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Windows atomic file replace sharing violation fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #84852 on 12 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #84852. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and pull requests concern a bug on Windows where atomic file replacement operations lose written data when a sharing violation occurs due to concurrent readers. Multiple fix attempts address handling of ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION in the atomic_replace utility.

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  • #84852 fix(utils): recover Windows renames contended by an open handle

    merged to main

    files: tests/test_atomic_replace_symlinks.py, utils.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2

  • #57777 fix(utils): handle Windows sharing violations in atomic_replace · superseded by another PR → #84852, #57775
  • #69975 fix(windows): preserve writes across sharing violations · superseded by another PR → #57777
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#57775Windows: atomic_replace drops writes on ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (concurrent reader of gateway_state.json et al.)
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: 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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#84852
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
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12 Aug 2026

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