lean-ctx-engine 3.12.2

LeanCTX | OSS library: the open-source runtime for the Context Gateway for AI agents behind the lean-ctx CLI, MCP server and proxy integrations.
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use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

mod migration;
pub use migration::*;

fn backup_path_for(path: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
    let filename = path.file_name()?.to_string_lossy();
    Some(path.with_file_name(format!("{filename}.bak")))
}

pub fn snapshot_mtime(path: &Path) -> Option<std::time::SystemTime> {
    std::fs::metadata(path).ok().and_then(|m| m.modified().ok())
}

pub fn write_atomic_with_backup(path: &Path, content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
    write_atomic_with_backup_checked(path, content, None)
}

/// Writes TOML config while preserving comments, formatting, key ordering, and
/// any keys present on disk but absent from `new_content` (user customizations,
/// unknown/future keys). Values from `new_content` are merged onto the existing
/// document. Falls back to a plain atomic write when there is nothing to merge
/// or the existing file cannot be parsed.
pub fn write_toml_preserving(path: &Path, new_content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
    let merged = match std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
        Ok(existing) if !existing.trim().is_empty() => {
            merge_toml(&existing, new_content).unwrap_or_else(|_| new_content.to_string())
        }
        _ => new_content.to_string(),
    };
    write_atomic_with_backup(path, &merged)
}

/// Loads a TOML file into an editable document, preserving comments and
/// formatting. Returns an empty document when the file is missing or invalid.
pub fn load_toml_document(path: &Path) -> toml_edit::DocumentMut {
    std::fs::read_to_string(path)
        .ok()
        .and_then(|c| c.parse::<toml_edit::DocumentMut>().ok())
        .unwrap_or_default()
}

/// Persists an edited document via the atomic-with-backup path.
pub fn write_toml_document(path: &Path, doc: &toml_edit::DocumentMut) -> Result<(), String> {
    write_atomic_with_backup(path, &doc.to_string())
}

/// Like `write_toml_preserving`, but keeps the config minimal: keys whose value
/// equals the type's default AND are not already present on disk are skipped,
/// so a hand-written config is not bloated with every default key. Existing
/// keys are always updated (preserving comments), and non-default values are
/// always written. `default_content` is `toml::to_string_pretty(&T::default())`.
pub fn write_toml_preserving_minimal(
    path: &Path,
    new_content: &str,
    default_content: &str,
) -> Result<(), String> {
    let guard = ConfigWriteGuard::acquire(path)?;
    guard.write_toml_preserving_minimal(new_content, default_content)
}

/// Lock-free core: the caller must already hold [`ConfigWriteGuard`].
///
/// Holding the lock around this (rather than only around the final byte write)
/// is what pulls the merge read below inside the critical section: the merge
/// decides the output from the current on-disk document, so reading it
/// unlocked let a concurrent writer's committed value be merged away.
fn write_toml_preserving_minimal_locked(
    path: &Path,
    new_content: &str,
    default_content: &str,
) -> Result<(), String> {
    let merged = match std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
        Ok(existing) if !existing.trim().is_empty() => {
            // Refuse to overwrite a non-empty file we cannot parse. `new_content`
            // and `default_content` come from our own serializer (always valid),
            // so a merge failure means the on-disk config is corrupt — clobbering
            // it with defaults would silently wipe customizations (#443). We
            // propagate the error and leave the file untouched instead.
            merge_toml_inner(&existing, new_content, Some(default_content)).map_err(|e| {
                format!(
                    "refusing to overwrite an unparseable config at {}: {e}",
                    path.display()
                )
            })?
        }
        // No existing file: write a fresh minimal document (drop defaults).
        _ => merge_toml_inner("", new_content, Some(default_content))
            .unwrap_or_else(|_| new_content.to_string()),
    };
    write_atomic_with_backup_locked(path, &merged, None)
}

/// Merges `incoming` TOML values onto the `existing` document, retaining the
/// existing document's comments, whitespace, and unknown keys.
fn merge_toml(existing: &str, incoming: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
    merge_toml_inner(existing, incoming, None)
}

fn merge_toml_inner(
    existing: &str,
    incoming: &str,
    defaults: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<String, String> {
    let mut existing_doc = existing
        .parse::<toml_edit::DocumentMut>()
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
    let incoming_doc = incoming
        .parse::<toml_edit::DocumentMut>()
        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
    let default_doc = match defaults {
        Some(d) => Some(
            d.parse::<toml_edit::DocumentMut>()
                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?,
        ),
        None => None,
    };
    merge_table(
        existing_doc.as_table_mut(),
        incoming_doc.as_table(),
        default_doc.as_ref().map(toml_edit::DocumentMut::as_table),
    );
    Ok(existing_doc.to_string())
}

