{"record":{"id":"6bfb25fc1f21d51a","repo":"gastownhall/beads","slug":"failed-to-inspect-s-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to inspect %s: %w","messagePattern":"failed to inspect (.+?): %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/config/permissions.go","lineNumber":54,"sourceCode":"// FixBeadsDirPermissions sets the .beads directory to BeadsDirPerm when it\n// has group or world-accessible bits. Returns true if permissions changed.\nfunc FixBeadsDirPermissions(path string) (bool, error) {\n\treturn fixBeadsDirPermissions(path, openBeadsDirHandle)\n}\n\ntype beadsDirHandle interface {\n\tStat() (os.FileInfo, error)\n\tChmod(os.FileMode) error\n\tClose() error\n}\n\nfunc fixBeadsDirPermissions(path string, openDir func(string) (beadsDirHandle, error)) (bool, error) {\n\tinfo, err := os.Lstat(path)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tif os.IsNotExist(err) {\n\t\t\treturn false, nil // directory doesn't exist yet\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to inspect %s: %w\", path, err)\n\t}\n\tif info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {\n\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"refusing to chmod %s: path is a symbolic link\", path)\n\t}\n\tif !info.IsDir() {\n\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"refusing to chmod %s: path is not a directory\", path)\n\t}\n\tperm := info.Mode().Perm()\n\tif perm&0077 == 0 {\n\t\treturn false, nil // no group or world-accessible bits\n\t}\n\n\tdir, err := openDir(path)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to open %s securely: %w\", path, err)\n\t}\n\tdefer func() { _ = dir.Close() }()\n","sourceCodeStart":36,"sourceCodeEnd":72,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/blob/71377f276968b452ee607177637970a4ff888584/internal/config/permissions.go#L36-L72","documentation":"fixBeadsDirPermissions starts with os.Lstat on the beads directory; this error wraps any Lstat failure other than not-exist (which is treated as 'nothing to fix'). It means the path could not be inspected — typically a permission problem on a parent directory, a broken link situation Lstat itself reports, or an I/O error. The underlying error is preserved with %w.","triggerScenarios":"os.Lstat on the beads dir path fails with an error that is not os.IsNotExist — e.g. EACCES on a parent directory, ELOOP from a symlink cycle, or EIO on the filesystem.","commonSituations":"A parent directory was chmod'd to remove search permission; a symlink loop in the path; a network/external volume went offline; running as a user without traverse rights (common in containers or multi-user machines).","solutions":["Check permissions on each path component leading to the beads directory (need execute/search on parents).","Resolve any symlink loops: `namei -l <path>` or inspect with ls -l; remove the cycle.","Check whether the volume holding the path is mounted and healthy (dmesg / mount output).","If running in a container or as another user, run with sufficient privileges or fix ownership of the parent directories."],"exampleFix":"// before\nfixBeadsDirPermissions(\"/home/otheruser/.beads\", ...) // parent not searchable\n// after\nchmod o+x /home/otheruser   # restore search permission on parent\n# then retry FixBeadsDirPermissions","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// pre-check traversability before the fix call:\nfor d := filepath.Dir(path); ; d = filepath.Dir(d) {\n    if _, err := os.Stat(d); err != nil {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"path component %s unreachable: %w\", d, err)\n    }\n    if d == filepath.Dir(d) { break }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"fixed, err := config.FixBeadsDirPermissions(beadsDir)\nif err != nil {\n    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"failed to inspect\") {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"cannot access %s: %w — check parent dir permissions and symlinks\", beadsDir, err)\n    }\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Ensure parent directories grant the running user search (x) permission.","Avoid symlink loops in beads dir paths; use canonical absolute paths (filepath.EvalSymlinks at setup).","Verify volume mounts before running permission fixes on external storage.","Run permission remediation as the same user that owns the beads directory."],"tags":["filesystem","permissions","lstat","beads-dir"],"backgroundTag":"permission-denied","analyzedSha":"71377f276968b452ee607177637970a4ff888584","analyzedAt":"2026-08-30T18:55:39.744Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-30T23:17:21.991Z"}