task: Windows platform issues (8 bugs)

[DeusData]

Scope

Umbrella tracker for Windows-specific bugs across install, indexing, path handling, and search. The wide-char API work (PR #386) and cmd.exe-compatible pipeline syntax (PR #325) cover subsets — this task tracks the remaining gaps and serves as a place to file Windows regressions.

Sub-issues

• "install" command does not work for opencode in windows 11 #221 — "install" command does not work for opencode in windows 11 — FIXED (0485d3f: find_in_path probes PATHEXT .exe/.cmd/.bat/.ps1; verified compiling+passing in Windows CI)
• Windows: mapped drive path fails with bad_root_path/store.corrupt, local path works #227 — mapped drive path fails with bad_root_path/store.corrupt — awaiting reporter v0.7.0 retest (lowercase-drive integrity fix c1dabc9 shipped; asked for exact stored root_path)
• Directory structure is not being read correctly on Windows #266 — Directory structure not read correctly on Windows — CLOSED (fixed in v0.7.0)
• .cbmignore patterns silently ignored on Windows #274 — .cbmignore patterns silently ignored on Windows — CLOSED (fixed in v0.7.0)
• Indexing repository unexpectedly indexes C:/Users/{USERNAME} instead of selected repo path (security/privacy risk) #331 — indexes C:/Users/{USERNAME} instead of selected path (privacy) — CLOSED (fixed in v0.7.0)
• Crash when indexing a repository #347 — Crash when indexing (Windows, 0xc0000005) — CLOSED (fixed in v0.7.0)
• search_code returns 0 results on Windows post-#310: Select-String via _popen fails silently #348 — search_code 0 results on Windows post-feat(mcp): add Windows support for code search via PowerShell #310 (Select-String _popen) — CLOSED (fixed in v0.7.0)
• index_repository silently deletes DB on Windows when repo path is on a mapped SMB drive (drive letter) #367 — silently deletes DB on mapped SMB drive — awaiting reporter v0.7.0 retest (same lowercase-drive fix c1dabc9; asked for exact stored root_path)

Status (2026-05-31)

6 of 8 resolved (#221 fixed + Windows-CI-verified; #266/#274/#331/#347/#348 fixed in v0.7.0). Remaining: #227 and #367, both the mapped/SMB-drive integrity-check class — fix (lowercase drive letters, c1dabc9) shipped in v0.7.0, but neither is reproducible in CI (no SMB share / mapped drive available), so both are awaiting reporter confirmation on v0.7.0. The bug surface is addressed; closure is reporter-dependent.

Acceptance

1. CI runs Windows smoke tests for ASCII / non-ASCII paths (PR fix(windows): use wide-char API for non-ASCII path support #386), paths with spaces / & / ( / ). ✅ (mapped/UNC drives not CI-testable)
2. .cbmignore parsing matches POSIX behavior on Windows. ✅ (.cbmignore patterns silently ignored on Windows #274)
3. No crashes on Windows for repos that index on Linux/macOS. ✅ (Crash when indexing a repository #347)
4. Privacy-critical Indexing repository unexpectedly indexes C:/Users/{USERNAME} instead of selected repo path (security/privacy risk) #331 (wrong path indexed) has a defense-in-depth test. ✅

Why one task

Windows-specific bugs share infrastructure (path normalization, process spawning, wide-char API surface).