fix(core): skip dependency install in read-only config dirs (anomalyco#12128)

Author: shantur

packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { LSPServer } from "../lsp/server"
 import { BunProc } from "@/bun"
 import { Installation } from "@/installation"
 import { ConfigMarkdown } from "./markdown"
-import { existsSync } from "fs"
+import { constants, existsSync } from "fs"
 import { Bus } from "@/bus"
 import { GlobalBus } from "@/bus/global"
 import { Event } from "../server/event"
@@ -273,7 +273,24 @@ export namespace Config {
     ).catch(() => {})
   }
 
+  async function isWritable(dir: string) {
+    try {
+      await fs.access(dir, constants.W_OK)
+      return true
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+
   async function needsInstall(dir: string) {
+    // Some config dirs may be read-only.
+    // Installing deps there will fail; skip installation in that case.
+    const writable = await isWritable(dir)
+    if (!writable) {
+      log.debug("config dir is not writable, skipping dependency install", { dir })
+      return false
+    }
+
     const nodeModules = path.join(dir, "node_modules")
     if (!existsSync(nodeModules)) return true
 

packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts

@@ -566,6 +566,67 @@ test("gets config directories", async () => {
   })
 })
 
+test("does not try to install dependencies in read-only OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR", async () => {
+  if (process.platform === "win32") return
+
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir<string>({
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      const ro = path.join(dir, "readonly")
+      await fs.mkdir(ro, { recursive: true })
+      await fs.chmod(ro, 0o555)
+      return ro
+    },
+    dispose: async (dir) => {
+      const ro = path.join(dir, "readonly")
+      await fs.chmod(ro, 0o755).catch(() => {})
+      return ro
+    },
+  })
+
+  const prev = process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
+  process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR = tmp.extra
+
+  try {
+    await Instance.provide({
+      directory: tmp.path,
+      fn: async () => {
+        await Config.get()
+      },
+    })
+  } finally {
+    if (prev === undefined) delete process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
+    else process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR = prev
+  }
+})
+
+test("installs dependencies in writable OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir<string>({
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      const cfg = path.join(dir, "configdir")
+      await fs.mkdir(cfg, { recursive: true })
+      return cfg
+    },
+  })
+
+  const prev = process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
+  process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR = tmp.extra
+
+  try {
+    await Instance.provide({
+      directory: tmp.path,
+      fn: async () => {
+        await Config.get()
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(await Bun.file(path.join(tmp.extra, "package.json")).exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(await Bun.file(path.join(tmp.extra, ".gitignore")).exists()).toBe(true)
+  } finally {
+    if (prev === undefined) delete process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR
+    else process.env.OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR = prev
+  }
+})
+
 test("resolves scoped npm plugins in config", async () => {
   await using tmp = await tmpdir({
     init: async (dir) => {