{"record":{"id":"c9aa9ca4f3b56edf","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"workspace-appears-empty-after-file-list","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"workspace appears empty after File.list: {}","messagePattern":"workspace appears empty after File\\.list: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/tui/src/eval.rs","lineNumber":550,"sourceCode":"    let walker = WalkBuilder::new(root)\n        .hidden(false)\n        .git_ignore(false)\n        .git_global(false)\n        .git_exclude(false)\n        .build();\n\n    for entry in walker {\n        let entry = entry.with_context(|| format!(\"failed to walk {}\", root.display()))?;\n        if entry.file_type().is_some_and(|t| t.is_file()) {\n            files.push(entry.into_path());\n        }\n    }\n\n    if files.is_empty()\n        && let Some(output) = list_output\n        && !output.trim().is_empty()\n    {\n        return Err(anyhow!(\n            \"workspace appears empty after File.list: {}\",\n            output.trim()\n        ));\n    }\n\n    files.sort();\n\n    Ok(WorkspaceSummary {\n        root: root.to_path_buf(),\n        file_count: files.len(),\n        files,\n    })\n}\n\nfn validate_outputs(\n    root: &Path,\n    shell_expect_token: &str,\n    search_output: Option<&str>,","sourceCodeStart":532,"sourceCodeEnd":568,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd/crates/tui/src/eval.rs#L532-L568","documentation":"The eval harness walked the workspace root and collected zero files, yet a prior File.list tool call produced non-empty output (eval.rs:550). It treats that combination as inconsistent — files visible to the tool but none on disk under `root` — and fails with the File.list output embedded as evidence.","triggerScenarios":"File.list enumerated a different directory than the eval `root` (absolute vs relative path mismatch); the listed entries were directories only; files exist in a sandboxed/virtual view but were never materialized on the real filesystem the walker sees.","commonSituations":"Eval workspace root misconfigured; the task's setup step failed silently and wrote nothing; container/host path mapping differs from the path the tool used.","solutions":["Confirm real files exist under the eval root (`find <root> -type f`)","Make the path passed to File.list identical to the eval workspace root","Ensure setup steps actually write files before the summary check runs"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"let count = walkdir::WalkDir::new(&root)\n    .into_iter()\n    .filter_map(Result::ok)\n    .filter(|e| e.file_type().is_file())\n    .count();\nanyhow::ensure!(\n    count > 0,\n    \"eval root {} has no files on disk\",\n    root.display()\n);","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Validate the workspace root right after setup, before the eval step runs","Use one canonical absolute path for the root in every component","Make setup steps fail loudly so missing files surface early"],"tags":["eval","filesystem","workspace","consistency"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"8880682c63083a91624de936797efa3ce9e498fd","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T11:31:27.956Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T13:17:31.715Z"}