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Modal filesystem-v2 mount alias makes cloud-node durable checkpoint parents fail safety checks
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Description
Generic reproduction: Modal v2 mount alias rejects durable checkpoints
Observed with release/v0.1.0, a release-built image, a Modal filesystem-v2
Volume, and a generic external Solidity target. No model inference is needed.
- Create a Modal sandbox with a filesystem-v2 Volume mounted at
/data. - Create an ordinary directory under that mount, then create its
checkpoints
child. - Evaluate the release's durable-directory predicate: the child must be a
directory, must not be a symlink, andrealpath(child)must exactly equal the
lexical child path. - Run the packaged cloud node worker with
--data-rootbelow/data.
Sanitized live Modal probe at 2026-08-21T14:43Z:
{
"data_mount": { "directory": false, "symlink": true, "realpath_equal": false },
"attempt_root": { "directory": true, "symlink": false, "realpath_equal": false },
"checkpoint_parent": { "directory": true, "symlink": false, "realpath_equal": false },
"release_assertion_accepts": false
}
The worker then fails before inference with durable checkpoint parent is unsafe. The nested attempt and checkpoint directories are ordinary directories;
only the provider-owned /data mount alias changes their canonical prefix.
Expected: canonicalize the trusted provider mount once, continue rejecting any
symlink below that boundary, and use canonical paths for durable workspace and
checkpoint operations.
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Research direction
Start with the durable-directory predicate and the packaged cloud node worker invoked with --data-root, then reproduce the Modal filesystem-v2 probe under /data. Trace how the provider mount and nested workspace paths are canonicalized; done means trusted mount aliases are handled while symlinks below the boundary remain rejected and durable checkpoint operations use canonical paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- backend, cloud, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100