feat(tools): publish apply_patch through the guard (U6, #1375) by easonLiangWorldedtech · Pull Request #1915 · Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

easonLiangWorldedtech · 2026-10-05T12:10:38Z

Split unit U6 of #1833, under the plan on this issue (5993969784 / 5994039786 / 5994053776). Base is U4 (#1914) per the merge order.

Scope (one gate scope): the apply_patch tool — publish through the guard, carry the source's completeness to a move destination, and reject a partial-source move onto an observed destination before changing state.

Content source of record: kind: commit, base 7c291bb08 → head 6768ccfaf, replayed on the current main tip 9af61f87e so this branch carries nothing that main already has.

Budget (own delta, not the stacked view): 691 a+d / 105 changed executable lines. Inside both caps.

Verification at this head: 20 passed; ESLint --max-warnings=0 clean on every file in the unit; Prettier clean; src/eslint-suppressions.json never increased.

The GitHub view also carries the unmerged base, so the numbers above are this unit's own delta.

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Bug Fixes
- File reads now distinguish clipped lines from omitted lines and report when either affects the displayed content.
- File updates are checked against the version previously read, helping prevent stale changes from overwriting newer file contents. Partial reads cannot be used for full-file replacements.
- File writes better preserve existing permissions and handle symlinks, backups, and failed writes with rollback where possible.

Walkthrough

The change adds versioned file observations, read-completeness tracking, and guarded file publishing. It also adds a staged file-writing service and updates safeWriteJson to use it for commits and rollback.

Changes

File observations and publishing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
File observations and read completeness `src/core/task/observationRegistry.ts`, `src/core/tools/ReadFileTool.ts`, `src/integrations/misc/indentation-reader.ts`, related tests	Reads record versioned observations only when pre- and post-read versions match. Read completeness reflects truncation, clipping, selected ranges, and lossy decoding.
Staged file publication `src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts`, `src/services/file-safety/__tests__/safeWriteText.spec.ts`	`safeWriteText` stages and syncs content, resolves symlink targets, and handles backups, rollback, and platform-specific file metadata.
Guarded writes and tool integration `src/core/tools/guardedWrite.ts`, `src/core/tools/ApplyPatchTool.ts`, related tests	Guarded writes serialize by path and check observation versions before publication. `ApplyPatchTool` selects create and edit guards for its save paths.
JSON writer integration `src/utils/safeWriteJson.ts`, `src/utils/__tests__/safeWriteJson*.spec.ts`	`safeWriteJson` resolves the lock and publish targets, then delegates staged commits and backup handling to `safeWriteText`.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReadFileTool
  participant ObservationRegistry
  participant ApplyPatchTool
  participant guardedWrite
  participant proper-lockfile
  participant safeWriteText
  ReadFileTool->>ObservationRegistry: Record matching file version and read completeness
  ApplyPatchTool->>guardedWrite: Submit path, content, and write kind
  guardedWrite->>ObservationRegistry: Get path observation
  guardedWrite->>proper-lockfile: Acquire resolved-target lock
  guardedWrite->>safeWriteText: Publish content after guard checks
  safeWriteText-->>guardedWrite: Return from publication
  guardedWrite->>ObservationRegistry: Refresh observation after successful publish

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to db885

JSON settings writes can silently revert to their old content on filesystems where directory sync fails, and the error reports success-like state. Patch moves can overwrite existing destination files without the new read and version checks. Both should be fixed before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to db885

The intended file-safety checks are not connected to the production save methods at this revision. JSON error recovery can also report a saved state that differs from the contents on disk. Following linked destinations changes which files are modified, and authorization for those destinations remains incompletely established.

