fsynced -- the content is at the target path reported on this error, and the directory entry may not be durable.",
+ { cause },
+ )
+ this.name = "PostCommitDurabilityError"
+ this.targetPath = targetPath
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The backup copy could not be created AND the partial copy could not be removed.
+ * The write failed either way, but the leftover is a copy of the previous content that
+ * is still on disk: its path travels on the error so the caller can remove it, instead
+ * of the cleanup silently discarding the only reference to it.
+ */
+export class OrphanedBackupError extends Error {
+ readonly orphanedBackupPath: string
+ readonly originalError: unknown
+ readonly cleanupError: unknown
+ constructor(backupPath: string, targetPath: string, cause: unknown, cleanupError: unknown) {
+ super(_orphanedBackupMessage(targetPath, backupPath, cause, cleanupError), { cause })
+ this.name = "OrphanedBackupError"
+ this.orphanedBackupPath = backupPath
+ this.originalError = cause
+ this.cleanupError = cleanupError
+ }
+}
+
+function _orphanedBackupMessage(targetPath: string, backupPath: string, cause: unknown, cleanupError: unknown): string {
+ const reason = (error: unknown): string => (error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error))
+ return (
+ `safeWriteText: could not create the backup of ${targetPath} (${reason(cause)}), and the ` +
+ `partial copy at ${backupPath} could not be removed (${reason(cleanupError)}). The copy is ` +
+ `still on disk and must be deleted.`
+ )
+}
+// -- helpers ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** Generate a unique temp file name in the given directory. */
+function _tempName(dir: string, prefix: string): string {
+ return path.join(dir, "." + prefix + "_" + Date.now() + "_" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2) + ".tmp")
+}
+
+/** Create a private per-write staging sub-directory inside *dir*. The name is
+ * unique per write, so concurrent writes never collide on their temp names and
+ * never remove a staging directory another write is still using: with one shared
+ * name, one write's best-effort rmdir could delete the directory another write
+ * had just created but not yet opened, failing its openSync with ENOENT. */
+function _stagingDir(dir: string): string {
+ const sd = path.join(dir, ".file-safety-staging_" + Date.now() + "_" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2))
+ // mode:0o700 protects a freshly created staging dir; the best-effort chmod
+ // repairs a pre-existing one (mkdirSync with recursive:true never chmods an
+ // existing directory), so staged temp files are never group/world readable.
+ fsSync.mkdirSync(sd, { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 })
+ try {
+ fsSync.chmodSync(sd, 0o700)
+ } catch {
+ // best-effort: chmod denied or unavailable; a fresh dir was still
+ // created with the requested mode
+ }
+ return sd
+}
+
+/** Remove this write's own staging directory, retrying once and reporting the exact path
+ * when it still fails. Shared by the success and the failure path so neither one silently
+ * discards a cleanup failure: an ENOTEMPTY from a racing writer, an EPERM while a handle
+ * inside the directory is still being released, or a transient filesystem error leaves a
+ * concrete directory on disk that no caller can find again. A cleanup failure must never
+ * un-commit a published file and must never replace the original write error, so it travels
+ * through the warning sink carrying the path a later cleanup pass needs. */
+async function _releaseStagingDir(stagingDir: string, warn: (message: string) => void): Promise {
+ let cleanupError: unknown = null
+ // Retry once: Windows reports EPERM while a handle inside the directory is still being
+ // released, and the second attempt usually succeeds.
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.rmdir(stagingDir)
+ return
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ // A directory someone else already removed is exactly the goal, not a
+ // leftover to report.
+ if (errorCode(error) === "ENOENT") {
+ return
+ }
+ cleanupError = error
+ }
+ }
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: could not remove the staging directory ${stagingDir} (${
+ cleanupError instanceof Error ? cleanupError.message : String(cleanupError)
+ }); it is left in place for a later cleanup pass`,
+ )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove this write's DACL dump. Retried once for the same reason the backup copy is:
+ * on Windows an unlink commonly reports EPERM while another handle to the file is still
+ * being released, although the file is gone a moment later. A dump that survives both
+ * attempts is a concrete file beside the target whose name no caller can recover, so the
+ * exact path is reported through the warning sink instead of being swallowed - on the
+ * success path as well as on the failure path, where it must also never replace the
+ * original write error. ENOENT means the goal is already met, so it is not a failure.
+ */
+async function _discardDaclDump(daclDumpPath: string, warn: (message: string) => void): Promise {
+ let cleanupError: unknown = null
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.unlink(daclDumpPath)
+ return
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ if (errorCode(error) === "ENOENT") {
+ return
+ }
+ cleanupError = error
+ }
+ }
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: could not remove the DACL dump ${daclDumpPath} (${
+ errorCode(cleanupError) ?? (cleanupError instanceof Error ? cleanupError.message : String(cleanupError))
+ }); it is a text copy of the target's access rights and can be deleted.`,
+ )
+}
+
+function _fsyncFile(fd: number): void {
+ fsSync.fsyncSync(fd)
+}
+
+/** Save the DACL of *srcPath* to a dump file on Windows.
+ * Returns true when the dump was written successfully; false otherwise.
+ * Never throws — callers treat failure as "skip DACL handling". */
+async function _saveDaclWindows(srcPath: string, dumpPath: string, execFileRunner?: typeof execFile): Promise {
+ const runner = execFileRunner ?? execFile
+ try {
+ await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+ runner("icacls", [srcPath, "/save", dumpPath, "/T"], { windowsHide: true }, (err) =>
+ err ? reject(err) : resolve(),
+ )
+ })
+ return true
+ } catch {
+ return false
+ }
+}
+
+/** Restore a DACL dump onto *dirPath* on Windows.
+ * Returns whether icacls succeeded; the caller reports a failure. */
+async function _restoreDaclWindows(
+ dirPath: string,
+ dumpPath: string,
+ execFileRunner?: typeof execFile,
+): Promise {
+ const runner = execFileRunner ?? execFile
+ try {
+ await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+ runner("icacls", [dirPath, "/restore", dumpPath], { windowsHide: true }, (err) =>
+ err ? reject(err) : resolve(),
+ )
+ })
+ return true
+ } catch {
+ return false
+ }
+}
+
+// -- public API ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the publish target: the symlink referent when the given path is an
+ * existing symlink, the path itself otherwise. Only ENOENT (target absent yet)
+ * may fall back to the given path; any other resolution error (EACCES, EIO, ...)
+ * propagates so a broken or unreadable symlink is never written through its
+ * link path. Callers that stage a temp file themselves must stage it beside
+ * the resolved path: the commit is a rename onto the referent, and a rename
+ * across filesystems fails with EXDEV.
+ */
+export async function resolvePublishTarget(absoluteFilePath: string): Promise {
+ return fs.realpath(absoluteFilePath).catch(async (error: unknown) => {
+ if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") throw error
+ // ENOENT also covers a dangling symlink, which must never be written through.
+ // Only a lstat that also reports the path as absent may fall back to the
+ // given path; a real lstat failure (EACCES, EIO) says nothing about whether
+ // the path is a link, so falling back would write through a link we were
+ // simply not allowed to inspect.
+ const linkStat = await fs.lstat(absoluteFilePath).catch((lstatError: unknown) => {
+ if (errorCode(lstatError) === "ENOENT") return undefined
+ throw lstatError
+ })
+ if (linkStat?.isSymbolicLink()) throw error
+ return absoluteFilePath
+ })
+}
+/**
+ * Distinguish "the target does not exist" from a real I/O failure (EACCES,
+ * EIO, ...). The mode-preservation path may only fall back to the fresh-file
+ * default on ENOENT; any other failure is propagated, otherwise a restrictive
+ * target (0o600) would be published with the default 0o644 through the rename.
+ */
+function errorCode(error: unknown): string | undefined {
+ return typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "code" in error
+ ? String((error as { code: unknown }).code)
+ : undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Canonicalize the parent directory and re-join the basename. fs.realpath
+ * canonicalizes every component, including a symlinked ancestor directory or a
+ * Windows 8.3 short name, so a lock key must be canonical even when the file
+ * itself is not there yet -- otherwise the key for one file depends on whether
+ * the file exists when the key is computed, and two writers take two locks.
