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Summary

  • add a reusable file::write_atomic helper that writes beside the destination and atomically replaces it
  • preserve existing Unix permissions, respect the user's umask for new files, fsync contents/metadata and the parent directory, and retry transient Windows access-denied and sharing-violation failures
  • apply restrictive or preserved permissions before writing temporary-file contents
  • follow existing, dangling, and chained destination symlinks so atomic updates preserve links and replace or create their ultimate targets, including the 40-link boundary
  • use the helper for consolidated and per-tool install manifests
  • treat empty per-tool manifests left by interrupted older writes as absent
  • add regression coverage for atomic replacement, temporary-file cleanup, permissions, direct/chained/dangling symlinks, boundary handling, Windows retries, and empty sidecars

Root cause

Install manifests used std::fs::write, which truncates an existing destination before writing its replacement. An interrupted or failed write could therefore leave a zero-byte .mise.backend.toml; concurrent mise processes could also observe the file during the truncate/write window. Deserializing that empty TOML document then reported a missing required short field.

User impact

Interrupted manifest updates can no longer corrupt an existing manifest. Users who already have a zero-byte per-tool sidecar will silently fall back to the consolidated manifest instead of receiving repeated parse warnings. Symlinked manifests continue updating their ultimate targets, including creating missing targets through dangling link chains, instead of having any link replaced.

The atomic-write primitive is available for other ordinary file replacements. Callers with additional policy—fixed secret-file modes, ownership changes, or specialized dangling-symlink behavior—retain their specialized implementations.

Validation

  • cargo test --locked --bin mise 'file::tests::write_atomic'
  • cargo test --locked --bin mise toolset::install_state
  • hk run check --safe --format json --files0-from - scoped to the changed Rust files
  • mise run test:e2e e2e/backend/test_install_manifest
  • git diff --check

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Medium Risk
Touches core install-state persistence and new filesystem semantics (symlinks, permissions, fsync); scope is limited to manifest writes with solid test coverage.

Overview
Install manifests were updated with plain fs::write, which could truncate files mid-write and leave zero-byte .mise.backend.toml sidecars that failed TOML parsing.

This PR adds file::write_atomic: write to a temp file in the same directory, fsync, rename into place, sync the parent directory, preserve Unix permissions (or umask for new files), follow symlink chains to the real target without replacing links, and retry transient Windows sharing errors on persist.

Install state now uses write_atomic for .mise-installs.toml and per-tool .mise.backend.toml. Empty per-tool manifest files are treated as missing so leftover zero-byte files from older interrupted writes fall back to the consolidated manifest instead of parse warnings.

Regression tests cover atomic replacement, permissions, symlink cases, and Windows retry behavior.

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Manifest persistence now uses atomic temporary-file replacement with synchronization, permission preservation, symlink resolution, retry handling, and contextual errors. Empty tool manifests are treated as missing metadata. Tests cover atomic replacement and manifest handling.

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Manifest persistence

Layer / File(s) Summary
Atomic file writer
src/file.rs
write_atomic resolves symlink chains, writes through a same-directory temporary file, preserves Unix permissions, synchronizes file and directory metadata, retries selected Windows failures, and atomically replaces the destination. Tests cover cleanup, permissions, and symlink targets.
Manifest handling and validation
src/toolset/install_state.rs
Manifest writes use write_atomic. Empty tool manifests return no metadata. Tests cover empty .mise.backend.toml files.

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

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to 240e9

Manifest updates now replace files atomically, reducing the chance of interrupted installs leaving empty or partial metadata; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant InstallState
  participant write_atomic
  participant Filesystem
  InstallState->>write_atomic: write manifest contents
  write_atomic->>Filesystem: resolve symlink chain
  write_atomic->>Filesystem: create and sync temporary file
  write_atomic->>Filesystem: atomically replace manifest
  write_atomic->>Filesystem: sync parent directory
  Filesystem-->>InstallState: return success or contextual error
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A rabbit writes with careful paws,
The manifest swaps without a pause.
Empty files fade from view,
Old permissions stay true.
Synced paths keep data secure.

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The PR introduces an atomic file-replacement helper and applies it to install manifests, while preserving destination symlinks and tolerating empty legacy sidecars.

  • Writes replacement contents through a neighboring temporary file and syncs file and directory metadata.
  • Preserves Unix permissions and retries transient Windows replacement failures.
  • Resolves existing, dangling, chained, and forty-link destination symlinks without replacing them.
  • Adds regression coverage for atomic replacement, permissions, symlink handling, and empty sidecars.

Confidence Score: 5/5

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Filename Overview
src/file.rs Adds the atomic-write implementation and regression tests; the current loop correctly follows exactly forty symlinks and preserves existing, dangling, and chained links.
src/toolset/install_state.rs Routes consolidated and per-tool manifest writes through the atomic helper and treats empty per-tool manifests as absent.

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In `@src/toolset/install_state.rs`:
- Around line 133-150: In the temporary manifest write flow, move
temporary.as_file_mut().sync_all() to after the conditional set_permissions
call, then call file::sync_dir(parent) immediately after temporary.persist(path)
succeeds. Preserve the existing atomic-write error handling and permission
behavior while ensuring both file contents/metadata and the parent directory
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Instruction counts

benchmark trend instructions Δ wall (min) Δ
env ▄▄▃▂▁▁▂▁▃▅█▇▅▅▇▆▇▆ 80,857,230 → 80,832,662 -0.03% 20.47 → 18.85ms -7.90%
hook-env ▃▂▂▁▁▂▂▁▅▇▆▇▅▅▄▃▅█ 82,375,775 → 82,529,043 +0.19% 18.80 → 19.85ms +5.63%
ls ▄▃▁▁▂▁▁▂▃███▄▄▇█▇█ 73,409,235 → 73,435,136 +0.04% 16.65 → 16.68ms +0.18%
registry ▃▃▂▂▂▂▁▂▂▂▃▂▃▃▄▅▆█ 43,320,449 → 43,445,501 +0.29% 11.91 → 11.49ms -3.57%
startup █▅█▂▁▃▂▂▆▅▅▅▂▂▆▆█▇ 15,592,453 → 15,591,431 -0.01% 9.30 → 9.56ms +2.81%

No instruction-count regression above 1%.

Only instruction counts gate. Wall clock is shown for context — on identical hardware it moves 4-20% run to run.

Measured by tak — instruction-counted CLI benchmarks, stored in this repository's git notes.

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- Around line 377-388: In the temporary-file write flow, move
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In `@src/file.rs`:
- Around line 357-366: Update the symlink target resolution in write_atomic to
support dangling symlinks by resolving the link path without requiring its final
component to exist, reusing desymlink_path if it provides that behavior.
Preserve canonicalization for existing symlink targets and add a regression test
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