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Summary

First, deliberately scoped step of #1103 (test suite is not hermetic). newModel loads <user config>/zero/commands/*.md through config.UserConfigDir(), and internal/tui has 500+ newModel( calls with no isolation, so a developer's own slash commands and state leak into the TUI tests, and a test could write to the real user directories. That is the "Hermetic tests" rule in AGENTS.md.

This PR:

• adds testutil.IsolateUserDirs(root), which points HOME, USERPROFILE, APPDATA, LOCALAPPDATA and the XDG_* roots at a temp dir and returns a restore function. All of them are set, since os.UserConfigDir/os.UserCacheDir read the XDG variables only on Linux/BSD, derive from HOME on macOS, and from %AppData%/%LocalAppData% on Windows;
• calls it from a new TestMain in internal/tui. Tests that set their own layout with t.Setenv still win while it is active.

Production code is not touched.

Not included, on purpose (AGENTS.md asks that broad changes be discussed first): the ZERO_CONFIG_DIR override in config, routing the ~26 non-test callers of os.User{Config,Home,Cache}Dir through it, and TestMain in the other packages. The helper added here is what those follow-ups would call, so this issue should stay open after this PR.

Linked issue

Refs #1103 (partial, does not close it).

Note: #1103 does not currently carry the issue-approved label. Opening this anyway at the author's request; it can be held until the issue is approved.

Verification

• TestUserDirsAreIsolatedFromTheDeveloperHome checks that the home, config and cache dirs resolve inside the isolated root. Without the TestMain it fails (home dir "C:\Users\<dev>" is outside the isolated root "", same for config and cache); with it, it passes.
• TestNewModelLoadsUserCommandsOnlyFromIsolatedConfig checks a fresh model loads no user commands, and that a command planted in the isolated config dir is the only one it sees.
• TestIsolateUserDirsRedirectsAndRestores (in internal/testutil) checks the redirection through os.UserHomeDir/UserConfigDir/UserCacheDir and that previous values, including unset ones, are restored.
• The full go test ./internal/tui/ suite passes with the directories redirected (45 s locally on Windows).
• go build ./..., go vet ./internal/tui/ ./internal/testutil/, gofmt -l, git diff --cached --check clean.
• Only run on Windows. Linux/macOS behavior is by construction (all variables set) and left to CI; -race, full go test ./..., smoke and make targets were not run locally.

Checklist

• The linked issue already has the issue-approved label. (not yet)
• go build ./..., go vet ./..., and go test ./... pass locally. (build passes; vet and tests only for the affected packages)
• gofmt clean.
• Tests added/updated for the change (and run under -race where relevant). (tests added; -race not run locally)
• UI changes include screenshots or a short recording where possible. (no UI change)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Added coverage ensuring TUI tests use isolated home, configuration, and cache directories, then restore the original environment.
  • Verified that command loading is unaffected by commands in the host user’s configuration and that commands in the isolated configuration are available.
  • Added checks for setup failures, rollback after partial setup, environment restoration, and path comparisons through symlink aliases.

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• internal/testutil/userdirs.go
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Walkthrough

The change adds utilities to redirect user-directory environment variables and restore their prior states. TUI tests use a temporary isolated root and check directory resolution and user-command loading.

Changes

TUI test isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Isolation helper and validation internal/testutil/userdirs.go, internal/testutil/userdirs_test.go	IsolateUserDirs redirects home, user-profile, and XDG directory variables to a supplied root. It restores prior values or unset states. Tests cover rollback after setup failures and PathWithin comparisons through symlink aliases.
TUI test isolation and verification internal/tui/main_test.go, internal/tui/hermetic_test.go	TestMain redirects user directories to a temporary root for the test run, then restores them and removes the root. Tests check directory locations and verify user-command loading from the isolated config directory.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 281af

The TUI tests isolate user directories, and no actionable merge-blocking risk was established. Merge after normal checks.

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Copilot review overview

🟡 Changes recommended

Environment and filesystem cleanup failures can be silently ignored, undermining the isolation guarantee.

