On macOS and Linux, Settings checks which t3 a new terminal would run before it installs the command. That check (added in #17351) takes the first PATH entry where anything named t3 exists. Shells skip a directory or a file the current user can't execute and keep searching. So such an entry earlier on PATH is reported as "Another t3 ... runs first", and Install refuses, even though the shell would run the real command further down. The same lookup sets onPath, so an installed link behind such an entry reads as not on PATH.
Repro: put a directory named t3 in a PATH directory that comes before ~/.local/bin, then open Settings and install the t3 command.
firstOnPath in apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopCliCommand.ts now accepts a candidate only if fs.stat reports a regular file and access(X_OK) succeeds for the current process. Both calls follow symlinks, so our launcher link and a foreign t3 that links to an executable are still found, and the foreign-command check works as before. Effect's FileSystem.access has no execute option. The file imports node:fs and node:fs/promises under a file-level @effect-diagnostics nodeBuiltinImport:off with a stated reason, as DesktopAppActivation.ts does.
There is no issue for this. It fits the small focused fix exception: one bug in the shadow check from #17351, 15 changed lines in one file, and one test. There is no contract change. The Settings row and the install result do change in one case: a directory or a file you can't execute is no longer named as the t3 that runs first, so Install succeeds and the row shows the command as installed. On Windows the shadow check is skipped and state ignores the result of firstOnPath.
Prior PRs: none. A search of open and closed PRs found only #16683 and #17351, which added this code.
New test in apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts, "skips a t3 directory or a file this user cannot execute". PATH lists a directory named t3, then a t3 with mode 0601 (only other users may execute it), then an executable t3, then ~/.local/bin. It checks that shadowedBy is the executable. It then removes the executable and checks that install succeeds with onPath: true, with the other two entries still ahead of ~/.local/bin.
Commands ran from apps/desktop on Linux x64, Node 24.22.0, as a non-root user.
| 1 | vp test run src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts -t "skips a t3 directory or a file this user cannot execute" |
$TMPDIR/shadow/t3, received $TMPDIR/folder/t3.plain/t3, the mode-0601 file.The new test on main fails, and passes on this branch:
New test failing on main and passing on this branch
Packaged app. I built unsigned packages of main and this branch (Linux x64 AppImage under Xvfb, macOS arm64 DMG) and used Settings > General > "t3 command" through the UI. Each run used a throwaway HOME and this PATH: a directory t3, a mode-644 t3, a symlink to it, a mode-0601 t3, then ~/.local/bin and the system folders. On macOS the app ran with --use-mock-keychain and with SHELL pointing at a script that runs zsh -f, so the login-shell PATH matched the test PATH. With the same PATH, bash type -P t3 (both platforms) and zsh command -v t3 (macOS) found nothing before Install and ~/.local/bin/t3 after it. They only look the name up, so nothing ran.
Main names the directory and refuses Install:
Linux, main: the directory named t3 is reported as the t3 that runs first, and Install fails
macOS, main: the same directory is reported, and Install fails
This branch installs the link, and the row shows it as on PATH. Remove then deletes it:
Linux, this branch: Install links t3 into ~/.local/bin and the row says to open a new terminal
macOS, this branch: Install links t3 into ~/.local/bin and the row says to open a new terminal
A real executable t3 later on PATH (mode 755) still blocks Install. This branch names that file, which is also what both shells resolve:
Linux, this branch: an executable t3 later on PATH is named, and Install fails
macOS, this branch: an executable t3 later on PATH is named, and Install fails
Focused checks:
| 1 | vp test run src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts src/app/DesktopCliShim.test.ts |
| 2 | vp lint src/app/DesktopCliCommand.ts src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts |
| 3 | vp fmt --check src/app/DesktopCliCommand.ts src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts |
| 4 | pnpm run typecheck |
Tests: 2 files, 16 passed. Lint and format: clean. Typecheck: exit 0, with Effect language-service suggestions only for other files.
Not checked:
access(X_OK) passes when any execute bit is set, which matches what the shell does, but I didn't run it.Production fix, tests, PR description and images written with Claude Opus 5.5 in T3 Code Nightly.
