fix(missions): a root-owned COMMIT_EDITMSG must not block delivery
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Mission 019fcd0c produced correct work — a reviewed, tested function plus
a REVIEW.md quoting a real cargo test summary — and delivered none of it:

  git commit → exit 128: could not open '.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG': Permission denied

The agent ran `git commit` itself inside the mission container (as root),
leaving that file owned by root at 0644. core.sharedRepository covers
objects and refs — .git/index lands at 0666, which is why commits work at
all — but not COMMIT_EDITMSG, which git writes with the default umask.

Unlinking works where overwriting does not: removing a file needs write
permission on the DIRECTORY, and .git/ is owned by the server. Silent on
failure by design, so the commit reports the real error rather than this
speculative cleanup.

Third distinct instance of the same uid-split class (objects, then the
capture base, now this). The pattern holds: the checkout is one directory
written by two users, and each new file git touches is a new opportunity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Omar Sobh
2026-08-04 07:35:37 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent deb60be98d
commit 4ff4e6f7ee
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@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ pub async fn commit_phase_work(
String::new()
}
);
clear_stale_commit_editmsg(repo);
git(repo, &["commit", "--no-verify", "-m", &message]).await?;
}
@@ -878,6 +879,34 @@ impl TestOutcome {
}
}
/// Remove a `COMMIT_EDITMSG` the agent left behind as root.
///
/// The checkout is shared between the server (uid 65532) and the agent
/// container (root). `core.sharedRepository` makes git create *objects and
/// refs* group-writable — `.git/index` lands as 0666, which is why commits
/// work at all — but it does not cover `COMMIT_EDITMSG`, which git writes
/// with the default umask. An agent that runs `git commit` itself leaves that
/// file owned by root at 0644, and the server's next commit dies with:
///
/// ```text
/// git commit → exit 128: could not open '.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG': Permission denied
/// ```
///
/// Observed on mission `019fcd0c`, which produced correct work — a reviewed,
/// tested function plus a REVIEW.md quoting a real `cargo test` summary — and
/// then delivered none of it.
///
/// Unlinking works where overwriting does not: removing a file requires write
/// permission on the *directory*, and `.git/` is owned by the server. Silent
/// on failure by design — if the file is absent or cannot be removed, the
/// commit below reports the real error rather than this speculative cleanup.
fn clear_stale_commit_editmsg(repo: &Path) {
let msg = repo.join(".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG");
if msg.exists() {
let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&msg);
}
}
/// Mark a phase as impossible to capture, so it stops being selected.
///
/// A phase whose checkout has already been reaped can never be captured. It