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fix(credentials): stop Windows ancestor-watch feedback loops - #7976
On Windows, writing local-credentials.json can emit a change notification for its parent directory. The credential observer treated that ancestor-only notification as another credential change, rescanned, and rewrote the same metadata. Repeated synchronous ACL work then delayed unrelated requests on the serving event loop.
Classify direct credential targets separately from path-protection ancestors. Ignore an ancestor-only change only after a bigint dev/ino check confirms the same real, non-symlink directory. Tracked renames, direct files and whole-directory targets, credential-write residue, identity changes and unverifiable paths keep their existing reconciliation or fail-closed behavior. The shared native-profile directory is explicitly a whole-directory target.
Generation advancement for relevant events, publication tickets, the fence, observer lease and owner checks are unchanged. No debounce, scan-vector shortcut, ACL-command merging or timeout increase is introduced.
Verification
Windows 11 x64, pinned Bun 1.4.4, base 3ea89653f5727aea41948ddbd5e833f74afe3e36:
bun test tests/config/local-credential-generation.test.ts: 22 passed, 1 existing skip, 107 assertions at ea3fdd6. The review follow-up 3ac8c98 waits for the initial write's notifications to settle before the hard-link replacement; its focused Windows run passed 1 test / 6 assertions (22 filtered out).
bun test tests/service/connected-stop-capability-auth.test.ts: 16 passed. The unchanged 5,000 ms case that timed out on the pristine base completed in 2,178 ms after the fix; later edits changed only comments, documentation and regression-test code.
bun check --no-script --noEmit: 2,243 files, zero errors at ea3fdd6; the latest follow-up also passed hosted gates.
bun scripts/privacy-scan.ts, bun scripts/structure-ssot.ts, the standard bun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts, test-layout checks (2 passed) and git diff --check passed. Missing sparse-checkout files were restored from the base before the standard ratchet ran; the earlier partial diagnostic scan is not counted as gate evidence.
Independent static review checked direct-target precedence, ancestor identity and failure paths, generation/fence/owner behavior, and whole-directory coverage. Its test inode-reuse and quiet-window findings were corrected; documentation was narrowed to the events actually observed.
The full local suite was not run while concurrent Windows worktrees were active; focused regressions and the required gates were used, with hosted CI covering the affected Linux test set. Whole-directory ABA notification advancement is asserted on Windows only. Other platforms retain the fresh-scan rejection of unknown entries, but this PR does not claim that every OS delivers identical watcher events. No installed-app, live-account or production-data change was made.
At ea3fdd6, Cross-platform CI passed: 47,740 passed / 237 skipped / 0 failed across 2,147 affected-test files. All five added regression cases ran. Windows/macOS CI jobs were skipped, so the Windows evidence remains the local runs above.
A separate Windows integration checkout applied ea3fdd6 to #7973 head 561544e0c4e452f37bc788a2dc88978958f4eede (tree 9c367ac0a2ff58bf6d1d36ee333cb70e66eb7bcc): 98 passed / 1 existing skip / 0 failed, 419 assertions. This checks the combined changes and is not a claim that either standalone head contains both fixes.
The latest test-only follow-up 3ac8c98 also passed Cross-platform CI: 47,740 passed / 237 skipped / 0 failed across 2,147 affected-test files. The changed hard-link test ran and passed. Catalog async contracts also passed. The prior combined Windows run above remains evidence for its recorded revisions.
Checklist
Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
The owned structure documentation describes the watcher contract.
Static security review checked the preserved credential boundaries and unsafe-default risks.
Hosted CI for the latest test-only follow-up has completed.
Final maintainer acceptance is complete.
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Bug Fixes
Credential coverage now updates when tracked credential files or directories are created, replaced, renamed, or otherwise changed—even when a fresh scan finds no difference.
Routine changes to watched parent directories no longer trigger unnecessary updates when the directory is confirmed unchanged; unidentifiable or replaced directories still trigger a fresh check.
Changes to the shared native-profile vault are included in coverage checks. Unknown entries in the vault continue to withhold coverage attestation until they are resolved.
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Review comments at @src/local-credentials/inventory.ts:
- Line 94: Reorder the name classification so direct credential targets and
known tracked ancestors are checked before the SHORT_NAME_ALIAS fallback; use
the fallback only when the name cannot be matched safely, preventing a real
Windows home directory such as ocx~1 from triggering repeated reconciliation.
Add a Windows regression test for a home directory containing a tilde followed
by digits.
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Walkthrough
The credential observer now classifies watcher events using direct-target names and recorded ancestor identities. It watches the shared native-profile metadata directory. Tests cover event handling, generation changes, and unknown vault entries.
Changes: Credential watcher coverage
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Summary
Event classification and watcher wiring src/local-credentials/inventory.ts:43-110, 237-240, 298-319, src/local-credentials/generation.ts:215-220, structure/remote-link.md:122
Watcher entries distinguish direct targets from ancestors. A verified same-directory ancestor change event is ignored; other relevant events reconcile, and events without a filename fail observation. The shared native-profile metadata directory is added as a coverage target. Documentation describes event rules and generation updates.
