From 009f1fca61a8e0a374cdd87510329ac493c586ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sharad." <heysharad@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:57:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: surface unreadable files as estimated tokens instead
 of 0

---
 src/scan.js          |  5 ++++-
 test/ctxtrim.test.js | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/scan.js b/src/scan.js
index 0579e90..23a67b3 100644
--- a/src/scan.js
+++ b/src/scan.js
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ function fileInfo(abs, size) {
       closeSync(fd);
       text = buf.toString("utf8", 0, bytesRead);
     }
-  } catch { return { tokens: 0, sample: "" }; }
+  } catch {
+    // Unreadable (e.g. EACCES): don't silently drop it — surface an estimate from the known size.
+    return { tokens: Math.ceil((size || 0) / 4), sample: "" };
+  }
   let tokens = estimateTokens(text);
   if (bytesRead && bytesRead < size) tokens = Math.round(tokens * (size / bytesRead)); // scale partial reads
   return { tokens, sample: text.slice(0, 4000) };
diff --git a/test/ctxtrim.test.js b/test/ctxtrim.test.js
index e3c856b..2f64198 100644
--- a/test/ctxtrim.test.js
+++ b/test/ctxtrim.test.js
@@ -122,6 +122,37 @@ test("scan includes symlinked source files", (t) => {
   assert.deepEqual(result.files.map((file) => file.rel).sort(), ["linked.py", "real.py"]);
 });
 
+test("scan surfaces unreadable (EACCES) files with estimated tokens, not silent 0", (t) => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "ctxtrim-unreadable-"));
+  t.after(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "locked.txt"), "x".repeat(200_000));
+
+  const readFileSync = fs.readFileSync;
+  t.mock.method(fs, "readFileSync", (abs) => {
+    if (String(abs).endsWith("locked.txt")) {
+      const err = new Error("EACCES: permission denied");
+      err.code = "EACCES";
+      throw err;
+    }
+    return readFileSync(abs);
+  });
+  syncBuiltinESMExports();
+
+  let result;
+  try {
+    result = scanRepo(root);
+  } finally {
+    t.mock.restoreAll();
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
+  }
+
+  const file = result.files.find((f) => f.rel === "locked.txt");
+  assert.ok(file, "unreadable file should be present in the scan");
+  assert.ok(file.tokens > 0, `unreadable file silently reported as 0 tokens, got ${file.tokens}`);
+  assert.ok(result.totals.totalTokens >= file.tokens, "unreadable file should count toward totals");
+});
+
 test("scan finds trimmable bloat and keeps source", () => {
   const s = scanRepo(repo);
   assert.ok(s.totals.trimTokens > 0);

From 70a1b2f723b7fb1fc7e773961e1b87573e4d5751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Sharad." <heysharad@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:20:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: bump version to 0.1.15 and add changelog entry

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 7 +++++++
 package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 package.json      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a3e40c..e611c15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project are documented here, following
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.1.15] - 2026-09-17
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Surface unreadable files (e.g. EACCES / mode-000) as estimated tokens from their
+  known size instead of reporting them as clean 0-token sources.
+
 ## [0.1.14] - 2026-09-16
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a8bd527..9c33059 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.14",
+  "version": "0.1.15",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ctxtrim",
-      "version": "0.1.14",
+      "version": "0.1.15",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "ctxtrim": "bin/ctxtrim.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 634b261..be200eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.14",
+  "version": "0.1.15",
   "description": "Trim what bloats your AI coding context. Scan a repo, find the high-cost/low-value files ballooning your Claude Code / Cursor / Codex context, and write ignore files to cut token cost. Zero dependencies.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {