You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Background TasksArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.229,
Bug FixesSection of the release
What
The background task roster file and the dispatch files it works with are now inspected before use. Symlinks and anything that is not a regular file are quarantined or removed instead of read, and a file that cannot be inspected produces a clear skip message rather than being treated as missing.
Details
Message on skip: bg roster.json update skipped: the file could not be inspected
Read errors that mean the filesystem refused (ENXIO, EFBIG, ELOOP, ENAMETOOLONG) take their own path rather than being lumped in with "not found"
Evidence
bg roster.json update skipped: the file could not be inspected
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