/// Recursively merges `source` keys into `target`, updating values in place so
/// surrounding comments (key decor) survive, recursing into nested tables, and
/// preserving inline value decor (trailing comments) on updated leaves.
///
/// When `defaults` is `Some`, a key that is absent from `target` and whose value
/// equals the corresponding default is skipped (minimal-config mode).
fn merge_table(
    target: &mut toml_edit::Table,
    source: &toml_edit::Table,
    defaults: Option<&toml_edit::Table>,
) {
    use toml_edit::Item;
    for (key, source_item) in source {
        let default_item = defaults.and_then(|d| d.get(key));
        match (source_item, target.get_mut(key)) {
            (Item::Table(source_tbl), Some(Item::Table(target_tbl))) => {
                merge_table(
                    target_tbl,
                    source_tbl,
                    default_item.and_then(Item::as_table),
                );
            }
            (Item::Value(source_val), Some(Item::Value(target_val))) => {
                let prefix = target_val.decor().prefix().cloned();
                let suffix = target_val.decor().suffix().cloned();
                let mut new_val = source_val.clone();
                if let Some(p) = prefix {
                    new_val.decor_mut().set_prefix(p);
                }
                if let Some(s) = suffix {
                    new_val.decor_mut().set_suffix(s);
                }
                *target_val = new_val;
            }
            (_, Some(target_item)) => {
                *target_item = source_item.clone();
            }
            (Item::Table(source_tbl), None) if defaults.is_some() => {
                // New table in minimal mode: build it from non-default leaves
                // only and skip it entirely if nothing meaningful remains.
                let mut fresh = toml_edit::Table::new();
                merge_table(
                    &mut fresh,
                    source_tbl,
                    default_item.and_then(Item::as_table),
                );
                if !fresh.is_empty() {
                    target.insert(key, Item::Table(fresh));
                }
            }
            (_, None) => {
                if defaults.is_none() || !item_equals_default(source_item, default_item) {
                    target.insert(key, source_item.clone());
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/// Compares a serialized item against its default, ignoring decor. Both sides
/// originate from the same serializer, so their normalized string form matches
/// exactly when the underlying values are equal.
fn item_equals_default(item: &toml_edit::Item, default: Option<&toml_edit::Item>) -> bool {
    match default {
        Some(d) => item.to_string().trim() == d.to_string().trim(),
        None => false,
    }
}

/// Remove stale timestamped `.bak` files left by the old backup scheme.
/// Called once at startup to clean up the accumulated backups.
pub fn cleanup_legacy_backups(data_dir: &Path) {
    let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(data_dir) else {
        return;
    };
    for entry in entries.flatten() {
        let name = entry.file_name();
        let name = name.to_string_lossy();
        if name.contains(".lean-ctx.") && name.ends_with(".bak") {
            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(entry.path());
        }
    }
}

pub fn write_atomic_with_backup_checked(
    path: &Path,
    content: &str,
    expected_mtime: Option<std::time::SystemTime>,
) -> Result<(), String> {
    // Resolve once: a retargeted caller alias must not redirect the locked write.
    // Backups therefore live beside the canonical target for every entry point.
    let guard = ConfigWriteGuard::acquire(path)?;
    write_atomic_with_backup_locked(guard.path(), content, expected_mtime)
}

/// Lock-free core: the caller must already hold [`ConfigWriteGuard`].
fn write_atomic_with_backup_locked(
    path: &Path,
    content: &str,
    expected_mtime: Option<std::time::SystemTime>,
) -> Result<(), String> {
    if path.exists() {
        if let Some(expected) = expected_mtime {
            let current = snapshot_mtime(path);
            if current != Some(expected) {
                return Err(format!(
                    "file was modified externally since last read: {}",
                    path.display()
                ));
            }
        }
        if let Some(bak) = backup_path_for(path) {
            std::fs::copy(path, &bak).map_err(|error| {
                format!(
                    "cannot create config backup {} before updating {}: {error}",
                    bak.display(),
                    path.display()
                )
            })?;
        }
    }

