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resolveMarkdownFileLinkTarget still applies .. lexically through climbRelativePath for an explicit markdown link, then keeps the :line suffix. ../other/notes.md in /home/me/project becomes /home/me/other/notes.md, so workspace membership is null and the file opens as a host path. In-workspace links such as docs/guide/../readme.md stay workspace files. The helper still returns null, and the plain join is kept, when the link has no .., starts with ~/, or would climb to a filesystem root.

Inline code in a rendered file does not collapse. resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta passes collapseRelative: false, so a sibling ../ or ./ span stays the joined path beside that file. Find-in-thread does the same: markdown link hrefs collapse, inline code spans do not.

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Fixes #16354

A link like [notes.md](../other/notes.md) in /home/me/project resolved to /home/me/project/../other/notes.md. workspaceRelativeFilePath only checks the string prefix, so it treated the target as the workspace path ../other/notes.md, which the server rejects. Clicking the link failed instead of opening the sibling file read-only, and the tooltip showed the uncollapsed path. As the maintainer triage asked, the collapse is lexical (no realpath), applies only to the path part, keeps any line/column suffix, and keeps in-workspace links like docs/guide/../readme.md as workspace files.

This supersedes #16754 (it normalized inside the shared resolvePathLinkTarget and collapsed forward-slash UNC paths) and #16770 (correct, but it added about 113 lines of root-type parsing). This version only handles relative links and never recognizes root types.

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  • Base: upstream main 5047ee78858bfdeb254c7386e2d427d3bccb8430. Head: 2c7a1662e2a296859d296e6587cf8b6e3ce27f16 (one commit on cursor/file-link-dotdot-redo2-7c4d). Rebase onto that main auto-merged; fix(web): file previews handle downloads, in-page links, and repo paths, and favicons stop leaking internal hosts #16950's inline-code expectations were left as written.
  • Platform: Linux, Node v24.21.0, workspace-local vp v1.0.0 (node_modules/.bin ahead of a global vp).
  • vp test run apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts packages/shared/src/threadFindText.test.ts apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx: 4 files, 273 tests passed. That includes the outside-workspace sibling, the in-workspace docs/guide/../readme.md:12 workspace file, and fix(web): file previews handle downloads, in-page links, and repo paths, and favicons stop leaking internal hosts #16950's filePath: "/repo/docs/a/../b/notes.md".
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/shared test: 93 files, 1489 tests passed.
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web test: 482 files, 6672 tests passed.
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web --filter @t3tools/shared typecheck: exit 0. tsc printed an existing suggestion in packages/shared/src/symlink.ts; the touched files were clean.
  • vp lint --report-unused-disable-directives on apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts, packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.ts, and packages/shared/src/threadFindText.ts: exit 0.
  • vp fmt --check on those files plus apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts and packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts: all matched files use the correct format.

Limitations: no browser pass this round; the before/after captures below are from the earlier manual check, and the explicit-link open path is unchanged since then. Windows and the desktop shell were not run. A climb that would reach a filesystem root still keeps the plain join.

UI Changes

Fixture: README.md in the Files panel's rendered markdown preview. Shots in order: preview, hover on the in-workspace .. link, hover on the outside link (full and close-up), and after clicking the outside link (full and close-up).

Before

before: 01-rendered-readme

before: 02-hover-in-workspace-link

before: 03-hover-outside-link

before: 04-hover-outside-link-closeup

before: 05-clicked-outside-link

before: 06-clicked-outside-link-closeup

before recording

[before.mp4 (download)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macodev00/t3code/06b65b235a1d160ba0ef8556b8778caca58ed17e/issue-16354/before/recording.mp4)

After

after: 01-rendered-readme

after: 02-hover-in-workspace-link

after: 03-hover-outside-link

after: 04-hover-outside-link-closeup

after: 05-clicked-outside-link

after: 06-clicked-outside-link-closeup

after recording

[after.mp4 (download)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macodev00/t3code/06b65b235a1d160ba0ef8556b8778caca58ed17e/issue-16354/after/recording.mp4)

Checklist

  • One underlying problem ([Bug]: A file link with ../ to a file outside the workspace fails to open #16354), in the web link resolver now shared via packages/shared; no refactors, settings, or mobile changes
  • Focused tests for the outside-workspace case, an in-workspace .. link, a line suffix, Windows/UNC roots, a base with its own .., and too-many-.. fallbacks
  • Web test suite, web typecheck, knip:check and vp check pass locally
  • Before/after screenshots and recording uploaded to GitHub, not committed
  • JSDoc on the new helper
  • Conventional commit title (one commit after the rebase)

Supersedes #16770.

Model and harness: Grok 4.7 (high effort) in a Cursor Cloud Agent.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This targeted fix changes production markdown-link path resolution, including Windows and UNC handling. An unresolved review comment identifies that Windows drive roots can be dropped during base normalization, producing an incorrect host path.