+ */
+
+async function canonicalDirKey(absoluteFilePath: string): Promise {
+ const dirPath = path.dirname(absoluteFilePath)
+ const canonicalDir = await fs.realpath(dirPath).catch(() => dirPath)
+ return path.join(canonicalDir, path.basename(absoluteFilePath))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lock key for a publish target: the symlink referent when the path is an
+ * existing symlink, the path itself otherwise. Unlike resolvePublishTarget this
+ * tolerates a dangling link, because the lock key has to be computable while a
+ * peer writer is mid-commit (a publish renames the staged file onto the referent,
+ * and backup mode keeps a copy beside it).
+ * The walk is bounded so a two-link cycle terminates, and every key it returns is
+ * canonicalized through canonicalDirKey.
+ */
+export async function resolveLockKey(absoluteFilePath: string): Promise {
+ try {
+ return await canonicalDirKey(await resolvePublishTarget(absoluteFilePath))
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ // Only a dangling link (ENOENT) may fall through to the walk: any other
+ // resolution error (EACCES, EIO) would key this writer to the alias path
+ // while a writer reaching the referent directly keys the referent, and
+ // the two writers would then take different locks for one file.
+ if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") {
+ throw error
+ }
+ // A real readlink throws for anything that is not a link, so a normal chain
+ // ends the walk. Two links that point at each other never would, so the
+ // walk is bounded and callers use the key they actually reached.
+ let key = absoluteFilePath
+ for (let depth = 0; depth < 8; depth++) {
+ const target = await fs.readlink(key).catch(() => undefined)
+ if (target === undefined) return await canonicalDirKey(key)
+ key = await canonicalDirKey(path.resolve(path.dirname(key), target))
+ }
+ return await canonicalDirKey(key)
+ }
+}
+
+export async function safeWriteText(
+ filePath: string,
+ content: string | Uint8Array,
+ options?: SafeWriteTextOptions,
+): Promise {
+ const absoluteFilePath = path.resolve(filePath)
+
+ // Resolve the symlink referent (see resolvePublishTarget).
+ const targetPath = await resolvePublishTarget(absoluteFilePath)
+ const dirPath = path.dirname(targetPath)
+
+ // Ensure parent directory exists (mirrors safeWriteJson behaviour).
+ await fs.mkdir(dirPath, { recursive: true })
+ await fs.access(dirPath)
+
+ // Create the staging directory only when we generate the temp file there;
+ // callers supplying their own tempPath (e.g. safeWriteJson) must not be left
+ // with an empty .file-safety-staging directory behind. Track the directory this
+ // write created so its cleanup removes its own directory, not a shared one.
+ let stagingDir: string | null = null
+ // The commit point of this write. Set the moment the rename succeeds: from that instant
+ // tempPath IS the target (the rename moved the staged file onto it), so the failure cleanup
+ // below must not unlink tempPath any more - a post-commit failure (the parent-directory fsync,
+ // the DACL restore, a throwing warning sink) would otherwise delete the file that was just
+ // published. The success path already knows this; the catch is the side that needs the flag.
+ let committed = false
+ let tempPath: string
+ if (options?.tempPath) {
+ // A caller-supplied staging file is only safe when it is the file this
+ // write is staging, not an arbitrary path. Two properties are checked:
+ // it must sit beside the resolved target (a rename across filesystems
+ // fails with EXDEV, and a path elsewhere lets a caller publish an
+ // unrelated file onto the target), and it must be a regular file rather
+ // than a link — renaming a link over the target publishes whatever the
+ // link points at, which is the same trust problem as writing through a
+ // dangling symlink in resolvePublishTarget.
+ const supplied = path.resolve(options.tempPath)
+ if (path.dirname(supplied) !== path.resolve(dirPath)) {
+ throw new StagingPathError(
+ `Staging file must sit in the target's directory (${dirPath}), got ${supplied}`,
+ supplied,
+ )
+ }
+ // BigInt stats: on NTFS/ReFS the file identity can exceed Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, and
+ // a rounded number makes two different files look identical (rejecting a valid staging
+ // file) or hides a real alias.
+ const stagingStat = await fs.lstat(supplied, { bigint: true })
+ if (stagingStat.isSymbolicLink() || !stagingStat.isFile()) {
+ throw new StagingPathError(
+ `Staging file must be a regular file, not ${stagingStat.isSymbolicLink() ? "a symlink" : "another file type"}`,
+ supplied,
+ )
+ }
+ // A staging path that is the target would be unlinked by the failure handler
+ // while it still holds the only copy of the content, so a failed write would
+ // delete the file it was meant to protect. Compare identities, not spellings:
+ // an alias of the target is the same hazard.
+ // Only a missing target may be skipped: an EACCES/ELOOP/ENOTDIR here means the
+ // identity comparison could not be made, and treating that as "no target" would let a
+ // staging alias reach the commit and let cleanup delete the file it was meant to
+ // protect.
+ const targetStat = await fs.lstat(targetPath, { bigint: true }).catch((error: unknown) => {
+ if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") {
+ throw new StagingPathError("Staging file could not be compared with the target", supplied)
+ }
+ return null
+ })
+ if (
+ targetStat &&
+ typeof stagingStat.ino === "bigint" &&
+ typeof targetStat.ino === "bigint" &&
+ stagingStat.ino === targetStat.ino &&
+ stagingStat.dev === targetStat.dev
+ ) {
+ throw new StagingPathError("Staging file must not be the target itself", supplied)
+ }
+ // Ownership convention: a caller-staged file must carry the staging name this
+ // library's own writers use (.new__.tmp). An arbitrary regular file
+ // beside the target (e.g. credentials.json) passes every check above, yet
+ // renaming it onto the target publishes an unrelated file's content and deletes
+ // its original name. Only files created under the staging convention may be
+ // published through this parameter.
+ if (!/^\.new_.*\.tmp$/.test(path.basename(supplied))) {
+ throw new StagingPathError(
+ `Staging file must carry the staging name convention .new_*.tmp, got ${path.basename(supplied)}`,
+ supplied,
+ )
+ }
+ // The caller's own path is used as given; only the check is canonical.
+ tempPath = options.tempPath
+ } else {
+ stagingDir = _stagingDir(dirPath)
+ tempPath = _tempName(stagingDir, "safeWriteText")
+ }
+
+ let backupPath: string | null = null
+ let releaseBackupOnSuccess = false
+ // Non-null only when the win32 step-2 block saved a successful DACL dump:
+ // it gates the step-5 restore and is tracked for the cleanup unlinks.
+ let daclDumpPath: string | null = null
+ // Warning delivery must never abort the write: the notices below describe a
+ // committed-but-imperfect publish, and a caller whose callback throws (a UI sink,
+ // a logger that is mid-restart) must not turn that into a failed save.
+ const warn = (message: string) => {
+ const report = (label: string, error: unknown) => {
+ console.warn(
+ `safeWriteText: onWarning callback ${label}: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+ )
+ }
+ try {
+ const sink = options?.onWarning ?? ((m: string) => console.warn(m))
+ const result: unknown = sink(message)
+ // A sink may be async - TypeScript accepts a value-returning callback where
+ // a void one is expected. Awaiting it would let warning delivery delay a
+ // write that has already committed (and hang it if the sink never settles),
+ // while leaving the promise unhandled turns a rejection into an unhandled
+ // rejection, which under Node's default mode can end the process after a
+ // successful write. Attach a handler without awaiting.
+ if (result instanceof Promise) {
+ result.catch((error: unknown) => report("rejected", error))
+ }
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ report("failed", error)
+ }
+ }
+
+ try {
+ // -- Step 1: write content to staging temp file -------------------
+ if (!options?.tempPath) {
+ // Preserve the existing target's permissions: the staging file must
+ // not be published wider than the file it replaces (a 0o600 target
+ // must not become 0o644 through the atomic rename).
+ // Encode before opening the staging file: an encoding Node cannot
+ // represent must not leave a half-written temp file behind.
+ // A string is encoded as UTF-8; bytes handed in by the caller (the
+ // extension host encodes a document with VS Code's own codec, which
+ // covers the legacy code pages Node cannot represent) are published
+ // unchanged.