    write_atomic(path, content)
}

pub fn write_atomic(path: &Path, content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
    // #596: a user may symlink agent config (`~/.claude.json`,
    // `~/.codex/config.toml`, …) into a managed dotfiles repo. Resolve the
    // symlink to its real target and write THROUGH it (preserving the symlink)
    // instead of hard-blocking. The target must stay within `$HOME`, so a
    // planted symlink can never redirect a config write outside the user's own
    // home (preserves the GL#442 symlink-hijack protection).
    let target = resolve_write_target(path)?;

    if let Some(parent) = target.parent() {
        ensure_dir(parent)?;
    }

    // Force owner-only perms on the real config file (a symlink itself has no
    // meaningful mode); Windows ACLs are left untouched. The temp+rename
    // mechanics and the read-only-directory in-place fallback (#459) are shared
    // with the edit tools via `core::atomic_fs`.
    #[cfg(unix)]
    let perms = {
        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
        Some(std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o600))
    };
    #[cfg(not(unix))]
    let perms: Option<std::fs::Permissions> = None;

    crate::core::atomic_fs::write_bytes_with_fallback(&target, content.as_bytes(), perms.as_ref())
}

/// Resolve the real file to write, honoring a user-managed symlink (#596).
///
/// * not a symlink (or missing) → `path` unchanged.
/// * symlink whose resolved target stays within `$HOME` → the target (write
///   THROUGH, preserving the symlink) — the legitimate dotfiles pattern.
/// * symlink whose target escapes `$HOME` → refuse (preserves the GL#442
///   symlink-hijack protection).
fn resolve_write_target(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
    let Ok(meta) = path.symlink_metadata() else {
        return Ok(path.to_path_buf());
    };
    if !crate::core::pathutil::is_symlink_or_reparse(&meta) {
        return Ok(path.to_path_buf());
    }

    let real_target = resolve_symlink_target(path)?;
    ensure_target_allowed(path, &real_target)?;
    Ok(real_target)
}

/// Read a symlink and resolve its target to an absolute path, resolving symlinks
/// in the existing-ancestor portion (so a symlinked *parent* is followed too)
/// while tolerating a not-yet-created target file/dir.
fn resolve_symlink_target(link_path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
    let link = std::fs::read_link(link_path)
        .map_err(|e| format!("cannot read symlink {}: {e}", link_path.display()))?;
    let raw_target = if link.is_absolute() {
        link
    } else {
        link_path
            .parent()
            .unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("."))
            .join(link)
    };
    canonicalize_existing_prefix(&raw_target)
}

/// Canonicalize `path` by resolving its deepest *existing* ancestor (following
/// symlinks) and re-appending the not-yet-created tail, so the home-only check
/// runs on a real path even when the target file/dir doesn't exist yet.
fn canonicalize_existing_prefix(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
    let mut tail: Vec<std::ffi::OsString> = Vec::new();
    let mut cur = path;
    loop {
        if let Ok(real) = crate::core::pathutil::canonicalize_secure(cur) {
            let mut out = real;
            for comp in tail.iter().rev() {
                out.push(comp);
            }
            return Ok(out);
        }
        match cur.parent() {
            Some(parent) if parent != cur => {
                if let Some(name) = cur.file_name() {
                    tail.push(name.to_os_string());
                }
                cur = parent;
            }
            _ => {
                return Err(format!(
                    "cannot resolve any existing ancestor of {}",
                    path.display()
                ));
            }
        }
    }
}

/// SECURITY (#596 / GL#442): a resolved symlink target must stay within `$HOME`
/// or under one of the explicitly opted-in [`allowed_symlink_roots`]. Otherwise
/// a planted symlink could redirect a config write to an attacker-chosen path.
fn ensure_target_allowed(link_path: &Path, real_target: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
    let home = crate::core::home::resolve_home_dir()
        .ok_or_else(|| "cannot determine $HOME to validate symlink target".to_string())?;
    let real_home = crate::core::pathutil::canonicalize_secure_or_self(&home);
    if real_target.starts_with(&real_home) {
        return Ok(());
    }
    if allowed_symlink_roots()
        .iter()
        .any(|root| real_target.starts_with(root))
    {
        return Ok(());
    }
    Err(format!(
        "refusing to write through a symlink whose target escapes $HOME:\n  \
         {} -> {}\n  \
         The target is outside your home directory, so lean-ctx will not follow it \
         (symlink-hijack protection). To allow this location, either:\n    \
         - point the agent at the real path (set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR / CODEX_HOME), or\n    \
         - move the target under $HOME, or\n    \
         - add its parent to `allow_symlink_roots` in your lean-ctx config \
         (or the LEAN_CTX_ALLOW_SYMLINK_ROOTS env var).",
        link_path.display(),
        real_target.display()
    ))
}

