fix(core,cli): enable recursive directory access for (#17094)

packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async () => {
   };
 });
 
-vi.mock('./extension-manager.js');
+vi.mock('./extension-manager.js', () => {
+  const ExtensionManager = vi.fn();
+  ExtensionManager.prototype.loadExtensions = vi.fn();
+  ExtensionManager.prototype.getExtensions = vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]);
+  return { ExtensionManager };
+});
 
 // Global setup to ensure clean environment for all tests in this file
 const originalArgv = process.argv;
@@ -146,6 +151,11 @@ const originalGeminiModel = process.env['GEMINI_MODEL'];
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   delete process.env['GEMINI_MODEL'];
+  // Restore ExtensionManager mocks by re-assigning them
+  ExtensionManager.prototype.getExtensions = vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]);
+  ExtensionManager.prototype.loadExtensions = vi
+    .fn()
+    .mockResolvedValue(undefined);
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -698,6 +708,12 @@ describe('loadCliConfig', () => {
 describe('Hierarchical Memory Loading (config.ts) - Placeholder Suite', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
+    // Restore ExtensionManager mocks that were reset
+    ExtensionManager.prototype.getExtensions = vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]);
+    ExtensionManager.prototype.loadExtensions = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
     vi.mocked(os.homedir).mockReturnValue('/mock/home/user');
     // Other common mocks would be reset here.
   });
@@ -755,6 +771,63 @@ describe('Hierarchical Memory Loading (config.ts) - Placeholder Suite', () => {
       200, // maxDirs
     );
   });
+
+  it('should pass includeDirectories to loadServerHierarchicalMemory when loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories is true', async () => {
+    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js'];
+    const includeDir = path.resolve(path.sep, 'path', 'to', 'include');
+    const settings = createTestMergedSettings({
+      context: {
+        includeDirectories: [includeDir],
+        loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories: true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const argv = await parseArguments(settings);
+    await loadCliConfig(settings, 'session-id', argv);
+
+    expect(ServerConfig.loadServerHierarchicalMemory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      [includeDir],
+      false,
+      expect.any(Object),
+      expect.any(ExtensionManager),
+      true,
+      'tree',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        respectGitIgnore: true,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      }),
+      200,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should NOT pass includeDirectories to loadServerHierarchicalMemory when loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories is false', async () => {
+    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js'];
+    const settings = createTestMergedSettings({
+      context: {
+        includeDirectories: ['/path/to/include'],
+        loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories: false,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const argv = await parseArguments(settings);
+    await loadCliConfig(settings, 'session-id', argv);
+
+    expect(ServerConfig.loadServerHierarchicalMemory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      [],
+      false,
+      expect.any(Object),
+      expect.any(ExtensionManager),
+      true,
+      'tree',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        respectGitIgnore: true,
+        respectGeminiIgnore: true,
+      }),
+      200,
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 describe('mergeMcpServers', () => {

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -476,7 +476,9 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     // Call the (now wrapper) loadHierarchicalGeminiMemory which calls the server's version
     const result = await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
       cwd,
-      [],
+      settings.context?.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories || false
+        ? includeDirectories
+        : [],
       debugMode,
       fileService,
       extensionManager,

packages/cli/src/config/sandboxConfig.test.ts

@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
   };
 });
 
-vi.mock('command-exists', () => ({
+vi.mock('command-exists', () => {
-  default: {
+  const sync = vi.fn();
-    sync: vi.fn(),
+  return {
-  },
+    sync,
-}));
+    default: {
+      sync,
+    },
+  };
+});
 
 vi.mock('node:os', async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal();
@@ -49,6 +53,8 @@ describe('loadSandboxConfig', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
     process.env = { ...originalEnv };
+    delete process.env['SANDBOX'];
+    delete process.env['GEMINI_SANDBOX'];
     mockedGetPackageJson.mockResolvedValue({
       config: { sandboxImageUri: 'default/image' },
     });

