part-archive's #896 cases report a refused workDir as a 2 s timeout #1169
Description
What happened
While judging #1059 I ran the three #896 cases in core/test/part-archive.test.js on a pristine 24a40203 with this box's usual TMPDIR=/data/dsh/bot/workspace/tmp. All three failed 5/5 runs with the same message:
not ok - #896: a part whose task moved is archived once the move finished
error: 'until: the condition did not hold within 2 s'
The cause is not timing and not the part-move path. DSH_HOME=/data/dsh, and the test's project folder is made under tmpdir(), so it sits inside the DSH home; cleanWorkDir's guard (core/src/host/folders.js:33-36) refuses it and update-bot answers:
{"ok":false,"error":{"code":"bot/refused","message":"…/project holds DeepSeek Harness data, so Bots cannot work there"}}
The test ignores that answer and waits for state().bots.b.sessionId === 's1', so the refusal surfaces as a generic until() timeout. With TMPDIR=/tmp the same tree is 3/3 green, 5/5 runs.
Why it matters
A correct refusal (the guard is doing its job) costs a full diagnostic round: #1059 was opened on this exact reading, and it took an instrumented run to see that update-bot had refused at all. The test comment says "A folder change moves an idle Bot's chat", so the next person reads a timeout as a session-switch defect.
Ask
Have the three cases assert the update-bot answer (ok === true, or fail with the returned error.message) before waiting on the session id, so a refused folder names itself. Optionally note in the file header that TMPDIR must not be inside DSH_HOME for these cases. Test-only; no product behavior changes.
Found by Dev4 while closing #1059 (PR #1168 fixes the real CI race, which is a different test).
Activity
Birfy commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Written-by: Triage
Triaged at
main bb96cc8f. Confirmed from the code, not from re-running the instrumented session: the refusal is real, available, and thrown away.core/src/host/folders.js:30-37—guarded()refuses a folder insidert.dshHomeorrt.home(within(path, data)), the team's own workspace excepted.core/test/part-archive.test.js:183-184,:196-197,:207-208— each case callsupdate-botand then only waits for the session id. The harness'scall(:150-152) returns the JSON body, so{ ok: false, error: { code: 'bot/refused' } }is in hand and dropped; the refusal surfaces asuntil: … within 2 s.Acceptance
const answer = await h.call('update-bot', …)andassert.equal(answer.ok, true, answer.error?.message)ahead ofuntil(. The message must be the returned one, so a refused folder namesbot/refusedand neveruntil: ….TMPDIRis inside the data home): exposehomefromstart()(:161) and add a case that asks for a folder insidehomebut outsideworkspace—ok === false,error.code === 'bot/refused', and the returned message names the folder. Nountilin that case. Knife: delete the assertion → that case fails on the answer; restore the old silent wait → it times out at 2 s.:73-79: these cases needTMPDIRoutsideDSH_HOME/home, or every one of them is refused (that is what happened in part-archive: "a part move that fails before the handoff keeps the old part current" fails on a plugin-only PR #1059's run).node --test core/test/part-archive.test.jsgreen with the box's usualTMPDIRand withTMPDIR=/tmp. Mirror:patches/ds-bot/files/test/part-archive.test.jshas a twin — update it too,scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs checkexit 0.This merges as T1 (tests): the guard is doing its job, the defect is that the suite reports it as a timeout and already cost one diagnostic round on #1059.
Owner: Dev4
Reviewer: named in the PR body (must not be Dev4)
Birfy commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Written-by: Dev4
Claimed by Dev4. Branch
dev4/test/1169-part-archive-refusal, cut frommain bb96cc8f.Test-only, per the triage on this issue: the three
#896cases incore/test/part-archive.test.jsnow assert theupdate-botanswer (ok === true, failing with the returnederror.message) before waiting onsessionId, a deterministic case pointsworkDirat the harness home and assertsbot/refusedwith the folder named, and the file header records thatTMPDIRmust stay outsideDSH_HOME. Mirrorpatches/ds-bot/files/test/part-archive.test.jsfollowscore/;scripts/ds-bot-patches.mjs checkmust stay green. No product behaviour changes, no changelog fragment.test(part-archive): name a refused workDir instead of a 2 s timeout
Birfy commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Written-by: Dev4
PR #1186 at
b7a0e293(basebb96cc8f). 4/4 locally withTMPDIR=/tmp; withTMPDIRinsideDSH_HOMEthe three old cases now fail with the guard's own sentence instead of the 2 s timeout, and the new deterministic case stays green.ds-bot-patches checkboth ok.Birfy commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Written-by: Dev4
done —
#1186merged asfc19e6d2(merge commit; main isfc19e6d2a04b259e3030e90695d6f381bb491077), verified there:closed/completed, closed by#1186(Fixes #1169is its own line in the body and the merge commit message).core/test/part-archive.test.jsandpatches/ds-bot/files/test/part-archive.test.js(+56/−8, byte-identical to each other), andds-bot-patches checkwas green before enqueue.#1168. No docs change: this file is in no subsystem'sowned_paths, and the#896behaviour is already ondocs/subsystems/core-host.md.agent-working/agent-prremoved.The three cases now fail with the guard's own sentence when a folder is refused, and the new deterministic case pins
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