From 13576e5321c933b24d5cce1dc67bf4da818f2b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TrueAlpha-spiral <199723968+TrueAlpha-spiral@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:01:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Ensure workspace search only executes with a valid dir

Updated `memoryDiscovery.ts` to skip workspace search if `dir`
is an empty string after trimming. This prevents unnecessary and
potentially invalid filesystem lookups when an invalid
currentWorkingDirectory is passed.

Co-authored-by: google-labs-jules[bot] <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
index fcb1abddcbe..7b692989e72 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ async function getGeminiMdFilePathsInternalForEachDir(
 
     // FIX: Only perform the workspace search (upward and downward scans)
     // if a valid currentWorkingDirectory is provided.
-    if (dir) {
+    if (dir && dir.trim() !== '') {
       const resolvedCwd = path.resolve(dir);
       if (debugMode)
         logger.debug(