[juliusmarminge]

Problem

A workspace rooted at the home directory makes T3 Code read the contents of nearly every file under home. You get one by adding home as a project, or by running npx t3 from ~. On Windows that downloads OneDrive online-only files the user never opened (in the report, STL files attributed to "T3 Code (Alpha)"). Reproduced on Linux on main: with HOME set to a temp dir holding OneDrive/Remix/*.stl, WorkspaceSearchIndex.make(home).search("stl") returned the STL files, and strace showed an openat and read for every one of them.

Change

WorkspaceSearchIndex.createFinder passed enableHomeDirScanning: true and enableFsRootScanning: true to fff, overriding fff's own default, which refuses to index the home directory or a filesystem root. After every scan, fff's binary sniff reads every non-empty file of 10 MB or less whose extension isn't on its binary list. That happens even for the path-only index. The fix drops both overrides. A project rooted exactly at the home directory or a drive root now gets the existing search_index_create_failed error instead of a walk of the whole tree. Projects in subfolders are unchanged.

Scope and approval

Fixes #8339

Verification

• New test refuses to index a workspace rooted at the home directory in apps/server/src/workspace/WorkspaceSearchIndex.test.ts runs the real fff on a temp HOME containing OneDrive/Remix/part.stl. It fails on main (Received: [{ kind: "file", path: "OneDrive/Remix/part.stl" }]) and passes with the fix. It is skipped on Windows, where fff reads the user profile instead of HOME.

• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck (3 packages) and tests pass. The tests in apps/server/src/workspace/ pass.

• Runtime transcript, server only with no visible surface. Synthetic fixture, strace -f -e openat on T3's WorkspaceSearchIndex:

  Run	Root	STL files opened
  main 07242ab	fake home	3 of 3 (returned in results)
  main 07242ab	project subfolder	0
  fix e2373c2	fake home	0 (WorkspaceSearchIndexCreateFailed: fff refuses home/root)

  transcript.txt · driver: driver-8339.mjs

• cannot-verify windows: not run on Windows with real OneDrive placeholders or the packaged Electron app. The Linux trace shows the file reads that cause the hydration.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code in T3 Code), reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change removes home-directory and filesystem-root scanning opt-ins for workspace search. Human review is required to confirm this change to default search coverage.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: b883156 · PR result: ad63a8d · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Workspace search no longer explicitly enables filesystem-root or home-directory scanning. A new test checks search-index creation when the workspace root is the home directory.

Changes: Workspace search scanning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Apply scan defaults and validate home-root behavior apps/server/src/workspace/WorkspaceSearchIndex.ts, apps/server/src/workspace/WorkspaceSearchIndex.test.ts	createFinder no longer explicitly enables filesystem-root or home-directory scanning. A test skipped on Windows checks that a workspace rooted at a temporary home directory returns WorkspaceSearchIndexCreateFailed.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#11306 — The reported home-directory scan and watch behavior overlaps with the scanning options changed here.

Suggested reviewers: macroscopeapp, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to ad63a

A Windows workspace whose home path uses different casing can still scan unrelated home-directory files, potentially triggering the OneDrive downloads this change aims to prevent. Address that path before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, specific, and accurately describes the main change: preventing workspace search from indexing the home directory.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the cause, fix, affected scope, linked issue, test results, runtime evidence, and limi…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#8339] requires T3 Code to avoid reading or pulling down unrelated OneDrive files. WorkspaceSearchIndex.createFinder no longer overrides fff with enableHomeDirScanning: true or `enableFsRoo…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-pull-request diff contains one production change and one focused regression test. Both changes directly support issue [#8339]. The test verifies that a home-rooted workspace does not create …

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Explanation

Issue [#8339] requires T3 Code to avoid reading or pulling down unrelated OneDrive files. WorkspaceSearchIndex.createFinder no longer overrides fff with enableHomeDirScanning: true or enableFsRootScanning: true. This restores fff's refusal for home-directory and filesystem-root workspaces. The added regression test creates OneDrive/Remix/part.stl under a temporary HOME and expects WorkspaceSearchIndexCreateFailed. The change does not alter subfolder workspace behavior. The Windows test is skipped because fff uses the user profile instead of HOME, but the production option change applies on all platforms.

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The whole-pull-request diff contains one production change and one focused regression test. Both changes directly support issue [#8339]. The test verifies that a home-rooted workspace does not create an index that can read the fixture file. No unrelated product behavior or files appear in the diff.

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Major · Reject filesystem-equivalent home paths before creating the… · WorkspaceSearchIndex.ts:296-301

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Reject filesystem-equivalent home paths before creating the finder.

On Windows, a home path with different casing can pass fff’s exact-string guard. The finder then scans the home directory instead of returning WorkspaceSearchIndexCreateFailed. Compare filesystem identity before calling FileFinder.create.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/workspace/WorkspaceSearchIndex.ts around lines 296 - 301:
Before calling FileFinder.create in the WorkspaceSearchIndex creation flow, compare the requested path against the home path using filesystem-equivalent identity, including case-insensitive matching on Windows. Reject equivalent home paths with WorkspaceSearchIndexCreateFailed, preserving the existing handling for other paths.

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Evidence

Search @local-part.stl in an ordinary project as a control. Then add the exact synthetic home directory as a project and search @part.stl, with OneDrive/Remix/part.stl present, without selecting or opening it. Both runs used Linux Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, and fresh synthetic state.

Evidence	Before — b883156e26	After — ad63a8d1aa
Home search
Ordinary-folder control
Interaction	Before recording	After recording
File access monitor	STL OPEN and ACCESS observed	No STL OPEN or ACCESS observed

Scenario · Driver, setup instructions, and access transcripts

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• Windows OneDrive hydration was not reproduced: this environment is Linux and has no Windows OneDrive online-only file.
• Filesystem-root rejection was not exercised; the reproduction covered the exact synthetic home directory and an ordinary project control.
• The exact search_index_create_failed RPC code was not captured; the visible empty search result and absence of STL access were observed.
• Recordings are the interaction evidence; pixel-identical screenshots 500 ms apart were not established.