fix: restore PATH/PATHEXT after spreading the provider environment - #347
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On Windows the environment block stores the search path as mixed-case "Path". process.env.PATH resolves case-insensitively, but localAgentProviderEnvironment builds the per-provider env with a spread, which copies only the original key casing. Consumers then read env.PATH on a plain object, get undefined, and both the availability walk and the Codex driver's executable resolution report "executable not found" -- while the same probe succeeds from shells that export an uppercase PATH. Restore the canonical PATH/PATHEXT keys after the spread, from any casing present in the inherited env, without overwriting existing keys.
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In `@src/local-agent-config.ts`:
- Around line 88-91: Update localAgentProviderEnvironment so case-insensitive
provider values for PATH and PATHEXT take precedence over inherited values when
populating env.PATH and env.PATHEXT. Adjust the existing fallback assignments
around environmentValueCaseInsensitive to avoid overwriting provider overrides
while preserving inherited values when no provider value exists.
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| const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH"); | ||
| if (env.PATH === undefined && pathValue !== undefined) env.PATH = pathValue; | ||
| const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATHEXT"); | ||
| if (env.PATHEXT === undefined && pathExtValue !== undefined) env.PATHEXT = pathExtValue; |
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Preserve case-insensitive provider overrides.
When providerConfig.env contains Path or PATHExt, localAgentProviderEnvironment copies that key but restores PATH and PATHEXT from inherited. Command resolution reads env.PATH and env.PATHEXT, so it can ignore the provider value. Prefer provider overrides before inherited values:
- const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH");
+ const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(providerConfig?.env ?? {}, "PATH")
+ ?? environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH");
if (env.PATH === undefined && pathValue !== undefined) env.PATH = pathValue;
- const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATHEXT");
+ const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(providerConfig?.env ?? {}, "PATHEXT")
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| const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH"); | |
| if (env.PATH === undefined && pathValue !== undefined) env.PATH = pathValue; | |
| const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATHEXT"); | |
| if (env.PATHEXT === undefined && pathExtValue !== undefined) env.PATHEXT = pathExtValue; | |
| const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(providerConfig?.env ?? {}, "PATH") | |
| ?? environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH"); | |
| if (env.PATH === undefined && pathValue !== undefined) env.PATH = pathValue; | |
| const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(providerConfig?.env ?? {}, "PATHEXT") | |
| ?? environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATHEXT"); | |
| if (env.PATHEXT === undefined && pathExtValue !== undefined) env.PATHEXT = pathExtValue; |
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In `@src/local-agent-config.ts` around lines 88 - 91, Update
localAgentProviderEnvironment so case-insensitive provider values for PATH and
PATHEXT take precedence over inherited values when populating env.PATH and
env.PATHEXT. Adjust the existing fallback assignments around
environmentValueCaseInsensitive to avoid overwriting provider overrides while
preserving inherited values when no provider value exists.
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Greptile SummaryProvider-configured Windows path overrides can be replaced by inherited values when consumers read canonical environment keys. The added regression test also leaves executable-extension normalization unprotected. Confidence Score: 4/5Not safe to merge until provider-configured path and extension values retain precedence over inherited values. The missing extension regression coverage is non-blocking. Execution reproduced the provider precedence failure using conflicting provider and inherited mixed-case path variables. A controlled removal of extension normalization left the focused regression test passing, confirming the coverage gap. Files Needing Attention: src/local-agent-config.ts needs the precedence fix; src/local-agent-config.test.ts needs a mixed-case PathExt assertion.
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| const pathValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATH"); | ||
| if (env.PATH === undefined && pathValue !== undefined) env.PATH = pathValue; | ||
| const pathExtValue = environmentValueCaseInsensitive(inherited, "PATHEXT"); | ||
| if (env.PATHEXT === undefined && pathExtValue !== undefined) env.PATHEXT = pathExtValue; |
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When a provider sets Windows-cased Path or PathExt, this code restores canonical PATH and PATHEXT from inherited instead of the already merged provider environment. Consumers reading canonical keys therefore use inherited locations and extensions rather than the provider-configured values, which can make the agent select the wrong executable or report the configured executable as unavailable. Resolve these values case-insensitively from the merged environment so provider settings retain precedence; this must be corrected before merging.
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Mixed-case path precedence reproduction
- This authored script imports the real implementation and compares canonical PATH and PATHEXT outputs for provider and inherited mixed-case variables, showing whether provider precedence is retained.
Path precedence output before change
- This complete command capture runs the script against the parent source and shows that canonical PATH and PATHEXT were absent before the change.
Path precedence output after change
- This complete command capture runs the script against the PR source and shows canonical PATH and PATHEXT are inherited values rather than provider values, confirming the precedence defect.
| const windowsInherited = { Path: "C:\\tools;C:\\Windows", Other: "kept" }; | ||
| const providerEnv = localAgentProviderEnvironment( | ||
| subagentsConfigSchema.parse({ enabled: true, providers: [{ id: "codex", enabled: true }] }), | ||
| "codex", | ||
| windowsInherited, | ||
| ); | ||
| assert.equal(providerEnv.PATH, "C:\\tools;C:\\Windows"); | ||
| assert.equal(providerEnv.Path, "C:\\tools;C:\\Windows"); | ||
| assert.equal(providerEnv.Other, "kept"); |
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This Windows-casing regression test verifies Path becoming canonical PATH, but it neither supplies PathExt nor asserts canonical PATHEXT. Removing the production PATHEXT normalization still leaves this test passing, so a regression in executable-extension resolution would go undetected. Add a mixed-case PathExt fixture and assert the resulting PATHEXT; this is non-blocking, but otherwise the behavior can regress silently.
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PATHEXT normalization coverage check
- Authored and executed script that runs the focused test before and after removing only PATHEXT normalization, showing whether the regression test detects that removal.
PATHEXT test output before mutation
- Captured output of the real local-agent-config test against the current implementation; it passes with exit code 0.
PATHEXT test output after mutation
- Captured output of the same real test after the controlled PATHEXT-only mutation; it still passes with exit code 0, proving the missing coverage.
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Windows stores the search path in the environment block as mixed-case
Path.process.env.PATHresolves case-insensitively, butlocalAgentProviderEnvironmentbuilds each provider's env with a spread, which copies only the original key casing. Every consumer that later readsenv.PATHfrom that plain object getsundefined: the availability walk reports codex/grok as "executable not found" on the startup banner, and the Codex driver'sresolveCodexCommandfails before inference withPROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE: Codex executable was not found.— while the same probe succeeds from any shell that exports an uppercasePATH(e.g. Git Bash), so it only bites standard Windows service environments such as a cmd-launched MCP server.The fix restores the canonical
PATHandPATHEXTkeys after the spread, sourcing values from any casing present in the inherited env and never overwriting an existing key. A regression test covers aPath-only inherited env, and I verified end-to-end in a child process whose environment block contains onlyPaththat provider driver resolution now finds the codex executable (it returned undefined before).Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
PATHandPATHEXTvariables when inherited with different capitalization.Tests