packages/cli/src/gemini.test.tsx

@@ -657,10 +657,48 @@ describe('gemini.tsx main function kitty protocol', () => {
       refreshAuth: vi.fn(),
       getRemoteAdminSettings: () => undefined,
       setTerminalBackground: vi.fn(),
+      getToolRegistry: () => ({ getAllTools: () => [] }),
+      getModel: () => 'gemini-pro',
+      getEmbeddingModel: () => 'embedding-model',
+      getCoreTools: () => [],
+      getApprovalMode: () => 'default',
+      getPreviewFeatures: () => false,
+      getTargetDir: () => '/',
+      getUsageStatisticsEnabled: () => false,
+      getTelemetryEnabled: () => false,
+      getTelemetryTarget: () => 'none',
+      getTelemetryOtlpEndpoint: () => '',
+      getTelemetryOtlpProtocol: () => 'grpc',
+      getTelemetryLogPromptsEnabled: () => false,
+      getContinueOnFailedApiCall: () => false,
+      getShellToolInactivityTimeout: () => 0,
+      getTruncateToolOutputThreshold: () => 0,
+      getUseRipgrep: () => false,
+      getUseWriteTodos: () => false,
+      getHooks: () => undefined,
+      getExperiments: () => undefined,
+      getFileFilteringRespectGitIgnore: () => true,
+      getOutputFormat: () => 'text',
+      getFolderTrust: () => false,
+      getPendingIncludeDirectories: () => [],
+      getWorkspaceContext: () => ({ getDirectories: () => ['/'] }),
+      getModelAvailabilityService: () => ({
+        reset: vi.fn(),
+        resetTurn: vi.fn(),
+      }),
+      getBaseLlmClient: () => ({}),
+      getGeminiClient: () => ({}),
+      getContentGenerator: () => ({}),
+      isTrustedFolder: () => true,
+      isYoloModeDisabled: () => true,
+      isPlanEnabled: () => false,
+      isEventDrivenSchedulerEnabled: () => false,
     } as unknown as Config;
 
     vi.mocked(loadCliConfig).mockResolvedValue(mockConfig);
-    vi.mocked(loadSandboxConfig).mockResolvedValue({} as any); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    vi.mocked(loadSandboxConfig).mockResolvedValue({
+      command: 'docker',
+    } as any); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     vi.mocked(relaunchOnExitCode).mockImplementation(async (fn) => {
       await fn();
     });

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.test.tsx

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockWorkspaceContext = {
       addDirectory: vi.fn(),
+      addDirectories: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ added: [], failed: [] }),
       getDirectories: vi
         .fn()
         .mockReturnValue([
@@ -125,9 +126,15 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
 
     it('should call addDirectory and show a success message for a single path', async () => {
       const newPath = path.normalize('/home/user/new-project');
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: [newPath],
+        failed: [],
+      });
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, newPath);
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPath);
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        newPath,
+      ]);
       expect(mockContext.ui.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           type: MessageType.INFO,
@@ -139,10 +146,16 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
     it('should call addDirectory for each path and show a success message for multiple paths', async () => {
       const newPath1 = path.normalize('/home/user/new-project1');
       const newPath2 = path.normalize('/home/user/new-project2');
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: [newPath1, newPath2],
+        failed: [],
+      });
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, `${newPath1},${newPath2}`);
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPath1);
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPath2);
+        newPath1,
+        newPath2,
+      ]);
       expect(mockContext.ui.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           type: MessageType.INFO,
@@ -153,10 +166,11 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
 
     it('should show an error if addDirectory throws an exception', async () => {
       const error = new Error('Directory does not exist');
-      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).mockImplementation(() => {
-        throw error;
-      });
       const newPath = path.normalize('/home/user/invalid-project');
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: [],
+        failed: [{ path: newPath, error }],
+      });
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, newPath);
       expect(mockContext.ui.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -171,10 +185,16 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       vi.spyOn(trustedFolders, 'isFolderTrustEnabled').mockReturnValue(false);
       const newPath = path.normalize('/home/user/new-project');
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: [newPath],
+        failed: [],
+      });
 
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, newPath);
 
