[xubenqiang]

Fixes #7834

atomicWriteFile hardens its temp file with { required: true, timeoutMemoKey } at five call sites (src/config/atomic-write.ts), but none passed retryTimedOutOnce. After a single icacls timeout the consumed memo refused every later write to that destination for the life of the process — no icacls attempt, no log (required: true throws into the best-effort persisters that swallow it). #3522 added the five-minute re-arm for the response-spill directory; the general atomic writer never got it.

Change

All five harden calls now pass retryTimedOutOnce: true. A recovered icacls lets the next write land; a still-stalled runner costs at most one bounded attempt per destination per TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS window. The full harden still has to succeed before the rename, so a write never publishes without its ACL.

Verification

Reproduced with the script from the issue (Bun 1.4.4, Windows 11), before and after:

before                           after
2 icacls stall refused           2 icacls stall refused
3 icacls healthy again refused   3 icacls healthy again written
4 one hour later refused         4 one hour later written

Regression test added to tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts ("the default atomic writer retries a destination whose memo timed out (#7834)"): a stalled harden through the default writer path (setWindowsHardeningForTests + fake runner), then a healthy runner, then a second write to the same destination must land. The neighbouring destination-memo test uses a test-local harden lambda, which is why it could not catch this.

Commands run:

• bun test tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts → 174 pass / 0 fail (871 assertions);
• with src/config/atomic-write.ts reverted, the new test fails with ACL hardening skipped — previous attempt timed out;
• bun run typecheck (bun x tsc --noEmit) → exit 0.

Not run: the full bun run test suite (this checkout is a Windows box; the focused domain suite plus typecheck is what the contributing guide asks for a change of this size).

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved file-saving reliability when Windows security checks time out. Supported write paths now retry the primary security check once, allowing a write to proceed if the retry succeeds.
  • A timed-out write attempt no longer prevents a later write to the same destination from succeeding when the timeout condition clears.

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Walkthrough

Atomic writers now retry ACL hardening once after a timeout during normal writes. Synchronous injected-I/O cleanup does not retry. A Windows regression test checks that a later write to the same destination succeeds after an initial timeout.

Changes: Atomic writer timeout recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enable retry and verify recovery src/config/atomic-write.ts, tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts	The synchronous, streaming, and asynchronous private-temp writers and the injected-I/O writers retry hardening once after a timeout during normal writes. Synchronous injected-I/O cleanup disables the retry. The Windows test verifies that a second write to the same destination succeeds after the first write times out. It restores the test settings during cleanup.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surv…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "fix(config): re-arm the atomic writer's ACL timeout memo" matches the main change. The PR passes retryTimedOutOnce to the ACL-hardening calls in src/config/atomic-write.ts so a destination …
Linked Issues check		Issue #7834 requires atomicWriteFile to recover after an icacls timeout and to keep ACL hardening mandatory before publication. In src/config/atomic-write.ts, writePrivateTempFile, `writePriva…
Out of Scope Changes check		The production changes are limited to the five hardening paths named by #7834. The cleanup guard supports the same timeout-recovery contract and preserves the bounded retry behavior. The test import a…

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The title "fix(config): re-arm the atomic writer's ACL timeout memo" matches the main change. The PR passes retryTimedOutOnce to the ACL-hardening calls in src/config/atomic-write.ts so a destination can retry after its icacls timeout memo re-arms. The title names the config module, the atomic writer, and the ACL timeout memo, which are the central parts of the change. The title is specific and concise. The cleanup-path exclusion and the regression test are secondary details that the title does not need to cover.

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Explanation

Issue #7834 requires atomicWriteFile to recover after an icacls timeout and to keep ACL hardening mandatory before publication. In src/config/atomic-write.ts, writePrivateTempFile, writePrivateTempFileWith, writePrivateTempFileAsync, the default atomicWriteFileToTarget harden closure, and atomicWriteFileAsync now pass retryTimedOutOnce: true with the existing required: true and destination timeoutMemoKey. The cleanup path explicitly disables the retry so cleanup does not consume the destination recovery attempt. src/lib/windows-secret-acl.ts documents the five-minute TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS rule and the bounded one-attempt-per-window behavior. The new test in tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts uses the default writer, simulates a timeout, restores a healthy runner, and verifies that the second write reaches the destination. The optional logging suggestion in #7834 is not a required coding objective.