Review effort: Balanced
Findings: 3

Open (3)

• Propagate environment setup and restoration errors · New
• Restore XDG_DATA_HOME after test isolation · New
• Handle temporary directory cleanup errors · New

What changed in this PR

Adds package-wide user-directory isolation for TUI tests to prevent access to real user state.

Changes:

• Adds reusable environment isolation and restoration.
• Configures TUI TestMain with temporary user directories.
• Adds regression tests for directory and command isolation.

File	Description
internal/​tui/​main_test.go	Establishes package-wide isolation.
internal/​tui/​hermetic_test.go	Verifies TUI isolation behavior.
internal/​testutil/​userdirs.go	Implements the isolation helper.
internal/​testutil/​userdirs_test.go	Tests redirection and restoration.

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[kevincodex1]

hello @PierrunoYT please address feedback from copilot

[PierrunoYT]

@kevincodex1 All three Copilot comments are addressed in c4c48da (branch rebased onto current main):

• IsolateUserDirs fails closed: Setenv errors roll back and are returned, restore errors are returned, and TestMain exits non-zero on either. There's a new regression test for the failure path.
• The helper test restores the inherited XDG_DATA_HOME via t.Setenv before clearing it.
• TestMain reports a failed temp-root removal and fails the run.

Verified on Windows: go vet ./..., go test ./internal/testutil/ ./internal/tui/, zero-release build and smoke pass, and git diff --check is clean. In the full go test ./..., internal/zerogit and internal/cli fail locally. The causes are git init failing with fatal: unable to access 'NUL', and ZERO_PROVIDER being set in my shell, which some internal/cli tests pick up. Both fail the same way on unmodified main, so they're local environment issues unrelated to this PR. make/-race aren't available here (no make or cgo toolchain), so those are left to CI.

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nice one, thanks @PierrunoYT

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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internal/tui/hermetic_test.go: 1

14-15: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Canonicalize paths before containment checks. Both tests use filepath.Rel on raw path spellings. Equivalent physical paths can have different spellings on supported platforms and cause a false test failure.

• internal/tui/hermetic_test.go#L14-L15: canonicalize the existing path components in underRoot before comparing paths.
• internal/testutil/userdirs_test.go#L39-L39: use the same physical-path comparison for the helper assertion.
  As per coding guidelines, “Compare paths after canonicalization (physical/EvalSymlinks form); never assert raw t.TempDir() spellings.”

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Review comment at @internal/tui/hermetic_test.go around lines 14 - 15:
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @internal/testutil/userdirs_test.go:
- Around line 63-65: Update the rollback test for IsolateUserDirs to exercise a
partial redirect: allow setting HOME, make the next environment-variable update
fail, and verify that HOME returns to its original value. Retain the existing
first-call failure case if it covers a separate behavior.

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Review comments at @internal/tui/hermetic_test.go:
- Around line 14-15: Canonicalize existing path components before checking
containment in underRoot, then use the same physical-path comparison for the
helper assertion in internal/testutil/userdirs_test.go at line 39. Update the
raw filepath.Rel comparison in internal/tui/hermetic_test.go at lines 14–15 so
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[PierrunoYT]

@coderabbitai Addressed your review in 281afdc:

• Partial-redirect rollback (inline): new TestIsolateUserDirsRollsBackPartialRedirect via an injectable setenv. With the rollback removed it fails on HOME.
• Canonicalize before containment (nitpick): added testutil.PathWithin. It resolves the existing part of each path with EvalSymlinks and keeps not-yet-created components as spelled. The TUI hermetic test and the helper test now both use it instead of a raw filepath.Rel. TestPathWithinComparesPhysicalPaths covers a symlinked root and a not-yet-created child, and it fails if canonicalization is skipped. The symlink case ran (not skipped) on Windows.

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@PierrunoYT Thanks for the fixes. I inspected commit 281afdcc and confirmed both changes:

• TestIsolateUserDirsRollsBackPartialRedirect lets the HOME redirect succeed, injects a failure on USERPROFILE, and checks that rollback restores the environment.
• PathWithin resolves existing path components before checking containment. Both isolation tests use it, and the regression test covers symlink aliases and nonexistent descendants.

Both review concerns are addressed. I did not rerun tests in the inspection sandbox.

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[kevincodex1]

lgtm