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MCP: save, export and package replies leave out paths outside a confined client's read roots - #6785

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What and why

A client confined with --automation-read-root could learn paths outside its read roots from the replies of commands it ran without naming those paths: a save without a path returned the document's own file, a save with no known path suggested a folder, Export for Screens into an export preset's folder returned that folder, the export settings and saved presets returned their kept folder, and Package's warnings, missingLinks and report named the document's file and its linked files in full. This applies the rule ui.inspect follows since #6608: a path the client did not give goes into a reply only when no read roots are in force or file_access::check_read allows it. The field is left out, or the file is named by its file name, and the row stays. A path the client gives stays in the reply, with the files written beside it. This is VectorCraft's own rule.

  • leave_out_unreadable_save_paths (crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs): a save without a path leaves out path when the document's file is outside the read roots, and names the files and linked written beside it by their file names. A reply without a known path leaves out a suggested folder outside them. The engine's save and the app's file.save, file.saveAs, file.saveCopy and file.saveAsTemplate (crates/ui-egui/src/menus/run.rs) both apply it.
  • document.exportForScreens (crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/screens.rs): when the folder comes from exportPreset and is outside the read roots, the ZIP's path is left out and files are listed relative to the folder. An error from that export names the folder by its name; a granted root in the same message stays whole.
  • document.exportSettings, document.exportPresets.list and document.exportPresets.export (same file): a kept folder outside the read roots is left out of the reply, and of the presets file document.exportPresets.export writes. The app's own preset list in the dialogs and the Asset Export panel is unchanged.
  • file.package (crates/engine/src/cmd/package.rs): the report's From: line, the warnings and missingLinks name the document's file and linked files outside the read roots by their file names. A link's stored path decides, read from its document's folder when it is relative, also when the file was found under another path.
  • document.info (crates/engine/src/cmd/docinfo.rs): an image linked to a file outside the read roots has link: null, and its Linked Images row and the text report (which Package writes) name the file alone. Each linked path is checked once per call.
  • shown, shown_path and shown_link (crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/access.rs) hold the check. The file name is taken after the last / or \, so a Windows link path is shortened on every platform.
  • action.batch returns its steps' replies as these commands give them. document.export, exportSelection, exportForOffice, exportPdf, Export for Web, the CSS export and assets.export3D only name the client's path and files beside it, and were left as they are.
  • The params text of document.save, document.info, document.exportForScreens, document.exportSettings, document.exportPresets.list, document.exportPresets.export and file.package, docs/mcp.md and docs/target-app-parity.md say what is left out. No user-visible string changed.

Without read roots in force, every reply is unchanged.

How it was tested

New tests, each failing without the change:

  • tests::save::a_confined_save_leaves_out_paths_outside_the_read_root (crates/engine/src/tests/save.rs)
  • cmd::fileio::tests_screens::a_presets_folder_outside_the_read_root_is_left_out_of_the_reply
  • cmd::fileio::tests_screens::a_refused_export_into_a_presets_folder_outside_the_read_root_names_it_by_its_name
  • cmd::fileio::screens::tests::a_hidden_folder_is_named_by_its_name_in_a_message
  • cmd::fileio::tests_screens::kept_settings_leave_out_a_folder_outside_the_read_root: document.exportSettings, document.exportPresets.list and document.exportPresets.export as data.
  • tests::package::a_confined_package_names_files_outside_the_read_root_by_name: the reply's warnings, missingLinks and files, the whole report and both document.info forms hold no path under the test folder.
  • tests::package::a_relative_link_inside_the_read_root_keeps_its_path
  • tests::package::a_stored_path_outside_the_read_root_is_left_out_when_its_file_is_found_inside
  • cmd::fileio::tests::a_hidden_path_shows_as_its_file_name_on_every_platform
  • tests::automation::control_saves_leave_out_the_documents_file_outside_the_read_root (crates/ui-egui/src/tests/automation.rs)

Focused checks on the final tree, on Linux, on main at fd6b8f6c97:

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo check --workspace --tests
  • cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-engine --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib filtered to tests::package, tests::save::, document_info, read_root, link_paths, tests_screens and the new tests: 121 passed, 0 failed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib tests::automation: 25 passed, 0 failed.
  • cargo xtask brands, layers (30 crates) and assets (335 files).
  • cargo xtask ci runs in this pull request's CI.

The second commit, a755082, was checked with cargo fmt --all -- --check, cargo check --workspace --tests, cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-engine --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib screens: 63 passed, 0 failed.

The branch is two commits on main at fd6b8f6 and merges cleanly with main at b945662. It conflicts in crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs with #6751 and #6769, which also change that file; the one that merges second needs both sides kept.