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The production changes are limited to the five hardening paths named by #7834. The cleanup guard supports the same timeout-recovery contract and preserves the bounded retry behavior. The test import and regression test in tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts directly verify the requested default-writer behavior. No unrelated API, refactoring, or feature change appears in the reviewed whole-PR diff.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/config/atomic-write.ts:
- Line 302: Update the default harden closure’s cleanup call in the catch branch
to invoke hardenSecretPath without retryTimedOutOnce enabled, while retaining
retryTimedOutOnce: true for the initial hardening call. Leave residual-temp
handling unchanged and do not alter injected io.harden behavior.

Review comments at @tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts:
- Around line 1242-1243: Add focused tests that verify retryTimedOutOnce remains
active in the streaming writer, async writer, synchronous default hardener, and
asynchronous default hardener, locating each path from the existing
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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '1215,1260p' tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts
rg -n 'retryTimedOutOnce|timed out|re-arm|rearm|REARM|atomicWriteFileAsync|atomicWriteStream|createAtomicWriteStream' tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | head -80

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Length of output: 2736

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Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- production call sites ---'
nl -ba src/config/atomic-write.ts | sed -n '215,315p'
nl -ba src/config/atomic-write.ts | sed -n '420,460p'
printf '%s\n' '--- test declarations and relevant references ---'
rg -n '^(test|describe)\(|atomicWrite|createWrite|stream|async|sync|re-arm|rearm|retryTimedOutOnce|timedOut|timeout' tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- direct hardening and writer-related test blocks ---'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '340,430p'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '1030,1135p'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '1180,1260p'
printf '%s\n' '--- all memo/re-arm area candidates ---'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '760,860p'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '880,1030p'

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Length of output: 42770

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Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- atomic writer control flow and exports ---'
nl -ba src/config/atomic-write.ts | sed -n '150,215p'
nl -ba src/config/atomic-write.ts | sed -n '281,420p'
nl -ba src/config/atomic-write.ts | sed -n '433,560p'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'atomicWriteFileAsync' -e 'writePrivateTempFileWith' -e 'atomicWriteFileToTarget' -e 'atomicWriteFile(' -e 'atomicWriteStream' -e 'stream' src tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- timeout memo implementation and timing symbols ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS' -e 'retryTimedOutOnce' -e 'timedOutPaths' -e 'setNowForTests' src tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- test imports and later production-edge tests ---'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '1,55p'
nl -ba tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts | sed -n '1254,1670p'

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Length of output: 45643

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- memo timing implementation ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS' -e 'timeoutMemo' -e 'retryTimedOutOnce' src/lib/windows-secret-acl.ts
nl -ba src/lib/windows-secret-acl.ts | sed -n '90,180p'
nl -ba src/lib/windows-secret-acl.ts | sed -n '620,760p'
printf '%s\n' '--- all explicit test-time clock advances and re-arm terms ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts' -e 'setNowForTests' -e 'now =' -e '5 * 60' -e '300_000' -e 'REARM' -e 're-arm' -e 'rearm' -e 'retryTimedOutOnce'

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Length of output: 16087

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Cover the remaining atomic-writer paths and the re-arm window.

The current test does not detect removal of retryTimedOutOnce from the streaming writer, async writer, synchronous default hardener, or asynchronous default hardener. Add focused tests for each path.

Also add a stalled-runner case that verifies no retry occurs before TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS, then verifies that a later write retries after the five-minute re-arm interval.

