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filesystem: a dangling symlink is reported as "Parent directory does not exist" #5191
Description
Problem
When the requested path is a symlink whose target does not exist, fs.realpath in validatePath (src/filesystem/lib.ts) fails with ENOENT and the code falls through to resolveUnicodeEquivalentPath, whose own realpath of the entry fails as well. validatePath reports that as "Parent directory does not exist:
src/filesystem/__tests__/server-paths.test.ts pins the message.
Expected
The error says the path is a broken symlink. Refusing the request is correct and stays.
Prior work
The PR(s) above targeted the pre-refactor code and are closed as part of the backlog triage in #4875; this issue is where the work continues, with the PR(s) as a prototype. Thank you to their authors.
Activity
cliffhall commentedon Oct 20, 2026
Triage: Priority Low (total 5)
buglabelFiled from the PR backlog triage (#4877). Board: Servers V2 (#43), Status
Incoming, awaiting maintainer review (no milestone yet).cliffhall commentedon Oct 29, 2026
Shipped in #5380, merged into
v2/main; it releases with milestone v2.3.0. Tested together with the rest of the #5269 work in the rollup #5405.fix(filesystem): report a dangling symlink as broken, not as a missin…