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fix(sandbox): recover from unpaired grep parentheses and missed file reads - #2513
sandbox_grep: at least 60 failed calls across about 25 sessions, all of the form git grep could not compile the pattern (fatal: -e option, 'openApplyDataPreview|resetFormData(': Unmatched ( or \(). Patterns the review model sent: trace|propagat|requestJson|withSpan|fetch(, it(|test(|describe(, getSession(|refreshSession(, .query(|adminProcedure|.mutation(, normalizeRequirementTitle(. The description and the error already say the pattern is a POSIX extended regex; the model keeps sending the parenthesis as text and pays a round trip each time.
sandbox_read_file: 439 failed calls in 215 sessions (3.4% of 13,233 calls), 262 distinct messages, all No readable file '<path>' at that ref: ... is not a tracked file at this commit. One review made 6 reads and 5 failed.
Why the reads miss
Sampling the failures (all from pull request reviews, split 237 / 201 / 1 across the three review models) shows two causes, neither of them the tool:
Files the pull request adds, read on the wrong commit. The most repeated paths (15, 13, 8, 8, 7, 7 calls) are source files that exist only at the head. In a sample of 11 such calls, 5 passed no ref at all, so they read the repository's tracked branch. Neither the reviewer prompt nor the child reviewer prompt said which commit sandbox calls should use.
Guessed rule files in sub-directories.apps/AGENTS.md (10 calls) and packages/AGENTS.md (9) are in the top four messages. One session sent packages/db/AGENTS.md, packages/drizzle/AGENTS.md, packages/AGENTS.md and packages/db/CLAUDE.md in a single message, at the base SHA, right after pr_context. Step 2 of the prompt covers the root rule files (they are in the kickoff) and says nothing about a directory's own rule file, so the model applies the "read the rules at the base" instruction to every directory the diff touches.
What changed
sandbox_grep (apps/ai/src/mcp/tools/sandbox.ts)
Parentheses with no partner are escaped before the call. The scan reads the pattern as git's extended regex does: \( and a parenthesis inside [...] are already literal and are left alone.
Normalising before the call rather than retrying after the failure: no second sandbox round trip, and it cannot change a valid pattern, because a pattern is only touched when its parentheses could not have compiled. A pattern whose groups balance reaches git byte for byte as sent. A pattern whose bracket never closes is also sent as is, so git's own error is reported.
The output says what was searched: a new optional searchedPattern field (packages/domain/src/mcp-outputs/setup.ts) and a Note: line in the rendered result. pattern stays what the caller sent.
Every other compile failure keeps the existing error.
On a miss, the same sh command that already ran now also prints, on stdout: the tracked files that share the name (case-insensitive, first 8 plus the total), and the deepest directory of the path that exists when the path's own directory does not. It is one git ls-files piped to awk, only on the miss branch. No new command, no new privilege, nothing interpolated into the script: the name reaches awk through the environment and is compared as text.
The error then reads, for example: No file 'packages/db/AGENTS.md' at ref 'abc123'. Tracked files named 'AGENTS.md': AGENTS.md, apps/web/AGENTS.md. or No tracked file is named 'provider-http.ts' anywhere at that commit, so do not try the name in other directories. Its directory does not exist either; the deepest one that does is 'apps/api/src'. No ref was passed: a file that a pull request or a later commit adds is only at that commit, so pass its SHA as ref.
A directory passed as a file now says so and points at sandbox_list_files.
Reviewer and child reviewer: pass the head SHA as ref on every sandbox call about the change, and why.
Reviewer, step 2: a directory's own rule file is not in the kickoff and is never guessed. Read one the root rules name; otherwise list with sandbox_list_files first and read only a path it returns.
The sandbox invariants are unchanged: refs are still validated before any call, no credential is involved, the added command only reads the index, and nothing reaches the network.