+ const buffer = Buffer.from(content)
+ let targetMode = 0o644 // default for a fresh target
+ let targetExists = false
+ try {
+ targetMode = fsSync.statSync(targetPath).mode & 0o777
+ targetExists = true
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") throw error
+ // target does not exist yet - keep the default
+ }
+ // openSync's creation mode is narrowed by the process umask, so an
+ // existing 0o664 target would be published as 0o644 through the
+ // rename. Apply the existing target's exact mode on the fd, as the
+ // caller-staged branch does; a fresh target keeps the default mode.
+ const fd = fsSync.openSync(tempPath, "w", targetMode)
+ try {
+ if (targetExists) {
+ fsSync.fchmodSync(fd, targetMode)
+ }
+ // Loop until every byte is written: writeSync can report a short
+ // (partial) write, and publishing a truncated staging file would
+ // commit corrupt content.
+ let offset = 0
+ while (offset < buffer.length) {
+ offset += fsSync.writeSync(fd, buffer, offset, buffer.length - offset)
+ }
+ _fsyncFile(fd)
+ } finally {
+ fsSync.closeSync(fd)
+ }
+ } else {
+ // Preserve the existing target's mode (CWE-732): the caller-staged
+ // temp carries its own creation mode, and publishing it as-is would
+ // widen a restrictive target (e.g. 0o600 -> 0o644) through rename.
+ // The mode is applied with fchmodSync on the open fd (AFTER openSync):
+ // chmodSync on the path before the open would make a read-only target
+ // (0o400/0o444) fail openSync(tempPath, "r+") with EACCES.
+ let targetMode: number | null = null
+ try {
+ targetMode = fsSync.statSync(targetPath).mode & 0o777
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ if (errorCode(error) !== "ENOENT") throw error
+ // target does not exist yet - keep the temp's default mode
+ }
+ const fd = fsSync.openSync(tempPath, "r+")
+ try {
+ // Prove the opened file is not a borrowed name: between the lstat check
+ // and this open, a local attacker who can write the directory can replace
+ // the staging path with a hard link to another file in it, and the commit
+ // rename would then publish that file and delete its original name. While
+ // the other name exists the inode carries a second link, so nlink === 1 on
+ // the opened fd rules the substitution out; a swap that first unlinks the
+ // other name can only stage content the attacker already had, not a file
+ // the caller still references.
+ const opened = fsSync.fstatSync(fd)
+ if (!opened.isFile() || opened.nlink !== 1) {
+ throw new StagingPathError(
+ `Staging file changed between the check and the open: ${tempPath}`,
+ tempPath,
+ )
+ }
+ if (targetMode !== null) {
+ fsSync.fchmodSync(fd, targetMode)
+ }
+ _fsyncFile(fd)
+ } finally {
+ fsSync.closeSync(fd)
+ }
+ }
+
+ // -- Step 2 (win32): save DACL BEFORE the backup copy -----------
+ const platform = options?.platform ?? process.platform
+ if (platform === "win32") {
+ let accessError: unknown = null
+ try {
+ await fs.access(targetPath) // target exists?
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ accessError = error
+ }
+ if (accessError === null) {
+ const dumpPath = _tempName(dirPath, "safeWriteText.acl")
+ const saved = await _saveDaclWindows(targetPath, dumpPath, options?.execFileRunner)
+ if (saved) {
+ // Only a successfully saved dump may be restored onto the
+ // committed file (step 5).
+ daclDumpPath = dumpPath
+ } else {
+ // A failed icacls may have left a partial dump behind; remove it now so
+ // no partial dump survives and no later step can restore from it. The
+ // cleanup is the same retrying, reporting one used for a successful dump:
+ // a partial file is still a concrete file beside the target, and a
+ // transient EPERM (antivirus, a handle still being released) that survives
+ // the retry has to leave the exact path behind, not vanish into a catch.
+ await _discardDaclDump(dumpPath, warn)
+ // The target exists and its DACL could not be captured, so the commit rename
+ // replaces it with a file that inherits different access rights. The write still
+ // proceeds - a missing or failing icacls must not leave the user unable to save -
+ // but the replacement is no longer ACL-identical and that has to be visible
+ // instead of silent.
+ warn(
+ `Could not save the DACL of ${targetPath}; the replacement may inherit different access rights.`,
+ )
+ }
+ } else if (errorCode(accessError) !== "ENOENT") {
+ // Not "absent": the target is there but could not be checked (EACCES, ...), so
+ // DACL preservation was skipped for a reason the caller cannot infer from the
+ // successful write alone.
+ warn(
+ `Could not check ${targetPath} for DACL preservation (${errorCode(accessError) ?? "unknown error"}); the replacement may inherit different access rights.`,
+ )
+ }
+ }
+ try {
+ // -- Step 3 (backup:true): durable copy target -> backup ----
+ if (options?.backup) {
+ try {
+ await fs.access(targetPath)
+ backupPath = _tempName(dirPath, "safeWriteText.bak")
+ // Copy, never move. Renaming the target away leaves the canonical path absent for
+ // the whole commit window: readers see a missing file, and a concurrent
+ // writer can create a new target that a later rollback would destroy. A copy
+ // keeps the target present, so the step 4 rename is the only change to the
+ // canonical path. The copy is flushed so the retained content survives a crash.
+ try {
+ // Create the destination BEFORE any content exists at it, with the mode fixed
+ // at open time. fs.copyFile picks the destination mode itself (the platform
+ // creation mask subject to umask on some platforms, the source's mode - or its
+ // read-only attribute - on others), so letting it create the file would either
+ // leave a restrictive target's bytes briefly readable to others, or leave the
+ // copy unwritable so the fsync open below fails with EACCES. open() ignores its
+ // mode argument for an existing file, so this 0o600 survives the copy on POSIX;
+ // the chmod afterwards is what clears a copied read-only attribute on Windows
+ // and keeps a backup of a permissive file private.
+ const seedFd = fsSync.openSync(backupPath, "wx", 0o600)
+ try {
+ // Nothing runs here today: the descriptor exists only to create the destination with
+ // a fixed mode. The block is what guarantees the close below runs for every
+ // successful openSync, including any statement added between the open and the close -
+ // an unclosed descriptor holds the backup open and blocks the cleanup that has to
+ // remove that file.
+ } finally {
+ fsSync.closeSync(seedFd)
+ }
+ await fs.copyFile(targetPath, backupPath)
+ await fs.chmod(backupPath, 0o600)
+ // "r+" not "r": fsync on a read-only handle is EPERM on Windows, and the same
+ // flag the staged temp file uses above.
+ const backupFd = fsSync.openSync(backupPath, "r+")
+ try {
+ _fsyncFile(backupFd)
+ } finally {
+ fsSync.closeSync(backupFd)
+ }
+ } catch (backupError: unknown) {
+ // A partial backup must not outlive this attempt: it is not a complete copy
+ // of anything, and once the write fails nothing else removes it. The unlink is
+ // retried once (Windows reports EPERM for a file whose handle has not been
+ // released yet); if it still fails the path is carried on the thrown error
+ // instead of being dropped where no caller can act on it.
+ const orphanPath = backupPath
+ let backupCleanupError: unknown = null
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.unlink(orphanPath)
+ backupCleanupError = null
+ break
+ } catch (cleanupError: unknown) {
+ backupCleanupError = errorCode(cleanupError) === "ENOENT" ? null : cleanupError
+ }
+ }
+ backupPath = null
+ if (backupCleanupError !== null) {
+ throw new OrphanedBackupError(orphanPath, targetPath, backupError, backupCleanupError)
+ }
+ throw backupError
+ }
+ releaseBackupOnSuccess = true
+ } catch (err: unknown) {
+ if (errorCode(err) !== "ENOENT") throw err
+ }
+ }
+
+ // -- Step 4: atomic rename temp -> target ---------------------
+ await fs.rename(tempPath, targetPath)
+ committed = true
+
+ // -- Step 4b (POSIX): fsync the parent directory so the directory entry
+ // changed by the commit rename is durable, not just the file content.
