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Backslash-space path escaping bug in file tools

Cluster 42556 · 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.
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Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where backslash-escaped spaces in file paths are treated literally rather than unescaped, causing incorrect directory or file creation. The members address detection and normalization of shell-style escaped spaces before path resolution in file tools.

Open issues1

  • Issue#42556write_file creates directory with literal backslash in path containing space

Open PRs1

  • PR#42565fix(file_tools): normalize shell-escaped spaces in tool paths

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #42583 fix(file-tools): unescape backslash-space in paths before resolution · superseded by another PR → #42565
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  • 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(structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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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