Fission-AI/OpenSpec · error · Error

Cannot verify dangling symbolic link: ${existingPath}

Error message

Cannot verify dangling symbolic link: ${existingPath}

What it means

Error "Cannot verify dangling symbolic link: ${existingPath}" thrown in Fission-AI/OpenSpec.

Source

Thrown at src/utils/file-system.ts:170

    let existingPath = targetPath;
    const missingSegments: string[] = [];

    while (true) {
      try {
        // lstat distinguishes a missing path from a dangling symlink. A
        // dangling link cannot be proven confined, so realpath must fail it.
        nodeFs.lstatSync(existingPath);
        const canonicalExisting = nodeFs.realpathSync.native(existingPath);
        return path.resolve(canonicalExisting, ...missingSegments);
      } catch (error) {
        const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
        if (code !== 'ENOENT') {
          throw error;
        }

        try {
          if (nodeFs.lstatSync(existingPath).isSymbolicLink()) {
            throw new Error(`Cannot verify dangling symbolic link: ${existingPath}`);
          }
        } catch (lstatError) {
          if ((lstatError as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') {
            throw lstatError;
          }
        }

        const parent = path.dirname(existingPath);
        if (parent === existingPath) {
          throw new Error(`Cannot resolve an existing parent for ${targetPath}`);
        }
        missingSegments.unshift(path.basename(existingPath));
        existingPath = parent;
      }
    }
  }

  private static isWindowsBasePath(basePath: string): boolean {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/utils/file-system.ts:170 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/a865409fb165663a. Report an issue: GitHub.