# test: skip symlink fixtures where the host cannot create symlinks · PR \#9566 · pingdotgg/t3code

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Repository: [pingdotgg/t3code](https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code)

Visibility: public

State: merged

Source repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Source branch: windows-tests/symlinks

Target branch: windows-tests/posix-fixtures

Head commit: 00bf96a629144b9d6e92112ade8c6ce35e6f7f3e

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## Description

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Creating a symlink on Windows needs Developer Mode or elevation, so every
test that plants one to prove containment or escape detection failed at
setup there. workflowScriptQuery planted its link at module scope and took
the whole file down at collection.

Add a once-per-process probe, @t3tools/shared/testing/symlinks, and gate
those tests on it across server, desktop, and scripts.

Part of the Windows test-suite stack rooted at [#9564](https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/9564); the manual Windows lane comes from [#9538](https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/9538).

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> [!NOTE]
> ### Skip symlink-dependent tests on hosts without symlink support
> - Adds `symlinksSupported` probe in [symlinks.ts](https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/9566/files#diff-5da0095fa6fc504e666defac3f17421b2445b2032e6beae93d72cd19d217059f), exported via `./testing/symlinks` in [package.json](https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/9566/files#diff-3752b1e4e3e2032593e21e9268ec0379680a59e4e7b8517d0d5492a71530d3e8)
> - Wraps symlink fixture tests across server, desktop, and scripts in conditional skips using the new probe
> - Risk: none — test-only change; production code is unchanged
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> [!NOTE]
> **Low Risk**
> Test-only changes; production behavior is unchanged. Symlink security tests are skipped on hosts without symlink support rather than run vacuously.
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> **Overview**
> Adds **`symlinksSupported`** (`@t3tools/shared/testing/symlinks`), a one-time probe that detects whether the host can create symlinks without elevation (notably missing on default Windows).
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> Symlink-dependent tests across **desktop**, **server**, and **scripts** are gated with **`skipIf(!symlinksSupported)`** so they skip instead of failing during fixture setup. **`workflowScriptQuery.test.ts`** only plants its module-scope escape symlink when symlinks work, avoiding collection-time failures on restricted hosts.
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