Checklist

  • cargo xtask ci passes (fmt, clippy, tests, assets, brands, layers, wasm).
  • No panics in shipped code: no unwrap(), expect(), panic!, unreachable!, todo! or
    unimplemented! outside tests, and no unchecked indexing on data from files, parameters or
    messages. Errors are returned as Result and shown to the user
    (why and how).
  • Clean-room: nothing copied from Adobe products or GPL/AGPL code (AGENTS.md).
  • Every new asset has a row in ASSETS.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Save, export, document information, and package responses now omit paths outside configured read-access roots when those paths weren’t supplied by the user.
    • Linked-image and package reports show filenames instead of inaccessible paths. Accessible paths and user-supplied paths remain available.
    • Export preset settings outside read-access roots are omitted from returned settings.
  • Documentation

    • Updated guidance for file-access behavior and reporting, including export and save responses.

…ned client's read roots

A client confined with --automation-read-root could learn paths it was
not given and may not read from the replies of several commands. Each
one now names such a path only when no read roots are in force or the
path is inside them:

- document.save and file.save, file.saveAs, file.saveCopy and
  file.saveAsTemplate (app.save and engine.execute) without a path:
  the document's own file, the files of separate artboards and linked
  files are left out or named by file name, and the folder a save
  suggests is left out.
- document.exportForScreens with the folder of an exportPreset: the
  ZIP path is left out and files are relative to that folder.
- document.exportSettings, document.exportPresets.list and
  document.exportPresets.export: a kept folder outside the read roots
  is left out of the reply and of the presets file the export writes.
- file.package: warnings, missingLinks and the report name a file
  outside the read roots by its file name. A link's stored path, read
  from the document's folder when it is relative, decides, also when
  its file was found under another path.
- document.info: an image linked to a file outside the read roots has
  link null, and its Linked Images row names the file alone.

docs/mcp.md and the params text describe the rule.
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  • crates/engine/src/cmd/docinfo.rs
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  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/access.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/commands.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/screens.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_screens.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/package.rs
  • crates/engine/src/tests/package.rs
  • crates/engine/src/tests/save.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/menus/run.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/tests/automation.rs
  • docs/mcp.md
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The change filters file paths in replies and reports according to configured read roots. It also updates screen-export settings responses, documents the behavior, adds tests, and records a separate envelope behavior revision in the parity document.

Changes: Confined file-path replies and reports

Layer / File(s) Summary
Path display and document reports
crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/access.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/docinfo.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/package.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/package.rs
New display helpers return full paths when readable and filenames otherwise. document.info and file.package use them for linked-file data, warnings, and reports. Tests cover confined paths and link resolution.
Save reply filtering
crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/menus/run.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/save.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/tests/automation.rs
Save replies filter unreadable suggested folders. When no path was supplied, they also filter unreadable document and linked-file paths. Tests cover confined paths and client-supplied paths.
Screen export replies and settings
crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/screens.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/commands.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_screens.rs, docs/mcp.md
Screen-export replies omit unreadable preset-folder paths and return relative file names. Preset and export-settings responses omit unreadable folders while retaining other settings. The documentation describes the path-filtering behavior.

Envelope parity revision note

Layer / File(s) Summary
Envelope behavior revision
docs/target-app-parity.md
The revision history describes stroked type behavior with Distort Appearance, including Expand and visual bounds.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: bflatastic, dylanmtaylor, aiongg

Merge Risk: Low · previous review cd262

Replies to confined clients hide paths outside the read roots, but an export that is refused because its implicit preset folder is outside both the read and write roots still names that folder in the error text. The leak is narrow and limited to an error message. Redact the folder in that error before merging, or accept the small gap knowingly.

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The title names the main change: save, export and package replies omit paths outside a confined MCP client's read roots. The description names the same scope (save, export, presets, package, document.info), so the title matches the changeset.

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The description follows the template's three sections (What and why, How it was tested, Checklist). It explains the problem (paths outside --automation-read-root leaking through replies), lists each affected command and file, and states the rule applied. The testing section names new tests and the commands run, with results. The checklist items are present, with the panic, clean-room and assets items ticked; the cargo xtask ci item is left unticked, and the description says it runs in CI. The description is thorough and specific, so it passes.

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Comment thread crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/screens.rs Resolved
…e read roots names that folder by its name

document.exportForScreens without a folder writes into the folder its
exportPreset keeps. When that folder is outside the client's read roots
and the export fails, for example because the folder is also outside the
write roots, the error now names the folder by its name, as the reply of
a successful export leaves it out. A granted root in the same message
stays whole, and a folder the client gives stays whole in the error.
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Merged, thanks @dotCooCoo! It passed its CI checks.

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