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPath);
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        newPath,
+      ]);
     });
 
     it('should show an info message for an already added directory', async () => {
@@ -196,13 +216,10 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
       const validPath = path.normalize('/home/user/valid-project');
       const invalidPath = path.normalize('/home/user/invalid-project');
       const error = new Error('Directory does not exist');
-      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).mockImplementation(
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
-        (p: string) => {
+        added: [validPath],
-          if (p === invalidPath) {
+        failed: [{ path: invalidPath, error }],
-            throw error;
+      });
-          }
-        },
-      );
 
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, `${validPath},${invalidPath}`);
@@ -290,10 +307,16 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
       if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
       mockIsPathTrusted.mockReturnValue(true);
       const newPath = path.normalize('/home/user/trusted-project');
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: [newPath],
+        failed: [],
+      });
 
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, newPath);
 
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newPath);
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+        newPath,
+      ]);
     });
 
     it('should show an error for an untrusted directory', async () => {
@@ -303,7 +326,7 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
 
       await addCommand.action(mockContext, newPath);
 
-      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(mockContext.ui.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.objectContaining({
           type: MessageType.ERROR,

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { refreshServerHierarchicalMemory } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import {
   expandHomeDir,
   getDirectorySuggestions,
+  batchAddDirectories,
 } from '../utils/directoryUtils.js';
 import type { Config } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
@@ -193,14 +194,10 @@ export const directoryCommand: SlashCommand = {
             );
           }
 
-          for (const pathToAdd of trustedDirs) {
+          if (trustedDirs.length > 0) {
-            try {
+            const result = batchAddDirectories(workspaceContext, trustedDirs);
-              workspaceContext.addDirectory(expandHomeDir(pathToAdd));
+            added.push(...result.added);
-              added.push(pathToAdd);
+            errors.push(...result.errors);
-            } catch (e) {
-              const error = e as Error;
-              errors.push(`Error adding '${pathToAdd}': ${error.message}`);
-            }
           }
 
           if (undefinedTrustDirs.length > 0) {
@@ -220,17 +217,9 @@ export const directoryCommand: SlashCommand = {
             };
           }
         } else {
-          for (const pathToAdd of pathsToProcess) {
+          const result = batchAddDirectories(workspaceContext, pathsToProcess);
-            try {
+          added.push(...result.added);
-              workspaceContext.addDirectory(expandHomeDir(pathToAdd.trim()));
+          errors.push(...result.errors);
-              added.push(pathToAdd.trim());
-            } catch (e) {
-              const error = e as Error;
-              errors.push(
-                `Error adding '${pathToAdd.trim()}': ${error.message}`,
-              );
-            }
-          }
         }
 
         await finishAddingDirectories(config, addItem, added, errors);

packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.test.tsx

@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ describe('<Footer />', () => {
   });
 
   describe('footer configuration filtering (golden snapshots)', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      vi.stubEnv('SANDBOX', '');
+      vi.stubEnv('SEATBELT_PROFILE', '');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    });
+
     it('renders complete footer with all sections visible (baseline)', () => {
       const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(<Footer />, {
         width: 120,

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useIncludeDirsTrust.test.tsx

@@ -16,10 +16,26 @@ import type { LoadedTrustedFolders } from '../../config/trustedFolders.js';
 
 import type { MultiFolderTrustDialogProps } from '../components/MultiFolderTrustDialog.js';
 
-vi.mock('../utils/directoryUtils.js', () => ({
+vi.mock('../utils/directoryUtils.js', async (importOriginal) => {
-  expandHomeDir: (p: string) => p, // Simple pass-through for testing
+  const actual =
-  loadMemoryFromDirectories: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fileCount: 1 }),
+    await importOriginal<typeof import('../utils/directoryUtils.js')>();
-}));
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    expandHomeDir: (p: string) => p, // Simple pass-through for testing
+    batchAddDirectories: (
+      workspaceContext: WorkspaceContext,
+      paths: string[],
+    ) => {
+      const result = workspaceContext.addDirectories(paths);
+      const errors: string[] = [];
+      for (const failure of result.failed) {
+        errors.push(`Error adding '${failure.path}': ${failure.error.message}`);
+      }
+      return { added: result.added, errors };
+    },
+    loadMemoryFromDirectories: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ fileCount: 1 }),
+  };
+});
 
