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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"vfs: `ZipProvider.rename()` fails with `ENOENT` for implicit directories","articleBody":"### Version\n\nmain\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nmacOS\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\nvfs\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\n```js\nimport { ZipBuffer, ZipEntry, createZipArchive } from 'node:zlib';\nimport { ZipProvider, create } from 'node:vfs';\n\nconst zipEntry = await ZipEntry.create('dir/file.txt', Buffer.from('hello'));\nconst zipArchive = createZipArchive([zipEntry]);\nconst archive = Buffer.concat(await Array.fromAsync(zipArchive));\n\nconst fs = create(new ZipProvider(new ZipBuffer(archive))).promises;\nawait fs.rename('/dir', '/renamed-dir');\nconsole.log(await fs.readFile('/renamed-dir/file.txt', 'utf8'));\n```\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nAlways\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nRenaming the implicit `/dir` directory moves its descendant entries. The program prints `hello`.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\n`ZipProvider.rename()` only looks for an explicit `dir` archive entry, so it treats the implicit directory as missing. The program throws `ENOENT`.\n\n### Additional information\n\nfs equivalent which prints `hello`\n\n```js\nimport { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, rename, readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';\nimport { tmpdir } from 'node:os';\nimport { join } from 'node:path';\n\nconst root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'rename-repro-'));\nawait mkdir(join(root, 'dir'));\nawait writeFile(join(root, 'dir/file.txt'), 'hello');\n\nawait rename(join(root, 'dir'), join(root, 'renamed-dir'));\nconsole.log(await readFile(join(root, 'renamed-dir/file.txt'), 'utf8'));\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/trivikr","@type":"Person","name":"trivikr"},"datePublished":"2026-09-03T01:47:50Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/65751"}