Path.chmod() silently fails on Windows when archive bit is cleared and follow_symlinks=True

Bug report

Bug description:

Expected behavior:

• Path.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD) should clear the read-only attribute regardless of archive bit state
• Path.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD) should match os.chmod() behavior

Actual behavior:

• When archive bit is cleared, Path.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD) silently fails to clear read-only
• When archive bit is set, it works correctly
• Path.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD, follow_symlinks=False) always works

import os
import stat
import subprocess
from pathlib import Path


def is_read_only(file: str | os.PathLike) -> bool:
    return os.stat(file).st_file_attributes & stat.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY > 0


test_file = Path('test.txt')
test_file.touch()

subprocess.run(f'attrib -a +r {test_file}', check=True)
print(f'Initial (no archive): Read Only: {is_read_only(test_file)}')

test_file.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD)
print(f'After chmod(follow_symlinks=True): Read Only: {is_read_only(test_file)}')

test_file.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD, follow_symlinks=False)
print(f'After chmod(follow_symlinks=False): {is_read_only(test_file)}')

subprocess.run(f'attrib +a +r {test_file}', check=True)
print(f'Initial (archive): Read Only: {is_read_only(test_file)}')

test_file.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD)
print(f'After chmod(follow_symlinks=True): Read Only: {is_read_only(test_file)}')

test_file.chmod(stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD, follow_symlinks=False)
print(f'After chmod(follow_symlinks=False): {is_read_only(test_file)}')

Output

Initial (no archive): Read Only: True
After chmod(follow_symlinks=True): Read Only: True
After chmod(follow_symlinks=False): False
Initial (archive): Read Only: True
After chmod(follow_symlinks=True): Read Only: False
After chmod(follow_symlinks=False): False

CPython versions tested on:

3.14

Operating systems tested on:

Windows

Linked PRs

• gh-142018
• gh-154852

まず、アーカイブビットが設定されている場合と設定されていない場合の、提供された Path.chmod() 用 Windows 再現プログラムを実行し、次に follow_symlinks=True と os.chmod() の動作を比較してください。続行する前に、gh-142018 と gh-154852 にリンクされた作業を確認してください。両方のアーカイブビット状態で読み取り専用属性が一貫してクリアされれば完了です。