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Add NEXUS_CONFIG_DIR override, run security adversarial tests on Windows (#85, #83) - #87

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  • Adds a NEXUS_CONFIG_DIR env override to nexus_core::Paths::resolve(), mirroring the existing NEXUS_CACHE_DIR override for data_dir. Plain env var read, no directories-crate/OS-API involvement, so it works identically cross-platform.
  • Rewrites crates/nexus-index/tests/path_security.rs's setup_fake_home/FakeHome to set NEXUS_CONFIG_DIR directly instead of redirecting $HOME/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
  • Removes the blanket #![cfg(unix)] gate at the top of path_security.rs. Only the three symlink-creating tests keep an individual #[cfg(unix)]:
    • get_file_context_rejects_symlink_escaping_allowed_root
    • get_file_context_rejects_repo_path_itself_a_symlink_escaping_allowed_root
    • get_file_context_accepts_symlink_pointing_within_the_same_allowed_root
  • Updates docs/NexusContext-Wiki/Security-Model.md, ADR 0012, and docs/NexusContext-Wiki/Configuration.md.

Local verification

  • cargo build --workspace - clean
  • cargo test --workspace - clean, including path_security.rs: 12 passed, 0 failed (Linux)
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check - clean
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings - clean

Windows CI verification (real job log, not a guess)

test-windows job (run 33087648098) actually ran path_security.rs and passed all 9 non-symlink tests:

     Running tests\path_security.rs (target\debug\deps\path_security-e21d90eb7c85d494.exe)

running 9 tests
test call_graph_dot_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test detect_changes_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test detect_dead_code_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test get_architecture_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test get_file_context_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test get_file_context_rejects_agent_steered_toward_ssh_key_outside_project ... ok
test run_cypher_query_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test search_code_enforces_allowed_roots ... ok
test search_code_rejects_agent_steered_outside_project_root ... ok

test result: ok. 9 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.09s

9 = the file's 12 tests minus the 3 #[cfg(unix)]-gated symlink-creating tests, which correctly do not appear in the Windows binary at all (compiled out, not skipped) - matching the 12/12 passing locally on Linux. All 5 CI checks (clippy, fmt, test-linux, test-macos, test-windows) pass on this PR.

Closes/Addresses

Closes #85 and Closes #83: the harness exists, the rewire is done, and Windows CI evidence above genuinely confirms the non-symlink adversarial suite now runs and passes on windows-latest. The three symlink-creating tests remain #[cfg(unix)]-only - that's the accepted, explicitly-documented remainder from #83's own success criteria ("if Windows symlink testing genuinely isn't feasible... document that explicitly as an accepted platform gap"), not an unresolved blocker: #83's own CI probe already confirmed Windows can create symlinks without elevation, so a std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file/symlink_dir-based Windows equivalent of those 3 tests is possible future work, just not implemented in this PR.

Closes #85
Closes #83

https://claude.ai/code/session_01D6ND42psexN5cWTKewSpBG

…n Windows

Closes #85: nexus_core::Paths::resolve() now honors a NEXUS_CONFIG_DIR
env override for config_dir, mirroring the existing NEXUS_CACHE_DIR
override for data_dir. It's a plain env var read, not routed through
the OS-specific directories crate, so it works identically on every
platform - unlike the $HOME/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME redirection the adversarial
security suite previously relied on, which directories' Windows backend
(SHGetKnownFolderPath) ignores entirely.

Closes #83 (the remaining part): crates/nexus-index/tests/path_security.rs
now uses NEXUS_CONFIG_DIR directly in setup_fake_home/FakeHome instead of
redirecting $HOME/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME, and the blanket #![cfg(unix)] gate at
the top of the file is removed. Every non-symlink test now runs
unconditionally, including on Windows; only the three symlink-creating
tests keep an individual #[cfg(unix)].

Also updates docs/NexusContext-Wiki/Security-Model.md, ADR 0012, and
docs/NexusContext-Wiki/Configuration.md to reflect the new override and
the resolved Windows coverage gap.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D6ND42psexN5cWTKewSpBG
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AliRezaTaleghani merged commit 89c9d6a into main Aug 27, 2026
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