Retained concerns

Medium · architecture · observed: The new safety contract lacks production owner/consumer integration. ApplyPatchTool passes guard kinds and completeness to save methods whose production signatures accept neither and whose implementations still write directly. Added read paths also require task.observationRegistry, for which scoped production Task inspection found no declaration or initialization. Ordinary stable reads can consequently fail at the new registry access, while the save arguments cannot enforce the intended controls. Direct publication predates this PR; the introduced concern is the incomplete shared-state and enforcement contract, not a newly introduced direct-write vulnerability.
Medium · reliability · observed: With backup enabled, a POSIX directory-fsync failure after the commit rename triggers restoration of the old target, but the propagated PostCommitDurabilityError still says the committed content is at the target. The rollback directory entry is not fsynced either. This newly reachable recovery path makes reported contents and crash-recovery state disagree for shared JSON persistence, including configuration updates.
Medium · security · inferred: JSON publication now modifies a file symlink's resolved referent rather than replacing the caller-visible symlink entry. If a workspace-controlled link targets another writable file, a configuration update can therefore modify that referent where the base implementation replaced the alias. Authorization for referents outside the caller's intended ownership root is not established. User-selected export paths and operating-system permissions constrain exposure; this is a conditional boundary concern, not a verified exploit or privilege escalation.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

inferred — The demonstrated exposure is host-local filesystem modification under the extension process's existing permissions. JSON consumers include MCP configuration and user-selected settings exports; resolving a file symlink can extend the effective destination beyond its logical directory. No cross-tenant or elevated-identity exposure was established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — A conditional introduced attack path is a caller-visible configuration file symlink leading to another writable file: head publication replaces the referent's contents, whereas base publication renamed onto the alias entry. Exploitability requires influence over that link and a triggering authorized write; those prerequisites were not fully proven.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Patch handling retains source-path access checks, user approval, and destination ignore/protection/workspace checks. These are counterevidence to unrestricted model-controlled writes, but they do not connect the unchanged save methods to the new version/completeness guard.
inferred — Canonical advisory locks coordinate static aliases and cooperating writers, but pre-lock key resolution and later target resolution are separate operations. Uncoordinated symlink mutation is not bound atomically to the checked identity; its production threat relevance remains unresolved, and the supplied alias test uses simulated resolution.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — The guarded queue recovers after rejected operations, and post-publication token-read failure does not undo a successful write. These local containment properties do not resolve the separate backup/durability recovery inconsistency or missing production integration.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Make task-scoped observation ownership and production publisher enforcement explicit, distinguish pre-commit rollback from post-commit durability recovery, and define caller authorization for symlink referents. Validate those contracts through real production-owner integration and combined failure-state cases rather than only standalone guards or simulated resolution.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: publishing the apply_patch tool through the guard.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the scope, implementation context, and verification results. It references related issues and reports test and lint outcomes, but it does not use the template headings or prov…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Regression Evidence	✅ Passed	The changed behaviors have focused tests at their relevant layers. `ApplyPatchTool` tests cover guarded update/add/move calls, both save routes for update and add, observation token failures, complete…
Security Boundaries	✅ Passed	No changed path meets the stated security failure conditions. `ApplyPatchTool.ts` still checks `validateAccess` for each source path and move destination, checks write protection, and obtains `askAppr…
Persistence Integrity	✅ Passed	No newly introduced persistence-integrity failure is shown. The new `safeWriteText` path awaits staging writes, fsyncs the staged file, and commits with rename; it reports post-commit durability failu…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup	✅ Passed	No changed lifecycle path meets the failure condition. `guardedWrite` serializes writes per path, rejects queued work when `task.abort` is set, rechecks cancellation under the publish lock, and remove…

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…ve (U1, issue 1375) Split unit U1 of PR 1833. Three changes, each with a test that fails without it: - a caller-supplied staging path is checked for location and file type before anything is written, so an arbitrary path or a symlink cannot be published onto the target; - a failed parent-directory fsync on POSIX is reported as PostCommitDurabilityError instead of being swallowed, so a successful return never claims durability the filesystem did not grant; - the staged file and this write's own staging directory are released before RollbackFailureError is thrown. Focused coverage for resolveLockKey added: canonical parent directory, a dangling-link chain, and termination at the bounded depth on a two-link cycle.

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Review comments at @src/core/tools/ApplyPatchTool.ts:
- Around line 444-496: Update the move flow in ApplyPatchTool so partial-source
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Review comments at @src/services/file-safety/safeWriteText.ts:
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