/// Trusted roots OUTSIDE `$HOME` the user explicitly opted into for symlinked
/// agent configs (#596). Sourced from the `LEAN_CTX_ALLOW_SYMLINK_ROOTS` env var
/// (path-list separator) and the user-level `allow_symlink_roots` config key
/// (untrusted project-local configs are stripped at load — see
/// `strip_sensitive_overrides`). Each entry is made absolute + canonicalized so
/// the boundary check compares real paths; relative/empty entries are dropped.
fn allowed_symlink_roots() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
    let mut raw: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
    if let Some(env) = std::env::var_os("LEAN_CTX_ALLOW_SYMLINK_ROOTS") {
        raw.extend(std::env::split_paths(&env));
    }
    raw.extend(
        crate::core::config::Config::load()
            .allow_symlink_roots
            .into_iter()
            .map(PathBuf::from),
    );
    raw.into_iter()
        .filter(|p| !p.as_os_str().is_empty() && p.is_absolute())
        .map(|p| crate::core::pathutil::canonicalize_secure_or_self(&p))
        .collect()
}

/// Write `content` to `path` atomically with a backup, logging (not
/// returning) a failure.
pub fn write_if_changed(path: &Path, content: &str) {
    // Skip identical rewrites: re-running setup/init must not churn mtimes or
    // leave .bak files behind for content that did not change (GL #558).
    if std::fs::read_to_string(path).is_ok_and(|existing| existing == content) {
        return;
    }
    if let Err(e) = write_atomic_with_backup(path, content) {
        tracing::error!("Error writing {}: {e}", path.display());
    }
}

/// Create a setup directory, surfacing a clear error instead of silently
/// swallowing it (#596).
///
/// A user may symlink `~/.claude` / `~/.codex` (or a child) into a dotfiles
/// repo; [`ensure_dir`] follows such a symlink to its real
/// in-`$HOME` target and tolerates a dangling one. Returns `false` (after
/// printing the reason) when the directory cannot be prepared, so the caller can
/// skip the now-impossible writes rather than failing confusingly downstream.
pub fn ensure_dir_reported(dir: &Path) -> bool {
    match ensure_dir(dir) {
        Ok(()) => true,
        Err(e) => {
            // Always surface — a swallowed dir failure was the #596 footgun.
            eprintln!("lean-ctx setup: cannot prepare {}: {e}", dir.display());
            false
        }
    }
}

/// `create_dir_all` that tolerates a user-managed symlinked directory (#596):
///
/// * regular dir / missing path → `create_dir_all`.
/// * symlink to an existing directory → ok (no-op).
/// * dangling symlink whose target is within `$HOME` → create the real target.
/// * symlink to a non-directory, or a target escaping `$HOME` → clear error.
pub fn ensure_dir(dir: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
    match dir.symlink_metadata() {
        Ok(meta) if crate::core::pathutil::is_symlink_or_reparse(&meta) => {
            match std::fs::metadata(dir) {
                Ok(m) if m.is_dir() => Ok(()),
                Ok(_) => Err(format!(
                    "{} is a symlink to a non-directory; fix or remove the symlink",
                    dir.display()
                )),
                Err(_) => {
                    // Dangling symlink: create the intended target if it is in
                    // $HOME (or an explicitly allow-listed root, #596).
                    let real_target = resolve_symlink_target(dir)?;
                    ensure_target_allowed(dir, &real_target)?;
                    std::fs::create_dir_all(&real_target).map_err(|e| {
                        format!(
                            "cannot create symlink target dir {}: {e}",
                            real_target.display()
                        )
                    })
                }
            }
        }
        _ => std::fs::create_dir_all(dir)
            .map_err(|e| format!("cannot create directory {}: {e}", dir.display())),
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;

#[cfg(all(test, unix))]
mod symlink_596_tests;