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Silent truncation in file reads corrupts writes

Cluster 30655 · agent. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These issues and fixes address a problem where read_file silently truncates files at a default line limit, and subsequent write_file operations then persist the truncated content, risking data loss or corrupted git history.

Open issues1

  • Issue#30655kanban: read_file 500-line default truncates files silently, corrupts git history

Open PRs1

  • PR#30713fix(tools): block write_file after truncated reads

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: partial fix 1

  • #30695 fix(kanban): guard default-truncated worker file reads · partial fix
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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