From fae4e25539969671c82a4d56cfb0b50761b833a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rudrakshagarwal4200-ai <rudrakshagarwal4200@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:07:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error handling for symbolic links

Handle errors when reading symbolic links in FilesystemSnapshot.
---
 src/process/capture/FilesystemSnapshot.ts | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/process/capture/FilesystemSnapshot.ts b/src/process/capture/FilesystemSnapshot.ts
index 60bee8fd5b..f65801557b 100644
--- a/src/process/capture/FilesystemSnapshot.ts
+++ b/src/process/capture/FilesystemSnapshot.ts
@@ -225,8 +225,23 @@ export const snapshotRoots = async (
     const relativePath = relative(root, path) || ".";
     if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) {
       // Keep the target as stored: lexical resolution can merge distinct targets.
-      const target = await readlink(path);
-      const afterRead = await lstat(path);
+      let target: string;
+      let afterRead: Stats;
+      try {
+        target = await readlink(path);
+        afterRead = await lstat(path);
+      } catch (cause: unknown) {
+        if (
+          cause instanceof Error &&
+          "code" in cause &&
+          cause.code === "ENOENT"
+        ) {
+          truncated = true;
+          enumerationReasons.add("identity_changed");
+          return false;
+        }
+        throw cause;
+      }
       if (!hasSameIdentity(stats, afterRead, "symlink")) {
         truncated = true;
         enumerationReasons.add("identity_changed");