 vi.mock('../components/MultiFolderTrustDialog.js', () => ({
   MultiFolderTrustDialog: (props: MultiFolderTrustDialogProps) => (
@@ -38,6 +54,7 @@ describe('useIncludeDirsTrust', () => {
 
     mockWorkspaceContext = {
       addDirectory: vi.fn(),
+      addDirectories: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ added: [], failed: [] }),
       getDirectories: vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]),
       onDirectoriesChangedListeners: new Set(),
       onDirectoriesChanged: vi.fn(),
@@ -111,23 +128,18 @@ describe('useIncludeDirsTrust', () => {
           '/dir1',
           '/dir2',
         ]);
-        vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).mockImplementation(
+        vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
-          (path) => {
+          added: ['/dir1'],
-            if (path === '/dir2') {
+          failed: [{ path: '/dir2', error: new Error('Test error') }],
-              throw new Error('Test error');
+        });
-            }
-          },
-        );
 
         renderTestHook(isTrusted);
 
         await waitFor(() => {
-          expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
             '/dir1',
-          );
-          expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             '/dir2',
-          );
+          ]);
           expect(mockHistoryManager.addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             expect.objectContaining({
               text: expect.stringContaining("Error adding '/dir2': Test error"),
@@ -171,6 +183,11 @@ describe('useIncludeDirsTrust', () => {
         return undefined;
       });
 
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: ['/trusted'],
+        failed: [],
+      });
+
       renderTestHook(true);
 
       // Opens dialog for undefined trust dir
@@ -193,15 +210,16 @@ describe('useIncludeDirsTrust', () => {
         pendingDirs,
       );
       mockIsPathTrusted.mockReturnValue(true);
+      vi.mocked(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).mockReturnValue({
+        added: pendingDirs,
+        failed: [],
+      });
 
       renderTestHook(true);
 
       await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          '/trusted1',
+          pendingDirs,
-        );
-        expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-          '/trusted2',
         );
         expect(mockSetCustomDialog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(mockConfig.clearPendingIncludeDirectories).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useIncludeDirsTrust.tsx

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  */
 
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
-import type { Config } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import { type Config } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { loadTrustedFolders } from '../../config/trustedFolders.js';
-import { expandHomeDir } from '../utils/directoryUtils.js';
+import { expandHomeDir, batchAddDirectories } from '../utils/directoryUtils.js';
 import {
   debugLogger,
   refreshServerHierarchicalMemory,
@@ -79,15 +79,10 @@ export function useIncludeDirsTrust(
       const added: string[] = [];
       const errors: string[] = [];
       const workspaceContext = config.getWorkspaceContext();
-      for (const pathToAdd of pendingDirs) {
+
-        try {
+      const result = batchAddDirectories(workspaceContext, pendingDirs);
-          workspaceContext.addDirectory(expandHomeDir(pathToAdd.trim()));
+      added.push(...result.added);
-          added.push(pathToAdd.trim());
+      errors.push(...result.errors);
-        } catch (e) {
-          const error = e as Error;
-          errors.push(`Error adding '${pathToAdd.trim()}': ${error.message}`);
-        }
-      }
 
       if (added.length > 0 || errors.length > 0) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
@@ -125,14 +120,10 @@ export function useIncludeDirsTrust(
     }
 
     const workspaceContext = config.getWorkspaceContext();
-    for (const pathToAdd of trustedDirs) {
+    if (trustedDirs.length > 0) {
-      try {
+      const result = batchAddDirectories(workspaceContext, trustedDirs);
-        workspaceContext.addDirectory(expandHomeDir(pathToAdd));
+      added.push(...result.added);
-        added.push(pathToAdd);
+      errors.push(...result.errors);
-      } catch (e) {
-        const error = e as Error;
-        errors.push(`Error adding '${pathToAdd}': ${error.message}`);
-      }
     }
 
