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`glob` tool false-negatives on any multi-segment pattern unless prefixed with `**/`

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## Describe the bug

The built-in `glob` tool returns "No files matched the pattern." for **any
pattern containing a path separator**, unless the pattern is prefixed with
`**/`. Literal relative paths (`2026/07/26.md`) and wildcarded multi-segment
patterns (`2026/07/*.md`) both fail even though the files exist directly under
the given `paths` root. Single-segment patterns (`inbox.md`, `*.md`) and
`**/`-prefixed patterns work.

This is worse than an inconvenience: the agent trusts the empty result. In one
session the agent checked for a file with its exact relative path, got no
match, and confidently declared the file missing — then acted on that false
premise.

## Affected version

1.0.70-0 (running as the VS Code Agent Sessions CLI backend; macOS arm64)

## Steps to reproduce the behavior

Against a repo containing `2026/07/26.md` and `inbox.md` at the root:

1. `glob` with `pattern: "2026/07/26.md"`, `paths: [""]` →
`No files matched the pattern.` (file exists)
2. `glob` with `pattern: "2026/07/*.md"`, same paths →
`No files matched the pattern.` (31 files exist there)
3. `glob` with `pattern: "**/07/26.md"`, same paths →
`/2026/07/26.md` ✔
4. `glob` with `pattern: "inbox.md"`, same paths →
`/inbox.md` ✔

So the failure is specifically: multi-segment pattern **not** prefixed with
`**/`. It looks like the matcher compares patterns against basenames (or a
single path segment) unless a globstar forces full-path matching.

## Expected behavior

A relative pattern is resolved against the given `paths` roots, per standard
glob semantics: `2026/07/26.md` matches `/2026/07/26.md`. At minimum,
the tool description should say patterns must be `**/`-prefixed to traverse
directories — but fixing the matching is much better than documenting the
trap, since empty results are treated as evidence of absence.

## Additional context

- OS: macOS 26.5.2, arm64
- Observed both from VS Code Agent Sessions and reproduced deterministically
(4 calls above, same session, seconds apart)

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Direzione di ricerca

Inizia individuando lo strumento glob integrato e la sua implementazione della corrispondenza dei percorsi, quindi riproduci i quattro pattern dell’issue su un repository che contenga i file elencati. Traccia il modo in cui i pattern relativi vengono confrontati con le radici dei percorsi. Il lavoro è completato quando i pattern relativi composti da più segmenti corrispondono ai file esistenti, mentre i casi esistenti a segmento singolo e **/ continuano a funzionare.

Scritto dal modello di indicizzazione a partire dal testo della issue.

Valutazione

Stack tecnologico
shell
Ambito
cli, tooling
Tipo di issue
Bug
Difficoltà
3/5
Tempo stimato
1-2 giorni
Stato di attività
Tranquilla
Chiarezza
Abbastanza chiara
Idoneità per principianti
55/100

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