Tests cover event classification, stable generations during ordinary ancestor changes, reconciliation after renames or target replacement, and observation of unknown entries in the shared native-profile vault.
lidge-jun/opencodex#7832: Introduces the local-credential observation and attestation flow that this change modifies.
lidge-jun/opencodex#7774: Changes native-profile credential persistence, which connects to the metadata directory watched by this change.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review c8bab
On Windows, a configuration home whose directory name contains a tilde followed by a digit can still trigger the watcher feedback loop this PR fixes. Reorder the short-name check after ancestor matching before merging. Case-variant credential residue can also be missed by the scan; that is a smaller, pre-existing gap.
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The title "fix(credentials): stop Windows ancestor-watch feedback loops" names the main change. The raw summary and objectives both center on ignoring ancestor-only change events on Windows after a dev/ino identity check, which stops the feedback loop. The title is specific, short, and describes the primary fix. It omits the supporting work (direct/ancestor target separation, 8.3 short-name and case-insensitive matching, native-profile directory coverage), which is acceptable because a title need not list every detail.
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- Line 452: In the test using waitForNewGeneration after f.put, wait for the
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A case-insensitive volume reports a notification under the writer's
spelling. With same-identity ancestor ticks now ignored, an event for
AUTH.JSON no longer had an incidental reconcile path. Compare target,
ancestor and residue names case-insensitively with trailing dots and
spaces removed, and always reconcile an 8.3 short name.
…t names
An ancestor such as OPENCODEX_HOME=C:\ocx~1 took the unconditional short-name reconcile, so the observer's own save could re-arm the loop. Only an unmatched alias is ambiguous.
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Minor · Apply the residue name rule during scanning. · inventory.ts:157
src/local-credentials/inventory.ts:157 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Apply the residue name rule during scanning.
The residue scan is case-sensitive, while the new watcher classifier is case-insensitive. If CONFIG.JSON.OCX.7.tmp exists, the watcher can reconcile, but the scan does not throw for that entry. Status can then attest while residue remains.
The scan behavior predates this PR. The repository writer normally constructs residue names from the target path in canonical spelling, but the source does not establish that every filesystem entry must come from that writer. Keep the scan consistent with the new case-insensitive rule.
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- if (exists(root) && readdirSync(root).some(name => prefixes.some(prefix => name.startsWith(prefix)))) {+ if (exists(root) && readdirSync(root).some(name =>+ prefixes.some(prefix => foldWatchName(name).startsWith(foldWatchName(prefix))))) {
Add an attestation test with CONFIG.JSON.OCX.7.tmp that expects retained residue to block attestation.
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Review comment at @src/local-credentials/inventory.ts at line 157:
Update the residue scan’s prefix comparison so it matches the watcher
classifier’s case-insensitive behavior; preserve the existing residue detection
flow. Add an attestation test confirming that a retained entry named
CONFIG.JSON.OCX.7.tmp blocks attestation.
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Review comments at @src/local-credentials/inventory.ts:
- Line 94: Reorder the name classification so direct credential targets and
known tracked ancestors are checked before the SHORT_NAME_ALIAS fallback; use
the fallback only when the name cannot be matched safely, preventing a real
Windows home directory such as ocx~1 from triggering repeated reconciliation.
Add a Windows regression test for a home directory containing a tilde followed
by digits.
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Review comments at @src/local-credentials/inventory.ts:
- Line 157: Update the residue scan’s prefix comparison so it matches the
watcher classifier’s case-insensitive behavior; preserve the existing residue
detection flow. Add an attestation test confirming that a retained entry named
CONFIG.JSON.OCX.7.tmp blocks attestation.
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…e residue
OPENCODEX_HOME=C:\config.json.ocx.home matched the residue pattern before the ancestor lookup, so the observer's own save re-armed the reconcile. Residue and short-name shapes now only decide names that match no target or ancestor.
…by identity
A Windows 8.3 alias such as OPENC~1 for a tracked ancestor took the unconditional short-name reconcile, so the observer's own save could re-arm the loop. A change that resolves to a tracked ancestor's recorded directory is that ancestor's tick; any other short name still reconciles.
…napshot
Windows may report either name of an entry, and a removed entry's short name cannot be looked up. An unmatched 8.3-shaped name now reconciles only when it aliases a target, when a target or ancestor of that parent lost its install identity, or when it renames a tracked ancestor; the observer's own metadata save under a short spelling is ignored.
Maintainer integration into dev (MAINTAINERS.md exception), exact head 81ffded37367045e431d44b1c4ab0222ed910e80.
Security review summary. This is a credential-coverage boundary change. Fresh gpt-6.1-terra reviewers went through seven rounds: correctness and a dedicated security review on 3ac8c98, then a fresh reviewer for each repair head. The findings and fixes, all pushed to this branch:
High, fixed in c8babd3. Watcher names were compared case-sensitively. With same-identity ancestor ticks now ignored, an event spelled AUTH.JSON or as an 8.3 alias no longer reached a reconcile. Names now fold case and trailing dots and spaces, the way Windows and default macOS volumes resolve them.