     if (undefinedTrustDirs.length > 0) {

packages/cli/src/ui/utils/directoryUtils.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import { opendir } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { homedir } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import { homedir, type WorkspaceContext } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
 const MAX_SUGGESTIONS = 50;
 const MATCH_BUFFER_MULTIPLIER = 3;
@@ -139,3 +139,28 @@ export async function getDirectorySuggestions(
     return [];
   }
 }
+
+export interface BatchAddResult {
+  added: string[];
+  errors: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to batch add directories to the workspace context.
+ * Handles expansion and error formatting.
+ */
+export function batchAddDirectories(
+  workspaceContext: WorkspaceContext,
+  paths: string[],
+): BatchAddResult {
+  const result = workspaceContext.addDirectories(
+    paths.map((p) => expandHomeDir(p.trim())),
+  );
+
+  const errors: string[] = [];
+  for (const failure of result.failed) {
+    errors.push(`Error adding '${failure.path}': ${failure.error.message}`);
+  }
+
+  return { added: result.added, errors };
+}

packages/cli/src/utils/handleAutoUpdate.test.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ describe('handleAutoUpdate', () => {
   let mockChildProcess: ChildProcess;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.stubEnv('GEMINI_SANDBOX', '');
+    vi.stubEnv('SANDBOX', '');
     mockSpawn = vi.fn();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     vi.spyOn(updateEventEmitter, 'emit');
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ describe('handleAutoUpdate', () => {
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -801,6 +801,11 @@ export class Config {
     }
     this.initialized = true;
 
+    // Add pending directories to workspace context
+    for (const dir of this.pendingIncludeDirectories) {
+      this.workspaceContext.addDirectory(dir);
+    }
+
     // Initialize centralized FileDiscoveryService
     const discoverToolsHandle = startupProfiler.start('discover_tools');
     this.getFileService();

packages/core/src/hooks/hookSystem.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { HookSystem } from './hookSystem.js';
 import { Config } from '../config/config.js';
 import { HookType } from './types.js';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as os from 'node:os';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
 import type { ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams } from 'node:child_process';
 import type { Readable, Writable } from 'node:stream';
 
@@ -58,13 +61,16 @@ describe('HookSystem Integration', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
 
+    const testDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test-hooks');
+    fs.mkdirSync(testDir, { recursive: true });
+
     // Create a real config with simple command hook configurations for testing
     config = new Config({
       model: 'gemini-1.5-flash',
-      targetDir: '/tmp/test-hooks',
+      targetDir: testDir,
       sessionId: 'test-session',
       debugMode: false,
-      cwd: '/tmp/test-hooks',
+      cwd: testDir,
       hooks: {
         BeforeTool: [
           {
@@ -141,13 +147,16 @@ describe('HookSystem Integration', () => {
     });
 
     it('should handle initialization errors gracefully', async () => {
+      const invalidDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test-hooks-invalid');
+      fs.mkdirSync(invalidDir, { recursive: true });
+
       // Create a config with invalid hooks to trigger initialization errors
       const invalidConfig = new Config({
         model: 'gemini-1.5-flash',
-        targetDir: '/tmp/test-hooks-invalid',
+        targetDir: invalidDir,
         sessionId: 'test-session-invalid',
         debugMode: false,
-        cwd: '/tmp/test-hooks-invalid',
+        cwd: invalidDir,
         hooks: {
           BeforeTool: [
             {
@@ -254,13 +263,16 @@ describe('HookSystem Integration', () => {
 
   describe('hook disabling via settings', () => {
     it('should not execute disabled hooks from settings', async () => {
+      const disabledDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test-hooks-disabled');
+      fs.mkdirSync(disabledDir, { recursive: true });
+
       // Create config with two hooks, one enabled and one disabled via settings
       const configWithDisabled = new Config({
         model: 'gemini-1.5-flash',
-        targetDir: '/tmp/test-hooks-disabled',
+        targetDir: disabledDir,
         sessionId: 'test-session-disabled',
         debugMode: false,
-        cwd: '/tmp/test-hooks-disabled',
+        cwd: disabledDir,
         hooks: {
           BeforeTool: [
             {
@@ -322,13 +334,16 @@ describe('HookSystem Integration', () => {
 