+ if (platform !== "win32") {
+ try {
+ const dirFd = fsSync.openSync(dirPath, "r")
+ try {
+ _fsyncFile(dirFd)
+ } finally {
+ fsSync.closeSync(dirFd)
+ }
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ // The content rename committed, but the directory entry that
+ // points at it is not known to be durable. Reporting success
+ // here would let a caller believe the write survives a crash,
+ // so the failure is surfaced as its own error: the caller can
+ // still find the content at the target, it just cannot rely on
+ // the directory entry having reached the disk.
+ throw new PostCommitDurabilityError(targetPath, error)
+ }
+ }
+
+ // -- Step 5 (win32): restore DACL AFTER commit rename ---------
+ // daclDumpPath is non-null only when the win32 step-2 block saved a
+ // successful dump, so this gate is closed on every other platform
+ // and on every failed save.
+ if (daclDumpPath !== null) {
+ const restoredDir = path.dirname(targetPath)
+ const restored = await _restoreDaclWindows(restoredDir, daclDumpPath, options?.execFileRunner)
+ if (!restored) {
+ // The content is committed, but the published file may carry a different DACL
+ // from the one that was saved. Failing the write here would break every
+ // publish on machines where icacls cannot reapply the saved ACEs (a plain
+ // temp directory restore fails with "Not all privileges or groups referenced
+ // are assigned to the caller"), so the change of access rights is reported
+ // rather than thrown.
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: content committed at ${targetPath}, but the saved DACL could not be restored from ${daclDumpPath}; the file may carry different access rights than the one it replaced.`,
+ )
+ }
+ }
+
+ // -- Step 6 (backup:true): delete backup on success -----------
+ if (releaseBackupOnSuccess && backupPath) {
+ // The backup is a full copy of the previous content sitting next to the
+ // published file. Dropping its path on a failed unlink would leave an artifact
+ // that no caller can find or remove, so the unlink is retried once (Windows
+ // commonly reports EPERM while another handle is still being released) and a
+ // persistent failure is reported with the path instead of swallowed. The publish
+ // itself succeeded, so the write still resolves: this is a leftover to clean up,
+ // not a failed save.
+ let backupRemoved = false
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2 && !backupRemoved; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.unlink(backupPath)
+ backupRemoved = true
+ } catch (cleanupError: unknown) {
+ if (errorCode(cleanupError) === "ENOENT") {
+ // Already gone: the cleanup goal is met, nothing to report.
+ backupRemoved = true
+ } else if (attempt === 1) {
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: committed ${targetPath} but could not remove its backup copy at ${backupPath} (${
+ errorCode(cleanupError) ?? "unknown error"
+ }); the copy of the previous content is still on disk and needs to be removed.`,
+ )
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ } finally {
+ // Unlink DACL dump regardless of success/failure in this span. A dump that survives is an
+ // artifact nobody else can name, so a failure is retried and reported with its path.
+ if (daclDumpPath !== null) {
+ await _discardDaclDump(daclDumpPath, warn)
+ // This span owns the removal: the catch below must not retry the same file and report
+ // the same leftover twice.
+ daclDumpPath = null
+ }
+ }
+
+ // tempPath is now the committed file; no cleanup needed.
+
+ // Best-effort: remove the now-empty staging directory. Self-staged
+ // writes only, and only this write's own directory: a per-write directory
+ // cannot be the one another concurrent write is still using. A failure must
+ // never un-commit a published file, so it is reported through the warning sink with
+ // the leftover path instead of being swallowed.
+ if (stagingDir) {
+ await _releaseStagingDir(stagingDir, warn)
+ }
+ } catch (originalError: unknown) {
+ // The backup is a COPY taken before the commit, never a rename of the target,
+ // so there is nothing to restore here: the target still holds whatever the
+ // commit left - the pre-write content when the commit never ran, the published
+ // content when it did. The copy has served its purpose and must not be left
+ // beside the target where no caller can find it.
+ if (backupPath && releaseBackupOnSuccess) {
+ // Retry once (Windows reports EPERM while a handle is still being released), and
+ // if it still fails keep the path: clearing it would drop the only reference to
+ // the orphan. The original write error is what propagates; the leftover is
+ // reported through the warning sink with both paths.
+ let cleanupError: unknown = null
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.unlink(backupPath)
+ cleanupError = null
+ break
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ // A copy that is already gone is not a leftover: reporting it would claim a
+ // recoverable orphan that no longer exists, and leaving backupPath set would
+ // tell the reader the copy is still there.
+ if (errorCode(error) === "ENOENT") {
+ cleanupError = null
+ break
+ }
+ cleanupError = error
+ }
+ }
+ if (cleanupError) {
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: the write to ${targetPath} failed and its backup copy could not be removed at ${backupPath} (${
+ cleanupError instanceof Error ? cleanupError.message : String(cleanupError)
+ }); the copy is left in place so the previous content is still recoverable by hand`,
+ )
+ } else {
+ backupPath = null
+ }
+ }
+ // Only a write that never committed has a staged file to remove. After the commit
+ // rename there is nothing at tempPath but the published target, and unlinking it here
+ // would un-commit the write the caller is being told about.
+ if (!committed) {
+ let cleanupError: unknown = null
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
+ try {
+ await fs.unlink(tempPath)
+ cleanupError = null
+ break
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ // ENOENT means the goal is already met - the temp is gone - which is not a
+ // leftover and must not raise the warning below.
+ if (errorCode(error) === "ENOENT") {
+ cleanupError = null
+ break
+ }
+ cleanupError = error
+ }
+ }
+ if (cleanupError) {
+ // A leftover staged temp is not the caller's failure, but its path must not
+ // be dropped silently: report it and keep the original error propagating.
+ warn(
+ `safeWriteText: could not remove the staging temp ${tempPath} (${
+ cleanupError instanceof Error ? cleanupError.message : String(cleanupError)
+ })`,
+ )
+ }
+ }
+
+ // A failed self-staged write must not leave its staging directory behind.
+ // Only the directory this write created, and only after its temp file is
+ // gone, so the directory is empty and the removal stays best-effort: the original
+ // write error keeps propagating, and a directory that still cannot be removed is
+ // reported with its path rather than discarded.
+ if (stagingDir) {
+ await _releaseStagingDir(stagingDir, warn)
+ }
+
+ // Reported through the warning sink with its path, and never in place of originalError.
+ if (daclDumpPath !== null) {
+ await _discardDaclDump(daclDumpPath, warn)
+ }
+
+ throw originalError
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ba08ecea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+// npx vitest run utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.lockKey.spec.ts
+
+import * as os from "os"
+import path from "path"
+import type { BigIntStats } from "fs"
+import * as fs from "fs/promises"
+import { acquireFileLock } from "../fileLock"
+import { safeWriteJson } from "../safeWriteJson"
+import { resolveLockKey } from "../../services/file-safety/safeWriteText"
+
+vi.mock("../fileLock", () => ({
+ acquireFileLock: vi.fn(async () => async () => {}),
+}))
+
+vi.mock("fs/promises", async () => {
+ const actual = await vi.importActual("fs/promises")
+ return { ...actual, realpath: vi.fn(), lstat: vi.fn(), readlink: vi.fn() }
+})
+
+const mockedRealpath = vi.mocked(fs.realpath)
+const mockedLstat = vi.mocked(fs.lstat)
+const mockedReadlink = vi.mocked(fs.readlink)
+const mockedAcquireFileLock = vi.mocked(acquireFileLock)
+
+const enoent = Object.assign(new Error("ENOENT: no such file or directory"), { code: "ENOENT" })
+
+// Each test creates a real temp directory so the real fs calls still work.
+// doubles between tests so an implementation from one test cannot carry over.
+const createdDirs: string[] = []
+async function makeDir(prefix: string): Promise {
+ const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix))
+ createdDirs.push(dir)
+ return dir
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+ mockedRealpath.mockReset()
+ mockedLstat.mockReset()
+ mockedReadlink.mockReset()
+ mockedAcquireFileLock.mockReset()
+})
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+ for (const dir of createdDirs) {
+ await fs.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => undefined)
+ }
+ createdDirs.length = 0
+})
+
+// Only isSymbolicLink() is consulted by the guard, so the double carries just
+// that method. The mocks reject asynchronously: a synchronous throw would bypass
+// resolvePublishTarget's catch and skip the ENOENT/symlink branch under test.
