Fission-AI/OpenSpec · error · Error

Cannot resolve artifact outputs through a linked directory c

Error message

Cannot resolve artifact outputs through a linked directory cycle: ${currentDir}

What it means

Error "Cannot resolve artifact outputs through a linked directory cycle: ${currentDir}" thrown in Fission-AI/OpenSpec.

Source

Thrown at src/core/artifact-graph/outputs.ts:41

  FileSystemUtils.assertPathWithin(changeDir, outputPath);
  return outputPath;
}

function assertGlobDirectoryTraversal(
  changeDir: string,
  currentDir: string,
  directorySegments: string[],
  segmentIndex = 0,
  visited = new Set<string>(),
  canonicalChangeDir = FileSystemUtils.canonicalizeExistingPath(changeDir),
  ancestors = new Set<string>()
): void {
  if (segmentIndex >= directorySegments.length) return;
  const canonicalDir = FileSystemUtils.canonicalizeExistingPath(currentDir);
  FileSystemUtils.assertPathWithin(canonicalChangeDir, canonicalDir);
  const visitKey = `${canonicalDir}\0${segmentIndex}`;
  if (ancestors.has(visitKey)) {
    throw new Error(`Cannot resolve artifact outputs through a linked directory cycle: ${currentDir}`);
  }
  if (visited.has(visitKey)) return;
  visited.add(visitKey);
  ancestors.add(visitKey);

  try {
    const segment = directorySegments[segmentIndex];
    if (segment === '**') {
      // `**` may consume no directory at all.
      assertGlobDirectoryTraversal(
        changeDir,
        canonicalDir,
        directorySegments,
        segmentIndex + 1,
        visited,
        canonicalChangeDir,
        ancestors
      );

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/core/artifact-graph/outputs.ts:41 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Fission-AI/OpenSpec@6926ccb18a (2026-08-25). Data as JSON: /api/errors/df0ef1dc287a121d. Report an issue: GitHub.