   describe('hook disabling via command', () => {
     it('should disable hook when setHookEnabled is called', async () => {
+      const setEnabledDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test-hooks-setEnabled');
+      fs.mkdirSync(setEnabledDir, { recursive: true });
+
       // Create config with a hook
       const configForDisabling = new Config({
         model: 'gemini-1.5-flash',
-        targetDir: '/tmp/test-hooks-setEnabled',
+        targetDir: setEnabledDir,
         sessionId: 'test-session-setEnabled',
         debugMode: false,
-        cwd: '/tmp/test-hooks-setEnabled',
+        cwd: setEnabledDir,
         hooks: {
           BeforeTool: [
             {

packages/core/src/utils/editor.test.ts

@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ describe('editor utils', () => {
       });
 
       it(`should allow ${editor} when not in sandbox mode`, () => {
+        vi.stubEnv('SANDBOX', '');
         expect(allowEditorTypeInSandbox(editor)).toBe(true);
       });
     }
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@ describe('editor utils', () => {
 
     it('should return true for vscode when installed and not in sandbox mode', () => {
       (execSync as Mock).mockReturnValue(Buffer.from('/usr/bin/code'));
+      vi.stubEnv('SANDBOX', '');
       expect(isEditorAvailable('vscode')).toBe(true);
     });
 

packages/core/src/utils/memoryImportProcessor.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { isSubpath } from './paths.js';
-import { marked, type Token } from 'marked';
 import { debugLogger } from './debugLogger.js';
 
 // Simple console logger for import processing
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ function hasMessage(err: unknown): err is { message: string } {
   );
 }
 
-// Helper to find all code block and inline code regions using marked
+// Helper to find all code block and inline code regions using regex
 /**
  * Finds all import statements in content without using regex
  * @returns Array of {start, _end, path} objects for each import found
@@ -154,35 +153,13 @@ function isLetter(char: string): boolean {
 
 function findCodeRegions(content: string): Array<[number, number]> {
   const regions: Array<[number, number]> = [];
-  const tokens = marked.lexer(content);
+  // Regex to match code blocks (inline and multiline)
-  let offset = 0;
+  // Matches one or more backticks, content (lazy), and same number of backticks
-
+  const regex = /(`+)([\s\S]*?)\1/g;
-  function walk(token: Token, baseOffset: number) {
+  let match;
-    if (token.type === 'code' || token.type === 'codespan') {
+  while ((match = regex.exec(content)) !== null) {
-      regions.push([baseOffset, baseOffset + token.raw.length]);
+    regions.push([match.index, match.index + match[0].length]);
-    }
-
-    if ('tokens' in token && token.tokens) {
-      let childOffset = 0;
-      for (const child of token.tokens) {
-        const childIndexInParent = token.raw.indexOf(child.raw, childOffset);
-        if (childIndexInParent === -1) {
-          logger.error(
-            `Could not find child token in parent raw content. Aborting parsing for this branch. Child raw: "${child.raw}"`,
-          );
-          break;
-        }
-        walk(child, baseOffset + childIndexInParent);
-        childOffset = childIndexInParent + child.raw.length;
-      }
-    }
   }
-
-  for (const token of tokens) {
-    walk(token, offset);
-    offset += token.raw.length;
-  }
-
   return regions;
 }
 

