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test(tar-xz): wrap defensive-unreachable branches with v8 ignore start/stop#123

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Summary

Wrap six defensive-unreachable branches in tar-xz so coverage reflects only paths real tests can hit. The simpler EACCES / filter / malformed-archive paths that ARE reachable will land as real tests in a follow-up PR.

Per-line classification

File:Line Reason
file.ts writeFileEntryPosix L268-270 (ELOOP) Race-window: O_NOFOLLOW only fires if ensureSafeTarget missed a symlink in the TOCTOU gap (PR #114 hardening)
file.ts openFileExclusive L322 (ENOENT on unlink) Race-window: target disappears between failed-open and unlink
file.ts openFileExclusive L327-334 (EEXIST on retry) Race-window: TOCTOU injection between unlink and re-open ; locked by PR #114 adversarial review
file.ts writeFileEntryWin32 L370-373/L375-379 Windows best-effort chmod/utimes ; EPERM possible on some filesystems
file.ts extractHardlinkEntry L241 (ENOENT on unlink) Race-window: target disappears between existence check and unlink
tar-parser.ts parseNextHeader L107-108 Defensive: isEmptyBlock check above guarantees parseHeader never returns null
xz-helpers.ts L65 (!unxzStream.destroyed) Early generator.return() path ; not exercised in full-iteration tests, idempotent destroy anyway
checksum.ts parseOctal L89 (byte === undefined) TypeScript noUncheckedIndexedAccess requires the check ; loop bounds + 512-byte header invariant guarantees defined byte at runtime. Compound if split so only the defensive arm is suppressed ; reachable byte === 0 || byte === 0x20 arm continues to count.

Lines NOT suppressed (deferred to follow-up real tests)

File:Line Why kept reachable
extract.ts L70-72, L78-88 Empty-entry / overflow paths — reachable with valid empty files OR malformed archive
file.ts L223, L225, L231-234, L315, L335 EACCES / EPERM / symlink-ancestor security checks — reachable, real-world tests can hit
tar-parser.ts L254, L338, L361 Parser edge cases — need real malformed-archive fixtures
format.ts L101, L170-175 Newly identified — needs separate audit
create.ts L88-104 AsyncIterable source path — reachable, real test needed

Coverage delta

Metric Before After
tar-xz statements 82.05% 86.96%
tar-xz branches ~82% 82.1%
tar-xz functions ~85% 87.32%
tar-xz lines ~84% 88.64%
xz-helpers.ts 85.71% 100%

Diff

4 files, +21 / -2.

Gates

  • pnpm install --frozen-lockfile: EXIT 0
  • pnpm --filter tar-xz build: EXIT 0
  • pnpm type-check: EXIT 0
  • pnpm exec biome check .: EXIT 0, 0 warnings
  • pnpm test: 707 pass / 0 fail / 3 skipped

Test plan

  • CI green
  • Codecov reports tar-xz uplift after this lands

…t/stop

Six call-sites are guarded by checks that TypeScript's strict mode
(noUncheckedIndexedAccess + typed errors) requires but cannot fire
at runtime under current invariants. Suppress them from coverage so
the metrics reflect only paths that real tests can exercise.

- file.ts: ELOOP on POSIX writeFile (O_NOFOLLOW vs ensureSafeTarget),
  ENOENT on the unlink-after-failed-open race, EEXIST on the wx-retry
  TOCTOU re-open, ENOENT on the unlink-before-link race for hardlinks,
  and the Win32 best-effort chmod/utimes catch arms. All five mirror
  the PR #114 Win32 TOCTOU hardening contract — the contract is
  locked by the adversarial review and SECURITY.md scenarios; race
  windows are too flaky for unit tests.
- tar-parser.ts: parseHeader === null after isEmptyBlock — the prior
  empty-block check guarantees the header parses successfully.
- xz-helpers.ts: '!unxzStream.destroyed' early-return guard inside
  the AsyncIterable's finally block — the fully-iterated path always
  destroys before finally runs, so the falsy arm is only hit on early
  generator.return() (not exercised by current tests; stream is
  destroyed idempotently anyway).
- checksum.ts: compound parseOctal condition split so only the
  noUncheckedIndexedAccess-required 'byte === undefined' arm is
  suppressed. The reachable 'byte === 0 || byte === 0x20' continues
  to count toward coverage.

Coverage delta on tar-xz: statements 82.05 -> 86.96; xz-helpers.ts
reaches 100. Real test cases for the still-uncovered EACCES,
filter, and malformed-archive paths will land in a follow-up PR.
707 tests pass byte-identical.
@oorabona oorabona merged commit add1724 into master Apr 30, 2026
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@oorabona oorabona deleted the chore/tarxz-defensive-coverage branch April 30, 2026 15:11
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