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`ENAMETOOLONG` error with a long file path when `server.debug.dump` flag is on
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Description
Describe the bug
it happens when a test case file has a long path
the error message is like:
FAIL App.very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_long.spec.tsx [ App.very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_long.spec.tsx ]
Error: ENAMETOOLONG: name too long, open '/xxx/reproductions/.vite-node/dump/_Volumes_jinjiang-portable-disk_Developer_personal_reproductions_App_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_long_spec_tsx--51554923.js'
Original discussion: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/discussions/7662
Reproduction
https://github.com/Jinjiang/reproductions/tree/vitest-dump-20250327
System Info
System:
OS: macOS 15.4
CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
Memory: 182.92 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 22.14.0 - ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.18 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
npm: 10.9.2 - ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22/bin/npm
pnpm: 10.6.5 - ~/Library/pnpm/pnpm
bun: 1.1.36 - ~/.local/share/mise/installs/bun/latest/bin/bun
Browsers:
Safari: 18.4
npmPackages:
@vitejs/plugin-react: ^4.3.4 => 4.3.4
vite: ^6.2.3 => 6.2.3
vitest: ^3.0.9 => 3.0.9
Used Package Manager
pnpm
Validations
- Follow our Code of Conduct
- Read the Contributing Guidelines.
- Read the docs.
- Check that there isn't already an issue that reports the same bug to avoid creating a duplicate.
- Check that this is a concrete bug. For Q&A open a GitHub Discussion or join our Discord Chat Server.
- The provided reproduction is a minimal reproducible example of the bug.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running the linked reproduction with the server.debug.dump flag enabled and a test case file with a long path. Trace the dump behavior that produces the reported ENAMETOOLONG error; done means long test paths no longer fail while debug dump output remains available.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vite
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100