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  • 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
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  • 📖 Documentation
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  • ⚡ Performance
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  • I have not introduced a soundness hole (or I have flagged where I might have).

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hyperpolymath and others added 4 commits October 2, 2026 13:27
…n.rs

The seven verify_* functions returned Ok(()) unconditionally while
commands.rs called them as the Lean 4 precondition gate. Each now checks
the real filesystem under the sandbox root against the Lean structure it
mirrors:

  verify_mkdir        MkdirPrecondition        (FilesystemModel.lean)
  verify_rmdir        RmdirPrecondition        (FilesystemModel.lean)
  verify_create_file  CreateFilePrecondition   (FileOperations.lean)
  verify_delete_file  DeleteFilePrecondition   (FileOperations.lean)
  verify_copy_file    copyFilePrecondition     (CopyMoveOperations.lean)
  verify_move         movePrecondition         (CopyMoveOperations.lean)
  verify_symlink      SymlinkPrecondition      (SymlinkOperations.lean)

Conditions the commands already enforced are checked first, in the
command's order and with byte-identical messages, so user-visible error
text is unchanged; Lean-only conditions (parentIsDir, parentWritable,
hasReadPermission, rmdir notRoot, isFile excluding FIFOs/devices)
follow. pathExists uses lstat, so a dangling symlink at a destination is
now an EEXIST precondition failure rather than an OS error or a write
through the link.

Path resolution is extracted from ShellState::resolve_path into
state::resolve_under_root so the checks resolve paths exactly as the
commands do.

Adds 41 unit tests (positive and negative per function, permission
cases skipped when running as root).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VxcAoyMQe7CjQwCKL18Mm4
impl/rust-cli/.cargo/config.toml carried rustflags with a literal,
unexpanded `/var$REPOS_DIR/valence-shell/impl/zig/zig-out/lib` link
path for a `lean-runtime-checks` feature that does not exist in
Cargo.toml. Nothing in the crate links the Zig library (no extern "C"
or #[link] in src/), so the block only injected a bogus -L and rpath
into every x86_64-linux build. It was the file's only content, so the
file is deleted.

build.rs was a documented no-op; Cargo.toml has no `build =` key, so
deleting the file is sufficient. docs/ABI-FFI-BOUNDARY.adoc is updated
to stop describing the no-op build.rs.

cargo build, clippy --all-targets (0 warnings) and cargo test
(828 passed, 0 failed, 14 ignored) re-run after the removal.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VxcAoyMQe7CjQwCKL18Mm4
verify_rmdir wrapped read_dir in a context string, so an unreadable
directory reported "rmdir: cannot read directory" instead of the OS
error the rmdir command has always surfaced. Use bare `?` as the command
does.

Also document on verify_rmdir that Lean `isEmptyDir`
(FilesystemModel.lean) quantifies over `child.isPrefixOf p` - the
ancestors of p, not its descendants - which contradicts
`parentWritable`, making RmdirPrecondition unsatisfiable as written for
any non-root path. The Rust check implements the evident intent (no
directory entries).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VxcAoyMQe7CjQwCKL18Mm4
…safe

Hypatia code_safety flagged the `unsafe { libc::access(c_path.as_ptr()) }`
in `accessible` (alerts 1056 unsafe_block, 1057 as_ptr; CWE-676). nix
0.31.3 is already in the lock via ctrlc; depend on it directly with the
`fs` + `user` features and call `nix::unistd::access`, `geteuid` and
`mkfifo`. verification.rs now has no `unsafe`. Lockfile: one new
dependency edge, no new package.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VxcAoyMQe7CjQwCKL18Mm4
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  • Bug Fixes
    • File and directory commands now check that their preconditions are met and report errors when they are not, rather than allowing those checks to pass automatically.
    • Path handling now keeps absolute paths within the sandbox, ignores . components and prevents .. from escaping the sandbox root.
    • Checks now correctly account for symbolic links, including dangling links.

Walkthrough

The Rust CLI now uses a shared sandbox path resolver and filesystem precondition checks for file operations. The change also removes its no-op build script and Lean FFI linker settings, and updates the boundary documentation.

