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Host path cwd leaking into container env tools

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114833 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #114833. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and PRs address a bug where a host machine's current working directory is incorrectly written into a live container environment, causing file tools like read_file, patch, and search_files to intermittently fail with 'File not found' errors. The fixes involve sanitizing or skipping host path cwd overrides on container backends.

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  • #114833 fix(tools): file tools keep working outside /workspace when terminal.cwd is a host path on the docker backend (#113894, #98723, salvage #113946, #113931)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_file_operations_edge_cases.py, tests/tools/test_file_ops_cwd_tracking.py, tests/tools/test_live_env_cwd_override_sanitize.py, tools/environments/docker.py, tools/file_operations.py, tools/file_operations_common.py, tools/file_operations_search.py, tools/terminal_tool.py, tools/terminal_tool_backends.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 3

  • #98730 fix(tools): sanitize live-env cwd override on container backends (#98723) · superseded by another PR → 1043300, #114833, #113894, #98723, #113946, #113931
  • #98731 fix(terminal): skip live-env cwd override for host paths on container backends · superseded by another PR → 1043300, #114833, #113894, #98723, #113946, #113931
  • #98734 fix(tools): never write a host cwd onto a live container env · superseded by another PR → 1043300, #114833, #113894, #98723, #113946, #113931
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#98723[Bug]: register_task_env_overrides writes a host cwd onto a live container env — read_file/patch/search_files intermittently report "File not found" for files that exist
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  • Pairwise link density 0.40: 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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18 Sep 2026

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