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PATH lookup now skips candidates that are not regular files with execute access. A test covers a directory and a non-executable file before an executable t3 command. It also checks installation after removing that executable.
Changes: Executable PATH lookup
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
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Validate PATH candidates apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopCliCommand.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts | firstOnPath now checks that a candidate is a regular file with execute access. The test checks that a directory and non-executable file are skipped, then verifies installation after removing the executable entry. |
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
Change: Bug fix
Possibly related issues
pingdotgg/t3code#22361 — This issue also concerns t3 PATH resolution. The change updates how firstOnPath identifies executable candidates, but does not exclude an executable launcher.Possibly related PRs
t3 shadowing on PATH; this PR updates desktop shadow detection, while that PR addresses stale CLI shadowing during server service recovery.Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, macroscopeapp
5a21cNo supported merge-blocking risk remains in the PATH lookup change.
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apps/desktop/src/app/DesktopCliCommand.test.ts:197-227🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winSkip this POSIX permission test on Windows.
apps/desktop/package.jsonruns the desktop tests withvp test run --passWithNoTests. On Windows,process.getuid?.() === 0does not skip this test, andNodeFS.constants.X_OKdoes not enforce POSIX execute permissions. Theplain/t3fixture can therefore passNodeFSP.access(..., X_OK), causing theshadowedByassertion to fail and the desktop test command to fail.Suggested fix
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updated the original branch at 76724975bed7a7447fa79a9c6edf0558387975c0, retaining all four @only21mil commits and merging current main (04a21bb1c1ce).
kept the original regular-file plus current-user execute-access check. reduced it to one node import and narrowed the diagnostic suppression from the whole file to that import. the existing regression now runs as root with mode 0600, retains 0601 for non-root users, skips windows, and explicitly checks that a real executable still blocks installation. no new test files or unrelated changes. the old root-test review thread is addressed and resolved.
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vp run check:changed passed through blacksmith: format, lint, both knip passes, affected typechecks, and the nearby tests.CLEAN / MERGEABLE.onPath: true, then removes it while preserving the unrelated entries. runtime transcript.unverified: packaged electron ipc, macos/windows runtime, and new before/after ui captures. the default web dev server cannot expose this desktop-only control without electron's full bridge; a partial bridge fails startup, so no simulated screenshots are supplied. the contributor's existing packaged-app captures remain in the description. coderabbit's new review was rate limited; its earlier findings are addressed. human approval remains outstanding; no approval gate was bypassed.
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verified as-is at 76724975bed7a7447fa79a9c6edf0558387975c0 on this linux x64 vm. no source changes or pushes.
github/main (49a9e80e0b) in a separate worktree: clicking install reports the directory named t3 as a shadow and fails, although bash finds no executable command.0601 file, and symlink to that file), the pr installs a real launcher symlink. settings reports it on path, and a new shell runs t3 --version successfully.gpt-6.1-sol, and submit a git-status request through the composer. the tool call and reply rendered.t3 launcher to add a project and run t3 thread start --provider codex --model gpt-6.1-sol --wait. the real provider completed, and the desktop client displayed its completed reply and model.vp run check:changed 04a21bb1c1cec0e60aa831bef11e67feae95885e passed format, lint, both knip passes, affected typechecks, and nearby tests. latest ci has no failing or pending checks.main, before:
main falsely reports a directory as the t3 executable
pr, after:
pr installs t3 behind the same invalid path entries
real desktop remove and reinstall interaction
completed real codex turn started through the installed t3 launcher
command and ipc transcript. captures inspected; uploaded video playback and seeking checked.
native macos/windows, ios/android, signed installers, wayland, arm64, and root execute semantics were not exercised on this linux x64 vm. web/mobile do not expose this desktop-only installer.
the first pr package build stalled rendering web chunks and timed out; the bounded-concurrency retry built successfully. desktop startup initially encountered a keyring prompt; verification used --password-store=basic, with no password entered. the blacksmith snapshot needed the pr's git history fetched before check:changed could find its merge base.