+const symlinkStat = (target: unknown) =>
+ ({
+ isSymbolicLink: () => target === currentLink,
+ // The staging-path check in safeWriteText also asks whether the path is a
+ // regular file, so the double carries that predicate as well.
+ isFile: () => target !== currentLink,
+ }) as unknown as BigIntStats
+let currentLink = ""
+
+describe("safeWriteJson lock key under a peer commit", () => {
+ it("waits for the peer instead of rejecting, and locks the referent", async () => {
+ const order: string[] = []
+ const dir = await makeDir("lockkey-")
+ const referent = path.join(dir, "history_item.json")
+ currentLink = path.join(dir, "link.json")
+
+ // The peer writer has renamed the referent away and has not committed yet,
+ // so the first resolution fails with ENOENT while lstat still reports a
+ // symbolic link. A strict resolve here rejects the caller before it can ever
+ // queue behind the peer, and the caller's delta write is lost.
+ mockedRealpath
+ .mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+ order.push("resolve-failed")
+ throw enoent
+ })
+ .mockImplementation(async (target) => {
+ order.push("resolve")
+ // The second call happens under the lock, where the peer has committed.
+ return target === currentLink ? referent : String(target)
+ })
+ mockedLstat.mockImplementation(async (target) => {
+ order.push("lstat")
+ return symlinkStat(target)
+ })
+ mockedReadlink.mockImplementation(async (target) =>
+ target === currentLink ? referent : Promise.reject(new Error("not a link")),
+ )
+ mockedAcquireFileLock.mockImplementation(async () => {
+ order.push("lock")
+ return async () => {}
+ })
+
+ await safeWriteJson(currentLink, { id: "task-1" })
+
+ // The lock key is the key every other writer to this file uses, so the caller
+ // queued behind the peer instead of failing before the lock.
+ expect(mockedAcquireFileLock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(referent)
+ // The two trailing lstat calls are safeWriteText's staging-path checks: the
+ // regular-file check on the temp file this write created, and the identity check
+ // that the staging path is not the target. Both run after the key was resolved
+ // and the lock was taken, so neither changes which lock the caller queued behind.
+ expect(order).toEqual([
+ "resolve-failed",
+ "lstat",
+ "resolve",
+ "resolve",
+ "lock",
+ "resolve",
+ "resolve",
+ "lstat",
+ "lstat",
+ ])
+ expect(JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(referent, "utf8"))).toEqual({ id: "task-1" })
+ })
+
+ it("releases the lock when the resolution under the lock rejects", async () => {
+ const order: string[] = []
+ let released = false
+ const dir = await makeDir("lockkey-")
+ const referent = path.join(dir, "history_item.json")
+ currentLink = path.join(dir, "link.json")
+
+ // A real dangling link: the walk tolerates it so the caller can queue behind
+ // the peer, but once the lock is held the strict rejection still applies. A
+ // rejection outside the protected block would leave the lock held until the
+ // stale timeout for every other writer to the same file.
+ mockedRealpath.mockImplementation(async () => {
+ throw enoent
+ })
+ mockedLstat.mockImplementation(async (target) => {
+ order.push("lstat")
+ return symlinkStat(target)
+ })
+ mockedReadlink.mockImplementation(async (target) =>
+ target === currentLink ? referent : Promise.reject(new Error("not a link")),
+ )
+ mockedAcquireFileLock.mockImplementation(async () => {
+ order.push("lock")
+ return async () => {
+ order.push("release")
+ released = true
+ }
+ })
+
+ await expect(safeWriteJson(currentLink, { id: "task-1" })).rejects.toThrow(enoent)
+ expect(released).toBe(true)
+ // The strict rejection is reached through the ENOENT + symlink branch, not
+ // through a synchronous throw that skips it.
+ expect(order).toEqual(["lstat", "lock", "lstat", "release"])
+ })
+
+ it("canonicalizes the parent directory when the file itself is not there yet", async () => {
+ // fs.realpath canonicalizes every component, including a symlinked ancestor
+ // directory or a Windows 8.3 short name. If the fallback returns the alias
+ // directory, the key depends on whether the file exists at the moment the key
+ // is computed, and a writer that resolved the canonical directory takes a
+ // different lock for the same file.
+ const aliasDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "alias-dir")
+ const canonicalDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "canonical-dir")
+ const file = path.join(aliasDir, "history_item.json")
+ mockedRealpath.mockImplementation(async (target) => {
+ if (target === file) throw enoent
+ return canonicalDir
+ })
+ mockedLstat.mockImplementation(
+ async () => ({ isSymbolicLink: () => false, isFile: () => true }) as unknown as BigIntStats,
+ )
+
+ expect(await resolveLockKey(file)).toBe(path.join(canonicalDir, "history_item.json"))
+ })
+
+ it("propagates a non-ENOENT resolution failure instead of keying on the alias", async () => {
+ // EACCES from realpath is not a dangling link: falling back to the walk
+ // would key this writer to the alias path while a writer reaching the
+ // referent directly keys the referent, and the two writers would take
+ // different locks for the same file.
+ const aliasDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "alias-dir")
+ const file = path.join(aliasDir, "history_item.json")
+ const eacces = Object.assign(new Error("EACCES: permission denied"), { code: "EACCES" })
+ mockedRealpath.mockImplementation(async () => {
+ throw eacces
+ })
+ await expect(resolveLockKey(file)).rejects.toBe(eacces)
+ })
+})
+
+it("does not log a cleanup error when the safety net finds the temp file already gone", async () => {
+ // safeWriteText removes its own temp file on failure, so the safety net in
+ // safeWriteJson normally finds it gone. That is the expected outcome, not a
+ // second failure, and it must not be logged as one.
+ const dir = await makeDir("cleanup-")
+ const target = path.join(dir, "history_item.json")
+ currentLink = ""
+ mockedRealpath.mockImplementation(async (t) => String(t))
+ mockedLstat.mockImplementation(async (t) => symlinkStat(t))
+
+ const renameSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, "rename").mockRejectedValue(new Error("commit rename failed"))
+ const unlinkSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, "unlink").mockRejectedValue(enoent)
+ const consoleError = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+ try {
+ await expect(safeWriteJson(target, { id: "task-1" })).rejects.toThrow("commit rename failed")
+
+ // Only the original failure is reported.
+ expect(consoleError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ } finally {
+ // Restore even when an assertion fails: the afterEach cleanup runs fs.rm
+ // with these spies still in place otherwise, and later tests inherit a
+ // rejecting rename.
+ renameSpy.mockRestore()
+ unlinkSpy.mockRestore()
+ consoleError.mockRestore()
+ }
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts
index 0ebdea281d..daf12245d3 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Writable } from "stream"
import * as path from "path"
import * as os from "os"
+import { PostCommitDurabilityError } from "../../services/file-safety/safeWriteText"
import { safeWriteJson } from "../safeWriteJson"
// Capture actual implementations before the vi.mock factory runs,
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
expect(content).toEqual({ initial: "content" })
})
- test("should handle failure when renaming filePath to tempBackupFilePath (filePath exists)", async () => {
+ test("should handle failure when the commit rename fails (filePath exists)", async () => {
const initialData = { message: "Initial content, should remain" }
const newData = { message: "New content, should not be written" }
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
expect(content).toEqual(initialData)
})
- test("should handle failure when renaming tempNewFilePath to filePath (filePath exists, backup succeeded)", async () => {
+ test("should handle failure when renaming tempNewFilePath to filePath (filePath exists, backup copy taken)", async () => {
const initialData = { message: "Initial content, should be restored" }
const newData = { message: "New content" }
@@ -191,14 +192,8 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementation(async (oldPath, newPath) => {
renameCallCount++
if (renameCallCount === 1) {
- // First call: filePath -> tempBackupFilePath (should succeed)
- return fsPromisesActuals.rename!(oldPath, newPath)
- } else if (renameCallCount === 2) {
- // Second call: tempNewFilePath -> filePath (should fail)
+ // The commit rename is the only rename in this flow: it fails.
