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A symlink walks straight out of an agent's write allow-list

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Here is the path check almost every write guard ends up with, including the one I ship. It is better than the obvious version, and it is still wrong. import { isAbsolute , relative , resolve } from " node:path " ; function contains ( root , target ) { const rel = relative ( resolve ( root ), resolv…

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  1. 2026-08-25 23:04 · DEV Community — AI
    A symlink walks straight out of an agent's write allow-list

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