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The shared Markdown link resolver now collapses relative paths containing .. against the base directory by default. Callers can disable collapsing. Thread text indexing resolves path candidates before collecting them. Tests cover workspace boundaries, position suffixes, base-directory normalization, and POSIX, drive, and UNC root behavior.

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Markdown link resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve parent-relative links
packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.ts, packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
The shared resolver adds optional collapsing of .. segments against the base directory. It uses existing path resolution when collapsing is disabled, the target starts with ~/, or traversal reaches a filesystem root. Tests cover normalized paths and root boundaries.
Apply resolver behavior in the web app
apps/web/src/markdown-links.ts, apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts
The web app disables collapsing for inline-code paths and forwards the optional setting for Markdown file links. Tests cover targets inside and outside the workspace and line suffixes.
Resolve paths during thread text indexing
packages/shared/src/threadFindText.ts
Thread text indexing resolves Markdown links, citations, and inline-code paths as it collects them. Inline-code paths disable collapsing, and unresolved candidates are excluded.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2c7a1

Markdown links from certain noncanonical Windows paths may open the wrong file. The risk is narrow, but root preservation should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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The change affects 2 systems.

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  • observed — packages/shared (library) was modified; 3 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — apps/web (ui) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts: Added coverage for a relative link to a sibling outside the workspace, expecting its resolved file path and a null workspace-relative path.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts: Added coverage for an in-workspace .. link, expecting its normalized target path and workspace-relative path while retaining line 12.
  • observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/markdown-links.test.ts: Added coverage that resolves .. from the rendered file’s directory and checks the target and workspace-relative paths.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/shared/src/markdownLinks.test.ts: Adds coverage for relative links with .. segments, including sibling and in-workspace resolution, rendered-file base directories, and base-directory normalization. Tests also cover trailing-segment removal for Windows drive and UNC paths, while asserting that traversal beyond the tested roots preserves .. segments in the joined result.



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Linked Issues check Warning [#16354] Explicit Markdown links now collapse relative .. segments before the workspace check. The tests cover outside-workspace, in-workspace, position suffix, base-directory, drive, and UNC cases.… Apply relative .. collapsing to inline-code paths in resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta and threadFindText. Preserve the existing base-directory rules, line and column positions, and workspace membership behavior. Add tests for an inline-c…
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Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within [#16354]. They modify shared Markdown path resolution, web link metadata, searchable link labels, and focused tests. These areas implement the linked issue's Markdown-link and …
Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing web Markdown links that use ../ to climb out of the workspace.
Description check Passed The description is detailed and covers the problem, implementation, scope, verification results, limitations, and UI evidence. It also identifies issue #16354 and documents the model and harness.

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[#16354] Explicit Markdown links now collapse relative .. segments before the workspace check. The tests cover outside-workspace, in-workspace, position suffix, base-directory, drive, and UNC cases. The inline-code requirement remains unmet. resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta and threadFindText pass collapseRelative: false, and the web test expects ../b/notes.md to remain /repo/docs/a/../b/notes.md. An inline-code sibling path can therefore remain classified as a workspace-relative path and be rejected instead of opening read-only as a host file.

Resolution

Apply relative .. collapsing to inline-code paths in resolveInlineCodeFileLinkMeta and threadFindText. Preserve the existing base-directory rules, line and column positions, and workspace membership behavior. Add tests for an inline-code file outside the workspace and an inline-code file that remains inside the workspace.


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if (name === "..") baseSegments.pop();
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Keep Windows roots during base-directory normalization.

For baseDir = "C:\\work\\..\\..\\docs" and a link to sub/../b.md, this loop pops C:. The resolver returns \docs\b.md instead of C:\docs\b.md. The later root-depth check does not run because the link's .. cancels sub. Keep the drive root, or the server and share of a UNC root, when normalizing baseDir.

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Update base-directory normalization in the loop handling `name === ".."` to
preserve Windows drive roots and UNC server/share roots when popping segments.
Ensure the normalized base for a path such as `C:\work\..\..\docs` retains `C:`
even when link segments cancel out before the later root-depth check.

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A relative markdown link such as ../other/notes.md was joined onto the
workspace root with its .. left in place, so the workspace-membership
check treated it as the workspace path ../other/notes.md and the server
rejected it. Apply leading .. segments lexically to the base directory's
trailing segments before the check, falling back to the old join when
the link would climb to a filesystem root. The base directory's own .
and .. segments are normalized first.

Inline code in a rendered file, and the same spans in find-in-thread,
keep that plain join, so an explicit ../ span stays uncollapsed beside
the file. Explicit markdown links still collapse.
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[Bug]: A file link with ../ to a file outside the workspace fails to open

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