From 65d7fa2420a48b6ab41b976f3076bd2e7373ecc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 23:14:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(memory): reattach Linux watchers on directory rename

(cherry picked from commit 0db7781514cc84fac4f3a999d24b4b747fc871f9)
---
 extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager-sync-ops.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager-sync-ops.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager-sync-ops.ts
index 19523a6c6fb..855c3d5133e 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager-sync-ops.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager-sync-ops.ts
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ export abstract class MemoryManagerSyncOps {
         watcher = resolveMemoryNativeWatchFactory()(
           watchDir,
           { recursive: false },
-          (_eventType, filename) => {
+          (eventType, filename) => {
             if (filename == null) {
               markDirty();
               if (!this.attachLinuxMemoryDirectoryTreeSubtree(watchDir, attachDirectory)) {
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ export abstract class MemoryManagerSyncOps {
               closeDirectorySubtree(full);
             }
             if (stats?.isDirectory()) {
+              if (eventType === "rename") {
+                closeDirectorySubtree(full);
+              }
               if (!this.attachLinuxMemoryDirectoryTreeSubtree(full, attachDirectory)) {
                 closeAndFallback(
                   `failed to attach Linux memory directory watcher under ${full}; falling back to chokidar`,