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1243:
Add focused tests that verify retryTimedOutOnce remains active in the streaming
writer, async writer, synchronous default hardener, and asynchronous default
hardener, locating each path from the existing atomic-writer tests. Add a
stalled-runner test proving writes do not retry before TIMEOUT_MEMO_REARM_MS but
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[xubenqiang]

Keeping the coverage to the default synchronous writer in this PR: it is the path the report exercised and the one whose cleanup behaviour changed in f87c63a. A matrix over the streaming/async writers plus the 5-minute re-arm timing is a reasonable follow-up, but the re-arm window itself is existing #3522 behaviour rather than something this PR alters.

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@xubenqiang Understood. The test in tests/windows/windows-secret-acl.test.ts, Lines 1225–1251, covers the reported default synchronous writer recovery: the first write times out, then the next write succeeds after the runner recovers.

I accept keeping the test scope focused in this PR. The streaming/async coverage and stalled-runner re-arm timing checks remain useful follow-up work, not a confirmed defect in this change. My comment should have made that distinction.

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Minor · Do not consume the retry during asynchronous cleanup. · atomic-write.ts:454

src/config/atomic-write.ts:454
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not consume the retry during asynchronous cleanup.

When the initial async hardening times out, scrubbing can succeed while both temporary-file removal attempts fail. The residual branch then calls the default effective.harden(tmp). That closure passes retryTimedOutOnce: true, so cleanup can consume the destination's recovery attempt. If cleanup also fails, a later normal write can receive EACLRETRYEXHAUSTED until the memo re-arms.

Use the same cleanup-state guard as the synchronous writer.

Suggested fix

+  let cleanupHarden = false;
   const effective: AtomicWriteAsyncIO = io ?? {
     write: (tempPath, value) => writePrivateTempFileAsync(tempPath, value, path, () => { ownsTemp = true; }),
     harden: async tempPath => {
       // Same reasoning as the synchronous writer above.
       if (windowsHardeningApplies()) {
-        await hardenSecretPathAsync(tempPath, { required: true, timeoutMemoKey: path, retryTimedOutOnce: true });
+        await hardenSecretPathAsync(tempPath, {
+          required: true,
+          timeoutMemoKey: path,
+          retryTimedOutOnce: !cleanupHarden,
+        });
         return;
       }
...
     if (!removed && !hardened) {
-      try { await effective.harden(tmp); hardened = true; } catch { /* reported below */ }
+      cleanupHarden = true;
+      try { await effective.harden(tmp); hardened = true; } catch { /* reported below */ }
+      finally { cleanupHarden = false; }
     }

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Review comment at @src/config/atomic-write.ts at line 454:
Update the asynchronous writer’s default `effective.harden` closure and residual
cleanup branch to use a cleanup-state guard: disable `retryTimedOutOnce` while
hardening during cleanup, then restore the guard afterward. Preserve retry
behavior for normal writes so cleanup cannot consume the destination’s recovery
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- Line 454: Update the asynchronous writer’s default `effective.harden` closure
and residual cleanup branch to use a cleanup-state guard: disable
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[lidge-jun]

Thanks for this fix. The branch conflicted with dev after #7869 changed the same writer, so I carried its intent onto current dev in #7891, with you credited as co-author (Co-authored-by: JohnnyXu).

#7891 also addresses two points an independent security review raised. A destination's recovery is only admitted once every earlier icacls child for it has exited, so repeated re-arms can't pile up live children on one file. And the new test restores the fake Windows-principal runners on teardown.

I've left this PR open for you and the maintainers to decide; it isn't closed.

[xubenqiang]

Thanks for carrying this onto dev in #7891 with the co-author credit — that works for me, and the two extra hardening points sound right for the re-arm path.

On CodeRabbit's outside-diff note about the asynchronous cleanup consuming the destination's retry: it looks covered by #7891's cleanupHarden / hardenSecretPathAsync changes, so I don't plan to push more commits to this branch on top of the conflict. Happy for this PR to be closed as superseded whenever you prefer; I'll follow #7891.

[lidge-jun]

Thank you, @xubenqiang. The fix in this PR landed on dev through #7891 (squash c7f3928), which reimplements the same ACL timeout memo re-arm on the current atomic writer and credits you with a Co-authored-by trailer. Closing this one as superseded.