Verification
apps/ai $ bunx vitest run src/mcp/tools/sandbox.test.ts src/mcp/tools/registry.contract.test.ts src/chat/review/fanout.test.ts
Test Files 3 passed (3)
Tests 33 passed (33)
packages/backend $ bunx vitest run src/services/sandbox/RepoSandboxService.test.ts
Test Files 1 passed (1)
Tests 18 passed (18)
bun run --filter=@maple/ai typecheck exit 0
bun run --filter=@maple/domain typecheck exit 0
bun run --filter=@maple/backend typecheck exit 0
bunx oxlint -c .oxlintrc.effect.json <the 7 changed files> exit 0, no findings
New tests:
tool: an unpaired parenthesis is searched as text and reported (withSpan|fetch(, (get|set)Item(, it(|test(|run\(, done), [^)]call(); eight balanced patterns reach the service unchanged with no note; a missed read lists same-named files; a missed read with none says so, names the deepest existing directory and the commit it read; a directory is called a directory.
service, against real git in a temporary repository: the miss output for a wrong directory, a wrong case, a name no file has, a name made of glob characters, and a directory.
Against real git, the raw production pattern trace|propagat|requestJson|withSpan|fetch( fails to compile and the escaped form the tool now sends compiles and matches.
Not run: bun run --cwd apps/sandbox verify:image (needs Docker). The new shell branch uses only git ls-files, awk, printf and POSIX parameter expansion, all of which the existing script already relies on, but it has not been run inside the container image. The full test suite and the repo-wide typecheck were not run either.
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Bug Fixes
Repository searches now handle unmatched parentheses as literal characters and indicate when the searched pattern differs from the one requested.
Failed file reads now distinguish directories from missing files and provide helpful context, including matching tracked filenames and the nearest existing directory when available.
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AI code reviews use the pull request’s version of files when examining surrounding context and can check likely edge cases in self-contained logic.
…reads
sandbox_grep: a pattern whose parentheses do not balance could never
compile, and the model meant them as text (`fetch(`). The unpaired ones are
now escaped before the call, so there is no second round trip, and the
output says what was searched (`searchedPattern` plus a note). A pattern
whose groups balance reaches git exactly as sent.
sandbox_read_file: a miss now names the tracked files that share the name,
the deepest directory of the path that exists, and which commit was read.
The same sandbox command gathers it with one `git ls-files`.
Review prompts: sandbox calls about the change take the head SHA as `ref`
(without it they read the tracked branch, where files the pull request adds
do not exist), and rule files in sub-directories are listed before they are
read, never guessed.
The sandbox now provides more detail for failed file reads and adjusts grep searches for unmatched parentheses. AI review prompts also specify how to discover directory rules, read pull request context, and test likely edge cases.
Changes: Sandbox diagnostics and review context
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Summary
Missed-path diagnostic data packages/backend/src/services/sandbox/RepoSandboxService.ts, packages/backend/src/services/sandbox/RepoSandboxService.test.ts
The read script reports directory status, matching tracked filenames, and the nearest existing directory. The missedFile parser extracts these details, and tests cover the parsed results.
For classified read failures with exit code 1, the tool reports directory status, matching tracked filenames, nearest-directory details, or ref guidance. Tests cover these messages.
The grep tool escapes unmatched parentheses unless the pattern has an unclosed bracket expression. Its output includes searchedPattern when the searched pattern differs. Tests cover adjusted and unchanged patterns.
The prompts specify directory rule-file discovery, use of the pull request head SHA as the sandbox ref, and optional edge-case testing with sandbox_exec.
When a missed file read involves a filename containing quotes or backslashes, the diagnostic may wrongly say no tracked file has that name. This is a narrow, low-impact misleading hint and does not affect other behavior, so the change is mergeable with a small follow-up.
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Review comments at @packages/backend/src/services/sandbox/RepoSandboxService.ts:
- Line 107: Update SAME_NAME_PROGRAM and the git ls-files pipeline to read
NUL-delimited tracked paths and compare literal basenames, preserving filenames
containing quotes or backslashes; serialize matching paths safely for the
consumer. Add a missed-read test using the quoted filename already in the test
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🟢 Confidence 10/10 · safe to merge. The tr/awk newline handling is two lines, and the new real-git test plus a direct run of the pipeline confirm every miss shape it reports. no findings · tests covered · risk medium · 1/1 new units observable
Adds a regression fixture and coverage for the last commit's newline handling in the missed-read lookup, plus the miss diagnostics and grep parenthesis fix from earlier commits. The pattern-to-name path is read-only and behaves as documented; safe to merge.