High, fixed in 9e9271b, ffdf964 and 4120a9a. The repair could re-arm the very loop this PR stops, in three ways: a real ancestor literally named like a short name (C:\ocx~1), one named like write residue (C:\config.json.ocx.home), and an 8.3 alias of a tracked ancestor (OPENC~1). Direct targets are now checked first, then known ancestors with the identity check. Residue and short-name shapes decide only names that match nothing else.
Fixed in 4de6612. If Windows reported the observer's own metadata save under a short spelling, the loop could re-arm. Unmatched short names are now resolved against an install-time identity snapshot. They reconcile when the alias is a target, when any target or ancestor of that parent has lost its install identity, or when they rename a tracked ancestor; otherwise they are ignored.
Accepted residual, documented in 81ffded (structure/remote-link.md). If a target add-then-remove, or an ancestor rename-and-restore, completes before its notifications are handled, and those notifications carry only short names that no longer resolve, the generation stays where it was. The reviewer judged this an acceptable trade against the loop, with no cheap identity-only fix. Persistent changes still reconcile, and a fresh scan still has to match the attested vector.
Rebutted, accepted by two reviewers. The real-watcher integration tests poll with bounded deadlines. A deterministic classifier seam test pins every branch.
The final reviewer on 81ffded returned PASS: no own-save loop shape and no missed persistent credential change found.
Verification. On Windows x64 (Bun 1.4.4): local-credential-generation, connected-stop-capability-auth and cli/local-credentials pass 46 / 1 existing skip / 0 fail. Each repair's new seam cases failed against the previous source. On deva2ae4825 merged with this head: typecheck, layout/tooling/ratchet 38 pass, structure:check pass.
Exact-head CI. Cross-platform run 41049949833 on 81ffded completed success: gates, test changed, structure gate, docker smoke, npm-global and the ci aggregate.
Not run: the full local suite, Windows native CI (policy-skipped on PRs), and live 8.3 notification spelling on a real volume.
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Summary
On Windows, writing
local-credentials.jsoncan emit achangenotification for its parent directory. The credential observer treated that ancestor-only notification as another credential change, rescanned, and rewrote the same metadata. Repeated synchronous ACL work then delayed unrelated requests on the serving event loop.Classify direct credential targets separately from path-protection ancestors. Ignore an ancestor-only
changeonly after a bigintdev/inocheck confirms the same real, non-symlink directory. Tracked renames, direct files and whole-directory targets, credential-write residue, identity changes and unverifiable paths keep their existing reconciliation or fail-closed behavior. The shared native-profile directory is explicitly a whole-directory target.Generation advancement for relevant events, publication tickets, the fence, observer lease and owner checks are unchanged. No debounce, scan-vector shortcut, ACL-command merging or timeout increase is introduced.
Verification
Windows 11 x64, pinned Bun 1.4.4, base
3ea89653f5727aea41948ddbd5e833f74afe3e36:bun test tests/config/local-credential-generation.test.ts: 22 passed, 1 existing skip, 107 assertions atea3fdd6. The review follow-up3ac8c98waits for the initial write's notifications to settle before the hard-link replacement; its focused Windows run passed 1 test / 6 assertions (22 filtered out).bun test tests/service/connected-stop-capability-auth.test.ts: 16 passed. The unchanged 5,000 ms case that timed out on the pristine base completed in 2,178 ms after the fix; later edits changed only comments, documentation and regression-test code.bun check --no-script --noEmit: 2,243 files, zero errors atea3fdd6; the latest follow-up also passed hosted gates.bun scripts/privacy-scan.ts,bun scripts/structure-ssot.ts, the standardbun scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts, test-layout checks (2 passed) andgit diff --checkpassed. Missing sparse-checkout files were restored from the base before the standard ratchet ran; the earlier partial diagnostic scan is not counted as gate evidence.The full local suite was not run while concurrent Windows worktrees were active; focused regressions and the required gates were used, with hosted CI covering the affected Linux test set. Whole-directory ABA notification advancement is asserted on Windows only. Other platforms retain the fresh-scan rejection of unknown entries, but this PR does not claim that every OS delivers identical watcher events. No installed-app, live-account or production-data change was made.
At
ea3fdd6, Cross-platform CI passed: 47,740 passed / 237 skipped / 0 failed across 2,147 affected-test files. All five added regression cases ran. Windows/macOS CI jobs were skipped, so the Windows evidence remains the local runs above.A separate Windows integration checkout applied
ea3fdd6to #7973 head561544e0c4e452f37bc788a2dc88978958f4eede(tree9c367ac0a2ff58bf6d1d36ee333cb70e66eb7bcc): 98 passed / 1 existing skip / 0 failed, 419 assertions. This checks the combined changes and is not a claim that either standalone head contains both fixes.The latest test-only follow-up
3ac8c98also passed Cross-platform CI: 47,740 passed / 237 skipped / 0 failed across 2,147 affected-test files. The changed hard-link test ran and passed. Catalog async contracts also passed. The prior combined Windows run above remains evidence for its recorded revisions.Checklist
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