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Filesystem precondition checks

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sandbox path resolution and check helpers
impl/rust-cli/src/state.rs, impl/rust-cli/src/verification.rs, impl/rust-cli/Cargo.toml
resolve_under_root resolves paths beneath the sandbox root. Verification helpers use the resolver, filesystem metadata, and permission checks. The CLI adds nix with the fs and user features.
Operation preconditions
impl/rust-cli/src/verification.rs, impl/rust-cli/src/commands.rs
Checks for directory creation and removal, file creation and deletion, copying, moving, and symlink creation now reject operation-specific invalid states. Command comments describe these as runtime precondition checks; the calls and arguments remain unchanged.
Precondition test coverage
impl/rust-cli/src/verification.rs
Unit tests cover successful preconditions and rejection cases for each operation. Permission-denial tests are skipped when running as root.

Rust CLI FFI boundary

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove unused Lean FFI link setup
impl/rust-cli/.cargo/config.toml, impl/rust-cli/build.rs, docs/ABI-FFI-BOUNDARY.adoc
The Linux linker configuration and no-op build script were removed. The documentation states that the Rust CLI has no build script or link flags and describes those as requirements for deferred FFI integration.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLICommand
  participant Verification
  participant resolve_under_root
  participant Filesystem
  CLICommand->>Verification: Check operation preconditions
  Verification->>resolve_under_root: Resolve sandbox paths
  resolve_under_root-->>Verification: Return resolved paths
  Verification->>Filesystem: Inspect nodes and permissions
  Filesystem-->>Verification: Return metadata and access results
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Description check ❓ Inconclusive The description is an unfilled template. It does not explain the changes or provide verification details, so it is too vague to assess. Add a brief summary of the filesystem precondition checks and the related build, lint, and test results. Complete the issue reference or remove the empty “Closes #” line.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title identifies the change as fixing and verifying preconditions. It is concise and relates to the main changes, though its wording is awkward.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 70 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: 2…
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Review comments at @impl/rust-cli/src/verification.rs:
- Around line 151-157: In verify_rmdir, check whether full equals the sandbox
root before reading directory entries, so attempts to remove a populated root
report “Cannot remove the sandbox root” instead of the non-empty-directory
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72-73: LGTM!

Also applies to: 83-85

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Comment on lines +151 to +157
let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&full)?;
if entries.next().is_some() {
anyhow::bail!("Directory is not empty (ENOTEMPTY)");
}
if full == Path::new(root) {
anyhow::bail!("Cannot remove the sandbox root");
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Move the sandbox-root check before the emptiness check.

verify_rmdir reads the directory entries before it compares full with the root. A real sandbox root always contains .vsh_state.json. So rmdir / and rmdir .. fail with "Directory is not empty (ENOTEMPTY)" instead of "Cannot remove the sandbox root". The operation is still rejected. The user-facing reason is wrong. rmdir_rejects_sandbox_root passes only because the test TempDir is empty. rmdir has no earlier inline root check, so moving this check earlier does not change any existing command message.

Proposed fix
+    if full == Path::new(root) {
+        anyhow::bail!("Cannot remove the sandbox root");
+    }
     let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&full)?;
     if entries.next().is_some() {
         anyhow::bail!("Directory is not empty (ENOTEMPTY)");
     }
-    if full == Path::new(root) {
-        anyhow::bail!("Cannot remove the sandbox root");
-    }

Also add a test that writes a file into the root, then asserts that the error contains "sandbox root".

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let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&full)?;
if entries.next().is_some() {
anyhow::bail!("Directory is not empty (ENOTEMPTY)");
}
if full == Path::new(root) {
anyhow::bail!("Cannot remove the sandbox root");
}
if full == Path::new(root) {
anyhow::bail!("Cannot remove the sandbox root");
}
let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&full)?;
if entries.next().is_some() {
anyhow::bail!("Directory is not empty (ENOTEMPTY)");
}
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Review comment at @impl/rust-cli/src/verification.rs around lines 151 - 157:
In verify_rmdir, check whether full equals the sandbox root before reading
directory entries, so attempts to remove a populated root report “Cannot remove
the sandbox root” instead of the non-empty-directory error. Leave the existing
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