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Fix WASI support for symlinks

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
wasm

Research direction

Start with scripts/patch/test_runner.patch and inspect the exclusions applied to the Zig testsuite. Trace the WASI symlink behavior those exclusions cover, then run the relevant Zig tests to reproduce the failures. Done means the symlink-related exclusions are no longer needed and the tests pass.

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Description

The WASI symlink support is incomplete and likely buggy, demonstrated by the exclusions in running the Zig testsuite.

Dominant language
Java
Stars
306
Forks
20
Avg merge
1d 19h
Merged PRs (30d)
35

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