throw new Error("Rename from temp to final failed")
- } else if (renameCallCount === 3) {
- // Third call: tempBackupFilePath -> filePath (rollback, should succeed)
- return fsPromisesActuals.rename!(oldPath, newPath)
}
// Default: use original implementation
return fsPromisesActuals.rename!(oldPath, newPath)
@@ -312,9 +307,8 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
expect(content).toEqual(newData)
})
- // Test for console error suppression during backup deletion
- test("should suppress console.error when backup deletion fails", async () => {
- const consoleErrorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {}) // Suppress console.error
+ // Test for best-effort backup deletion (the backup lifecycle now lives in safeWriteText)
+ test("does not fail the write when backup deletion fails (orphaned backup is acceptable)", async () => {
const initialData = { message: "Initial" }
const newData = { message: "New" }
@@ -322,18 +316,23 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
// fs.unlink is already vi.fn() — use vi.mocked to avoid double-wrapping via vi.spyOn
vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockImplementation(async (filePath: any) => {
- if (filePath.toString().includes(".bak_")) {
+ if (filePath.toString().includes("safeWriteText.bak_")) {
throw new Error("Backup deletion failed")
}
return fsPromisesActuals.unlink!(filePath)
})
+ // The write must still succeed: backup cleanup is best-effort inside
+ // safeWriteText and never masks the committed content.
await safeWriteJson(currentTestFilePath, newData)
- // Verify console.error was called with the expected message
- expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("Successfully wrote"), expect.any(Error))
+ const content = await readFileContent(currentTestFilePath)
+ expect(content).toEqual(newData)
+
+ // The orphaned backup is still on disk because its deletion failed.
+ const entries = await fs.readdir(tempDir)
+ expect(entries.some((entry) => entry.includes("safeWriteText.bak_"))).toBe(true)
- consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore()
vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockRestore()
})
@@ -345,16 +344,11 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
await fsPromisesActuals.writeFile!(currentTestFilePath, JSON.stringify(initialData))
- // fs.rename is already vi.fn() — use vi.mocked to avoid double-wrapping via vi.spyOn
- let renameCallCount = 0
- vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementation(async (oldPath, newPath) => {
- renameCallCount++
- if (renameCallCount === 2) {
- // Second call: tempNewFilePath -> filePath (should fail)
- throw new Error("Rename failed")
- }
- // For all other calls, use the original implementation
- return fsPromisesActuals.rename!(oldPath, newPath)
+ // fs.rename is already vi.fn() — use vi.mocked to avoid double-wrapping via vi.spyOn.
+ // Once-only so the override does not leak into later tests: the commit rename is
+ // the only rename in this flow.
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+ throw new Error("Rename failed")
})
await expect(safeWriteJson(currentTestFilePath, newData)).rejects.toThrow("Rename failed")
@@ -434,9 +428,10 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
expect(vi.mocked(fs.access)).toHaveBeenCalled()
})
- // Test for rollback failure scenario
- test("should log error and re-throw original if rollback fails", async () => {
- const initialData = { message: "Initial, should be lost if rollback fails" }
+ // The backup is a copy taken before the commit, so a failed commit has nothing to
+ // roll back: the target keeps its previous content and the copy is removed.
+ test("a failed commit keeps the previous content at the target and removes the backup copy", async () => {
+ const initialData = { message: "Initial, must survive a failed commit" }
const newData = { message: "New content" }
await fsPromisesActuals.writeFile!(currentTestFilePath, JSON.stringify(initialData))
@@ -447,24 +442,24 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
let renameCallCount = 0
vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementation(async (oldPath, newPath) => {
renameCallCount++
- if (renameCallCount === 2) {
- // Second call: tempNewFilePath -> filePath (fail)
+ if (renameCallCount === 1) {
+ // The commit rename fails; there is no rollback rename to fail.
throw new Error("Primary rename failed")
- } else if (renameCallCount === 3) {
- // Third call: tempBackupFilePath -> filePath (rollback, also fail)
- throw new Error("Rollback rename failed")
}
return fsPromisesActuals.rename!(oldPath, newPath)
})
- // Should throw the original error, not the rollback error
await expect(safeWriteJson(currentTestFilePath, newData)).rejects.toThrow("Primary rename failed")
- // Verify console.error was called for the rollback failure
- expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
- expect.stringContaining("Failed to restore backup"),
- expect.objectContaining({ message: "Rollback rename failed" }),
- )
+ // Exactly one rename was attempted, and it was the commit.
+ expect(renameCallCount).toBe(1)
+
+ // The target never left its path, so the previous content is still what a
+ // reader sees, and no orphaned backup copy is left behind either.
+ const content = await readFileContent(currentTestFilePath)
+ expect(content).toEqual(initialData)
+ const entries = await fs.readdir(tempDir)
+ expect(entries.some((entry) => entry.includes("safeWriteText.bak_"))).toBe(false)
consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore()
})
@@ -542,4 +537,186 @@ describe("safeWriteJson", () => {
const content = await readFileContent(currentTestFilePath)
expect(content).toEqual({ c: 3 })
})
+
+ // The commit rename targets the symlink referent. The staged temp file must
+ // therefore be created beside the RESOLVED target — staging beside the link
+ // would make the commit rename fail with EXDEV when the referent is on
+ // another filesystem. (Real symlinks are unavailable in this CI lane, so the
+ // resolution is simulated by mocking fs.realpath the same way.)
+ test("stages the temp file beside the symlink referent and commits onto it", async () => {
+ const referentDir = path.join(tempDir, "referent")
+ const linkDir = path.join(tempDir, "link")
+ await fs.mkdir(referentDir, { recursive: true })
+ await fs.mkdir(linkDir, { recursive: true })
+ // caller-visible path (the link) vs the resolved referent path
+ const callerPath = path.join(linkDir, "test-file.json")
+ const referentPath = path.join(referentDir, "test-file.json")
+ // Seed the RESOLVED referent with real content (via the actual fs) so the
+ // write exercises replacement of an EXISTING referent: the lock, the
+ // backup, and the commit all target the resolved referent.
+ await fsPromisesActuals.writeFile!(referentPath, JSON.stringify({ seed: true }))
+
+ // Only the file resolves through the link; the directory is already canonical,
+ // so the lock key is the referent rather than the alias directory + basename.
+ vi.spyOn(fs, "realpath").mockImplementation(async (target) =>
+ target === callerPath ? referentPath : String(target),
+ )
+
+ await safeWriteJson(callerPath, { after: true })
+
+ // the temp file was created next to the resolved referent, NOT beside the link
+ const tempPaths = vi.mocked(fsSyncActual.createWriteStream).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]))
+ expect(tempPaths.some((p) => p.startsWith(referentDir + path.sep) && p.includes(".new_"))).toBe(true)
+ expect(tempPaths.some((p) => p.startsWith(linkDir + path.sep))).toBe(false)
+
+ // the content was committed onto the referent
+ expect(await readFileContent(referentPath)).toEqual({ after: true })
+ })
+
+ // proper-lockfile with realpath:false keys the lock by the given path, so a
+ // symlink alias and its referent must coordinate through ONE lock on the
+ // resolved referent — otherwise a concurrent merge through both aliases
+ // reads the same JSON and overwrites one update. (Real symlinks are
+ // unavailable in this CI lane, so the resolution is simulated by mocking
+ // fs.realpath, the same way as the staging test above.)
+ test("acquires the lock on the resolved referent, not the caller alias", async () => {
+ vi.resetModules() // fresh module instances so the doMock below is picked up
+
+ const referentDir = path.join(tempDir, "lock-referent")
+ const linkDir = path.join(tempDir, "lock-link")
+ await fs.mkdir(referentDir, { recursive: true })
+ await fs.mkdir(linkDir, { recursive: true })
+ // caller-visible path (the link) vs the resolved referent path
+ const callerPath = path.join(linkDir, "locked.json")
+ const referentPath = path.join(referentDir, "locked.json")
+ await fsPromisesActuals.writeFile!(referentPath, JSON.stringify({ seed: 1 }))
+
+ // Only the file resolves through the link; the directory is already canonical,
+ // so the lock key is the referent rather than the alias directory + basename.