SAME_NAME_PROGRAM skips tracked paths whose name holds a newline, marked \001 by tr
read_file misses now report same-named files, the deepest real directory, and directories
sandbox_grep escapes unpaired parentheses before git grep sees the pattern
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What was failing
Production, 24 h ending 2026-11-11 23:58 UTC.
sandbox_grep: at least 60 failed calls across about 25 sessions, all of the formgit grep could not compile the pattern (fatal: -e option, 'openApplyDataPreview|resetFormData(': Unmatched ( or \(). Patterns the review model sent:trace|propagat|requestJson|withSpan|fetch(,it(|test(|describe(,getSession(|refreshSession(,.query(|adminProcedure|.mutation(,normalizeRequirementTitle(. The description and the error already say the pattern is a POSIX extended regex; the model keeps sending the parenthesis as text and pays a round trip each time.sandbox_read_file: 439 failed calls in 215 sessions (3.4% of 13,233 calls), 262 distinct messages, allNo readable file '<path>' at that ref: ... is not a tracked file at this commit. One review made 6 reads and 5 failed.Why the reads miss
Sampling the failures (all from pull request reviews, split 237 / 201 / 1 across the three review models) shows two causes, neither of them the tool:
refat all, so they read the repository's tracked branch. Neither the reviewer prompt nor the child reviewer prompt said which commit sandbox calls should use.apps/AGENTS.md(10 calls) andpackages/AGENTS.md(9) are in the top four messages. One session sentpackages/db/AGENTS.md,packages/drizzle/AGENTS.md,packages/AGENTS.mdandpackages/db/CLAUDE.mdin a single message, at the base SHA, right afterpr_context. Step 2 of the prompt covers the root rule files (they are in the kickoff) and says nothing about a directory's own rule file, so the model applies the "read the rules at the base" instruction to every directory the diff touches.What changed
sandbox_grep(apps/ai/src/mcp/tools/sandbox.ts)\(and a parenthesis inside[...]are already literal and are left alone.searchedPatternfield (packages/domain/src/mcp-outputs/setup.ts) and aNote:line in the rendered result.patternstays what the caller sent.sandbox_read_file(RepoSandboxService.ts,sandbox.ts)shcommand that already ran now also prints, on stdout: the tracked files that share the name (case-insensitive, first 8 plus the total), and the deepest directory of the path that exists when the path's own directory does not. It is onegit ls-filespiped toawk, only on the miss branch. No new command, no new privilege, nothing interpolated into the script: the name reachesawkthrough the environment and is compared as text.No file 'packages/db/AGENTS.md' at ref 'abc123'. Tracked files named 'AGENTS.md': AGENTS.md, apps/web/AGENTS.md.orNo tracked file is named 'provider-http.ts' anywhere at that commit, so do not try the name in other directories. Its directory does not exist either; the deepest one that does is 'apps/api/src'. No ref was passed: a file that a pull request or a later commit adds is only at that commit, so pass its SHA as ref.sandbox_list_files.Review prompts (
apps/ai/src/chat/prompts.ts,apps/ai/src/chat/review/fanout.ts)refon every sandbox call about the change, and why.sandbox_list_filesfirst and read only a path it returns.The sandbox invariants are unchanged: refs are still validated before any call, no credential is involved, the added command only reads the index, and nothing reaches the network.
Verification
New tests:
withSpan|fetch(,(get|set)Item(,it(|test(|run\(,done),[^)]call(); eight balanced patterns reach the service unchanged with no note; a missed read lists same-named files; a missed read with none says so, names the deepest existing directory and the commit it read; a directory is called a directory.Against real git, the raw production pattern
trace|propagat|requestJson|withSpan|fetch(fails to compile and the escaped form the tool now sends compiles and matches.Not run:
bun run --cwd apps/sandbox verify:image(needs Docker). The new shell branch uses onlygit ls-files,awk,printfand POSIX parameter expansion, all of which the existing script already relies on, but it has not been run inside the container image. The full test suite and the repo-wide typecheck were not run either.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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