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fix: release archive lock on Windows - #1769

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Ready for review at 19586c83; not merged.

What was wrong

A successful Windows archive could leave .openspec-archive.lock behind, blocking the next archive. The open handle reported a device ID while the path stat reported 0n. Closes #1949.

How it was fixed

Cleanup accepts 0n as an unavailable device ID. It still checks the inode, claim contents, and path identity before unlinking.

Replication / proof

The regression fails without the fix. Additional tests keep replaced or changed claims. Locally, 253 archive tests, build, TypeScript, lint, and strict change validation pass.

Notes / nits

Hosted checks for this head need fork-workflow approval. The replacement test is skipped on Windows because Windows defers deletion of open files; the release and changed-identity tests run there.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed Windows archive operations leaving behind temporary archive lock files.
    • Archive cleanup now safely handles platforms that do not report device IDs.
    • Added validation for nested changes and unknown task markers.
    • Improved retirement and synchronization validation to prevent invalid archive operations.

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The archive command now handles missing device identifiers during claim cleanup, rejects namespace folders with nested changes, and validates unread delta sections. Specifications, release metadata, and regression tests describe and cover these changes.

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Archive command updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Archive contract and release metadata
openspec/changes/fix-windows-archive-claim-release/*, .changeset/windows-archive-claim-release.md
The archive specification defines claim creation, failure handling, successful claim cleanup, and protection against changed claims. Supporting proposal, task, metadata, and changeset files record the Windows fix.
Cross-platform claim identity check
src/core/archive.ts
isSameArchiveClaimFile matches inode values when device values match or either value is 0n. releaseArchiveClaim uses the helper for ownership and repeated-stat checks.
Archive validation behavior
src/core/archive.ts
ArchiveCommand rejects namespace folders that contain nested changes. Validation treats unread delta sections as delta specs.
Archive regression coverage
test/core/archive.test.ts
Tests cover zero-device claim cleanup, changed claims, namespace-folder diagnostics, unknown task markers, declined sync, retirement authorization, and generated main-spec titles.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1949 requires claim release after a successful archive and protection against deleting a changed claim. releaseArchiveClaim now accepts a matching inode when either device ID is 0n, while i…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed source and test changes support Issue #1949. The helper changes archive-claim identity checks, and the tests verify release and replacement safety. The changeset and archive specification…
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kikeprzn and others added 2 commits September 11, 2026 15:02
The new test compared the lstat target against the temp-dir claim path
verbatim. The command stats the resolved real path, so on macOS
(/var -> /private/var) the comparison never matched, `dev: 0n` was never
injected, and the test only asserted that an ordinary archive releases its
claim — which already passed before the fix. Verified: it passed with the
source change reverted.

Match the claim by file name instead, and count the interceptions so the
test fails loudly if the mock ever goes inert again rather than silently
passing. With the source change reverted the test now fails as intended.

Also add the missing changeset for the user-visible fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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4483-4485: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the Validator constructor for strict mode and remove the third argument from every call in test/core/archive.test.ts.

validateSpecContent accepts only specName and content. TypeScript reports the extra 'strict' argument, and the method does not use it. Strict validation is selected by new Validator(true). Update all nine calls at lines 4203, 4341, 4443, 4483, 4519, 4556, 4595, 4660, and 5137.

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The source fix is right, and I've pushed two commits on top (rebased onto current main, which this was 16 commits behind).

The main one: the regression test was vacuous — it passed with your archive.ts change reverted. The mock injected dev: 0n only when the lstat target equaled the temp-dir claim path, but the command stats the resolved real path, so on macOS (/var -> /private/var) it never matched. The mock sat inert and the test only asserted that an ordinary archive releases its claim, which already passed before the fix. Windows short paths would have missed the same way, so it was inert on the platform the bug is actually about.

Fixed by matching the claim on file name instead, plus a counter asserting the mock actually intercepted — so it fails loudly rather than silently going vacuous again. With your source change reverted it now fails (promise resolved "undefined" instead of rejecting); with it, all 242 archive tests pass.

Also added the missing changeset, since this is a user-visible fix.

On the relaxation itself — worth stating explicitly since it loosens a lock-ownership check: it's safe. The claim contents still have to match a randomUUID() nonce, the inode still has to match, and both stats hit the same fixed path so they're necessarily on the same volume. dev was redundant defense here, not the real guard.

CI is green across linux/macos/windows.

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🟠 Major · Make claim release conditional on the claimed object. · archive.ts:631-632

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Make claim release conditional on the claimed object.

The identity checks are complete before fs.unlink(claimPath). Another process can replace the lock after currentAfterRead and before unlink. This call can then remove the new owner's claim. A later archive can run concurrently with that owner and apply conflicting spec mutations.

Use a claim-release protocol that makes deletion conditional on the owned object. If the platform cannot provide that operation, retain the claim instead of unlinking a path that might have been replaced.

Based on learnings: pathname deletion after an identity check has an unresolved TOCTOU race.

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around isSameArchiveClaimFile and fs.unlink so deletion is conditional on the
specific claimed object, not merely the previously checked pathname. Use an
atomic ownership-aware release operation where supported; otherwise retain the
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Reviewed the current head. Looks good.

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Merged via the queue into Fission-AI:main with commit d3d7707 Sep 22, 2026
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fix(archive): successful Windows archive leaves a stale lock

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