+ const realpathSpy = vi
+ .spyOn(fs, "realpath")
+ .mockImplementation(async (target) => (target === callerPath ? referentPath : String(target)))
+
+ // Wrap the real lock in a capturing mock, and drive the two rare error paths
+ // (the onCompromised callback and a failing release) so they stay covered
+ // without real lockfile staleness. The callback rethrows by design, so
+ // the mock swallows that throw and lets the real lock proceed.
+ const realLockfile = await vi.importActual("proper-lockfile")
+ const lockMockFn = vi.fn(
+ async (
+ file: Parameters[0],
+ options?: Parameters[1],
+ ) => {
+ try {
+ options?.onCompromised?.(new Error("lock compromised (test)"))
+ } catch {
+ // onCompromised rethrows by design; swallow so the real lock proceeds.
+ }
+ const release = await realLockfile.lock(file, options)
+ return async () => {
+ await release()
+ throw new Error("release failed (test)")
+ }
+ },
+ )
+ const lockMock = lockMockFn as unknown as typeof realLockfile.lock
+ vi.doMock("proper-lockfile", () => ({
+ ...realLockfile,
+ lock: lockMock,
+ }))
+
+ // Re-import safeWriteJson so it picks up the mocked proper-lockfile.
+ const { safeWriteJson: mockedSafeWriteJson } = await import("../safeWriteJson")
+
+ const mergeFn = vi.fn((existing: unknown, incoming: unknown) => ({
+ ...(existing as Record),
+ ...(incoming as Record),
+ }))
+
+ // Capture the compromise + release-failure logs.
+ const consoleErrorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error")
+ try {
+ await mockedSafeWriteJson(callerPath, { added: true }, { merge: mergeFn })
+
+ // The lock was keyed by the resolved referent — every alias shares it.
+ expect(lockMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+ expect(String(lockMockFn.mock.calls[0][0])).toBe(referentPath)
+ // The merge read the referent's content through that single lock.
+ expect(mergeFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ seed: 1 }, { added: true })
+ expect(await readFileContent(referentPath)).toEqual({ seed: 1, added: true })
+ // The compromise callback and the failed release were logged, not thrown.
+ expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("was compromised"), expect.any(Error))
+ expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+ expect.stringContaining("Failed to release lock"),
+ expect.any(Error),
+ )
+ } finally {
+ // Cleanup must run even when an assertion fails: a leaked mock
+ // registration or console spy changes later tests, and vi.unmock
+ // alone does not reset a module that already imported the mock.
+ realpathSpy.mockRestore()
+ vi.unmock("proper-lockfile")
+ vi.resetModules()
+ consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore()
+ }
+ })
+
+ test.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
+ "preserves a restrictive 0o600 target mode through the atomic publish",
+ async () => {
+ await fsPromisesActuals.writeFile!(currentTestFilePath, JSON.stringify({ before: true }))
+ fsSyncActual.chmodSync(currentTestFilePath, 0o600)
+
+ await safeWriteJson(currentTestFilePath, { after: true })
+
+ expect(fsSyncActual.statSync(currentTestFilePath).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o600)
+ expect(await readFileContent(currentTestFilePath)).toEqual({ after: true })
+ },
+ )
+
+ // ── post-commit durability: the published target must survive (PI regression) ──
+
+ it("keeps the published target with its new content when the post-commit directory fsync fails", async () => {
+ const fsSyncMod = await import("fs")
+ const realFsync = fsSyncMod.fsyncSync
+ // The parent-directory fsync is the only fsync that runs after the
+ // commit rename. Watching the rename itself - rather than fabricating a
+ // descriptor - keeps the SUT in charge of opening and closing its own
+ // real directory handle, so the injected fsync failure is the only
+ // error in flight on every platform.
+ const fsyncFailure = new Error("EIO fsync")
+ let committed = false
+ const actualRename = fsPromisesActuals.rename!
+ vi.mocked(fs.rename).mockImplementation((async (from: string, to: string) => {
+ await actualRename(from, to)
+ committed = true
+ }) as typeof fs.rename)
+ vi.spyOn(process, "platform", "get").mockReturnValue("linux")
+ vi.spyOn(fsSyncMod, "fsyncSync").mockImplementation(((fd: number) => {
+ if (committed) {
+ throw fsyncFailure
+ }
+ return (realFsync as (f: number) => unknown)(fd)
+ }) as never)
+
+ // Earlier tests in this file leave unlink history on the shared mock.
+ vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mockClear()
+
+ const failure: unknown = await safeWriteJson(currentTestFilePath, { fresh: "content" }).then(
+ () => null,
+ (error: unknown) => error,
+ )
+ expect(failure).toBeInstanceOf(PostCommitDurabilityError)
+ // The wrapper must carry the injected fsync failure, not a cleanup error.
+ expect((failure as Error).cause).toBe(fsyncFailure)
+
+ // The rename committed: the target must still hold the new JSON, not be
+ // unlinked away by the catch cleanup of the consumed staging path.
+ const content = await readFileContent(currentTestFilePath)
+ expect(content).toEqual({ fresh: "content" })
+ // The cleanup must not unlink the consumed staging path: after the commit
+ // rename it is no longer this write's file to remove.
+ const stagingUnlinks = vi.mocked(fs.unlink).mock.calls.filter((call) => /\.new_.*\.tmp$/.test(String(call[0])))
+ expect(stagingUnlinks).toHaveLength(0)
+ })
})
diff --git a/src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts b/src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts
index 7da68b2a7a..999f563091 100644
--- a/src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts
+++ b/src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import * as path from "path"
import { JsonStreamStringify } from "json-stream-stringify"
import { acquireFileLock } from "./fileLock"
+import {
+ PostCommitDurabilityError,
+ resolveLockKey,
+ resolvePublishTarget,
+ safeWriteText,
+ type SafeWriteTextOptions,
+} from "../services/file-safety/safeWriteText"
/**
* Options for safeWriteJson function
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ export interface SafeWriteJsonOptions {
* Safely writes JSON data to a file.
* - Creates parent directories if they don't exist
* - Uses 'proper-lockfile' for inter-process advisory locking to prevent concurrent writes to the same path.
- * - Writes to a temporary file first.
+ * - Writes to a temporary file first via JsonStreamStringify streaming.
* - If the target file exists, it's backed up before being replaced.
* - Attempts to roll back and clean up in case of errors.
* - Supports pretty-printing with indentation while maintaining streaming efficiency.
@@ -42,7 +49,6 @@ export interface SafeWriteJsonOptions {
* @param {SafeWriteJsonOptions} options - Optional configuration for JSON formatting.
* @returns {Promise}
*/
-
async function safeWriteJson(filePath: string, data: any, options?: SafeWriteJsonOptions): Promise {
const absoluteFilePath = path.resolve(filePath)
let releaseLock = async () => {} // Initialized to a no-op
@@ -51,38 +57,46 @@ async function safeWriteJson(filePath: string, data: any, options?: SafeWriteJso
const dirPath = path.dirname(absoluteFilePath)
// Ensure directory structure exists with improved reliability
+ // Declared outside the protected block so the catch and finally can still name
+ // the target when the resolution itself rejects.
+ let resolvedTargetPath: string | undefined
+
try {
- // Create directory with recursive option
await fs.mkdir(dirPath, { recursive: true })
-
- // Verify directory exists after creation attempt
await fs.access(dirPath)
} catch (dirError: any) {
console.error(`Failed to create or access directory for ${absoluteFilePath}:`, dirError)
throw dirError
}
- // Acquire the lock before any file operations. `acquireFileLock` owns the
- // shared advisory lock protocol, so callers that lock the same path with
- // it (for example task-history deletion) serialize with this write.
- // If lock acquisition fails, it throws immediately. The releaseLock
- // remains a no-op, so the finally block in the main file operations
- // try-catch-finally won't try to release an unacquired lock if this
- // path is taken.
- releaseLock = await acquireFileLock(absoluteFilePath)
+ // Lock key: the symlink referent when the path is an existing symlink, so a
+ // symlink alias and its referent share one lock. The key must be computable
+ // while a peer writer is mid-commit (backup mode renames the referent away and
+ // back), so the walk tolerates a dangling link instead of rejecting it here.
