Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
File ReadsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.248,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
A new read helper opens a file first, then confirms via the open handle that it is a regular file within a size limit before reading, and returns nothing instead of throwing. This closes the gap where a path could change between being checked and being read.
Evidence
readFileFdGated
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