packages/core/src/utils/workspaceContext.test.ts

@@ -374,6 +374,75 @@ describe('WorkspaceContext with real filesystem', () => {
       expect(dirs1).toEqual(dirs2);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('addDirectories', () => {
+    it('should add multiple directories and emit one event', () => {
+      const dir3 = path.join(tempDir, 'dir3');
+      fs.mkdirSync(dir3);
+
+      const workspaceContext = new WorkspaceContext(cwd);
+      const listener = vi.fn();
+      workspaceContext.onDirectoriesChanged(listener);
+
+      const result = workspaceContext.addDirectories([otherDir, dir3]);
+
+      expect(workspaceContext.getDirectories()).toContain(otherDir);
+      expect(workspaceContext.getDirectories()).toContain(dir3);
+      expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(result.added).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(result.failed).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle partial failures', () => {
+      const workspaceContext = new WorkspaceContext(cwd);
+      const listener = vi.fn();
+      workspaceContext.onDirectoriesChanged(listener);
+
+      const loggerSpy = vi
+        .spyOn(debugLogger, 'warn')
+        .mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+      const nonExistent = path.join(tempDir, 'does-not-exist');
+      const result = workspaceContext.addDirectories([otherDir, nonExistent]);
+
+      expect(workspaceContext.getDirectories()).toContain(otherDir);
+      expect(workspaceContext.getDirectories()).not.toContain(nonExistent);
+      expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(loggerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(result.added).toEqual([otherDir]);
+      expect(result.failed).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.failed[0].path).toBe(nonExistent);
+      expect(result.failed[0].error).toBeDefined();
+
+      loggerSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('should not emit event if no directories added', () => {
+      const workspaceContext = new WorkspaceContext(cwd);
+      const listener = vi.fn();
+      workspaceContext.onDirectoriesChanged(listener);
+      const loggerSpy = vi
+        .spyOn(debugLogger, 'warn')
+        .mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+      const nonExistent = path.join(tempDir, 'does-not-exist');
+      const result = workspaceContext.addDirectories([nonExistent]);
+
+      expect(listener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(result.added).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(result.failed).toHaveLength(1);
+      loggerSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('addDirectory', () => {
+    it('should throw error if directory fails to add', () => {
+      const workspaceContext = new WorkspaceContext(cwd);
+      const nonExistent = path.join(tempDir, 'does-not-exist');
+
+      expect(() => workspaceContext.addDirectory(nonExistent)).toThrow();
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('WorkspaceContext with optional directories', () => {

packages/core/src/utils/workspaceContext.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import { debugLogger } from './debugLogger.js';
 
 export type Unsubscribe = () => void;
 
+export interface AddDirectoriesResult {
+  added: string[];
+  failed: Array<{ path: string; error: Error }>;
+}
+
 /**
  * WorkspaceContext manages multiple workspace directories and validates paths
  * against them. This allows the CLI to operate on files from multiple directories
@@ -31,9 +36,7 @@ export class WorkspaceContext {
     additionalDirectories: string[] = [],
   ) {
     this.addDirectory(targetDir);
-    for (const additionalDirectory of additionalDirectories) {
+    this.addDirectories(additionalDirectories);
-      this.addDirectory(additionalDirectory);
-    }
     this.initialDirectories = new Set(this.directories);
   }
 
@@ -67,22 +70,49 @@ export class WorkspaceContext {
    * Adds a directory to the workspace.
    * @param directory The directory path to add (can be relative or absolute)
    * @param basePath Optional base path for resolving relative paths (defaults to cwd)
+   * @throws Error if the directory cannot be added
    */
   addDirectory(directory: string): void {
-    try {
+    const result = this.addDirectories([directory]);
-      const resolved = this.resolveAndValidateDir(directory);
+    if (result.failed.length > 0) {
-      if (this.directories.has(resolved)) {
+      throw result.failed[0].error;
-        return;
-      }
-      this.directories.add(resolved);
-      this.notifyDirectoriesChanged();
-    } catch (err) {
-      debugLogger.warn(
-        `[WARN] Skipping unreadable directory: ${directory} (${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)})`,
-      );
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds multiple directories to the workspace.
+   * Emits a single change event if any directories are added.
+   * @param directories The directory paths to add
+   * @returns Object containing successfully added directories and failures
+   */
+  addDirectories(directories: string[]): AddDirectoriesResult {
+    const result: AddDirectoriesResult = { added: [], failed: [] };
+    let changed = false;
+
+    for (const directory of directories) {
+      try {
+        const resolved = this.resolveAndValidateDir(directory);
+        if (!this.directories.has(resolved)) {
+          this.directories.add(resolved);
+          changed = true;
+        }
+        result.added.push(directory);
+      } catch (err) {
+        const error = err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err));
+        debugLogger.warn(
+          `[WARN] Skipping unreadable directory: ${directory} (${error.message})`,
+        );
+        result.failed.push({ path: directory, error });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (changed) {
+      this.notifyDirectoriesChanged();
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
   private resolveAndValidateDir(directory: string): string {
     const absolutePath = path.resolve(this.targetDir, directory);