+ const lockKey = await resolveLockKey(absoluteFilePath)
- // Variables to hold the actual paths of temp files if they are created.
+ // Acquire the lock before any file operations. If acquisition fails it throws
+ // immediately, and releaseLock stays a no-op so the finally block does not try
+ // to release an unacquired lock.
+ releaseLock = await acquireFileLock(lockKey)
+
+ // Variables to hold the actual path of the temp file if it is created.
let actualTempNewFilePath: string | null = null
- let actualTempBackupFilePath: string | null = null
try {
+ // Resolve the publish target under the lock: the peer has committed by now, so
+ // the strict dangling-link rejection still applies to a real dangling link. It
+ // must stay inside the protected block, otherwise a rejection here leaves the
+ // advisory lock held until the stale timeout for every other writer.
+ resolvedTargetPath = await resolvePublishTarget(absoluteFilePath)
+
// If a merge callback was provided, read the current file under the lock
// and let the caller merge before we write. Must be inside try/finally
// so a throwing merge still releases the lock.
if (options?.merge) {
let existing: unknown = null
try {
- existing = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(absoluteFilePath, "utf8"))
+ existing = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(resolvedTargetPath, "utf8"))
} catch (error: unknown) {
const code =
error && typeof error === "object" && "code" in error ? (error as { code: string }).code : undefined
@@ -93,111 +107,83 @@ async function safeWriteJson(filePath: string, data: any, options?: SafeWriteJso
data = options.merge(existing, data)
}
- // Step 1: Write data to a new temporary file.
+ // Step 1: Write data to a new temporary file via JSON streaming.
+ // Stage it beside the *resolved* target (the symlink referent when the path is
+ // a symlink; resolvedTargetPath above): safeWriteText commits by renaming
+ // onto that referent, and a rename across filesystems would fail with EXDEV.
actualTempNewFilePath = path.join(
- path.dirname(absoluteFilePath),
- `.${path.basename(absoluteFilePath)}.new_${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}.tmp`,
+ path.dirname(resolvedTargetPath),
+ ".new_" + Date.now() + "_" + Math.random().toString(36).substring(2) + ".tmp",
)
await _streamDataToFile(actualTempNewFilePath, data, options?.prettyPrint)
- // Step 2: Check if the target file exists. If so, rename it to a backup path.
- try {
- // Check for target file existence
- await fs.access(absoluteFilePath)
- // Target exists, create a backup path and rename.
- actualTempBackupFilePath = path.join(
- path.dirname(absoluteFilePath),
- `.${path.basename(absoluteFilePath)}.bak_${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2)}.tmp`,
- )
- await fs.rename(absoluteFilePath, actualTempBackupFilePath)
- } catch (accessError: any) {
- // Explicitly type accessError
- if (accessError.code !== "ENOENT") {
- // An error other than "file not found" occurred during access check.
- throw accessError
- }
- // Target file does not exist, so no backup is made. actualTempBackupFilePath remains null.
+ // Step 2: Delegate backup + commit + rollback to safeWriteText with the
+ // pre-written temp path. backup:true keeps the old safeWriteJson
+ // semantics (target -> backup before commit, rollback on failure) and
+ // keeps the target in place until safeWriteText captures its Windows
+ // DACL (safeWriteText dumps the DACL before its own backup rename and
+ // restores it onto the directory after the commit rename).
+ const textOptions: SafeWriteTextOptions = {
+ tempPath: actualTempNewFilePath,
+ backup: true,
}
- // Step 3: Rename the new temporary file to the target file path.
- // This is the main "commit" step.
- await fs.rename(actualTempNewFilePath, absoluteFilePath)
+ await safeWriteText(resolvedTargetPath, "", textOptions)
- // If we reach here, the new file is successfully in place.
- // The original actualTempNewFilePath is now the main file, so we shouldn't try to clean it up as "temp".
- // Mark as "used" or "committed"
+ // If we reach here, the new file is successfully in place and any
+ // backup has already been handled by safeWriteText.
actualTempNewFilePath = null
+ } catch (originalError) {
+ console.error(
+ `Operation failed for ${resolvedTargetPath ?? absoluteFilePath}: [Original Error Caught]`,
+ originalError,
+ )
- // Step 4: If a backup was created, attempt to delete it.
- if (actualTempBackupFilePath) {
- try {
- await fs.unlink(actualTempBackupFilePath)
- // Mark backup as handled
- actualTempBackupFilePath = null
- } catch (unlinkBackupError) {
- // Log this error, but do not re-throw. The main operation was successful.
- // actualTempBackupFilePath remains set, indicating an orphaned backup.
- console.error(
- `Successfully wrote ${absoluteFilePath}, but failed to clean up backup ${actualTempBackupFilePath}:`,
- unlinkBackupError,
- )
- }
+ // PostCommitDurabilityError means the commit rename landed: the staged
+ // path was renamed onto the target, so it is no longer a leftover temp
+ // file. Unlinking it here would at best race a concurrent writer that has
+ // already reused the staging name, and the published target must survive
+ // the durability failure with its new content. The error rethrows below,
+ // so the write is never observed as a confirmed-durable success.
+ if (originalError instanceof PostCommitDurabilityError) {
+ actualTempNewFilePath = null
}
- } catch (originalError) {
- console.error(`Operation failed for ${absoluteFilePath}: [Original Error Caught]`, originalError)
const newFileToCleanupWithinCatch = actualTempNewFilePath
- const backupFileToRollbackOrCleanupWithinCatch = actualTempBackupFilePath
-
- // Attempt rollback if a backup was made
- if (backupFileToRollbackOrCleanupWithinCatch) {
- try {
- await fs.rename(backupFileToRollbackOrCleanupWithinCatch, absoluteFilePath)
- // Mark as handled, prevent later unlink of this path
- actualTempBackupFilePath = null
- } catch (rollbackError) {
- // actualTempBackupFilePath (outer scope) remains pointing to backupFileToRollbackOrCleanupWithinCatch
- console.error(
- `[Catch] Failed to restore backup ${backupFileToRollbackOrCleanupWithinCatch} to ${absoluteFilePath}:`,
- rollbackError,
- )
- }
- }
- // Cleanup the .new file if it exists
+ // A failed safeWriteText already rolled the backup (if any) back to
+ // the target path. Clean up the .new file if it still exists
+ // (safeWriteText also cleans up its tempPath on failure; this is a
+ // safety net in case its cleanup missed it).
if (newFileToCleanupWithinCatch) {
try {
await fs.unlink(newFileToCleanupWithinCatch)
- } catch (cleanupError) {
- console.error(
- `[Catch] Failed to clean up temporary new file ${newFileToCleanupWithinCatch}:`,
- cleanupError,
- )
+ } catch (cleanupError: unknown) {
+ // The expected case: safeWriteText already removed its own temp file, so a
+ // missing file here is not a cleanup failure worth logging. Returning would
+ // also swallow the original error the caller needs.
+ const isAbsent =
+ typeof cleanupError === "object" &&
+ cleanupError !== null &&
+ "code" in cleanupError &&
+ cleanupError.code === "ENOENT"
+ if (!isAbsent) {
+ console.error(
+ `[Catch] Failed to clean up temporary new file ${newFileToCleanupWithinCatch}:`,
+ cleanupError,
+ )
+ }
}
}
- // Cleanup the .bak file if it still needs to be (i.e., wasn't successfully restored)
- if (actualTempBackupFilePath) {
- try {
- await fs.unlink(actualTempBackupFilePath)
- } catch (cleanupError) {
- console.error(
- `[Catch] Failed to clean up temporary backup file ${actualTempBackupFilePath}:`,
- cleanupError,
- )
- }
- }
throw originalError // This MUST be the error that rejects the promise.
} finally {
// Release the lock in the main finally block.
try {
- // releaseLock will be the actual unlock function if lock was acquired,
- // or the initial no-op if acquisition failed.
await releaseLock()
} catch (unlockError) {
- // Do not re-throw here, as the originalError from the try/catch (if any) is more important.
- console.error(`Failed to release lock for ${absoluteFilePath}:`, unlockError)
+ console.error(`Failed to release lock for ${resolvedTargetPath ?? absoluteFilePath}:`, unlockError)
}
}
}