Home dir misidentified as project working directory
Cluster 76902 · agent. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #128320 on 29 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128320. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #128320. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
When the working directory is set to the home directory, the agent incorrectly treats it as a meaningful project root and scans the entire home subtree for AGENTS.md. These issues and fixes address distinguishing a home directory fallback from an actual project directory.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#128320 fix(agent): a home working dir is a fallback, not a project
files:
agent/agent_init.py,agent/search_policy.py,agent/subdirectory_hints.py,tests/agent/test_subdirectory_hints.py,tui_gateway/session_workdir.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
- #77145 fix(agent): prevent subdirectory hints when working_dir is home directory · superseded by another PR
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#76902Desktop app sets TERMINAL_CWD to home dir; SubdirectoryHintTracker scans entire home subtree for AGENTS.md
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- #128320
- Closed issues
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- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
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- 29 Sep 2026