Fix server crash when deleting folders

.gitattributes

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-*.lua linguist-language=Luau
+*.lua linguist-language=Luau
+rojo-test/**/*.txt text eol=lf

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ Making a new release? Simply add the new header with the version and date undern
 * Fixed a bug where MacOS paths weren't being handled correctly. ([#1201])
 * Fixed a bug where the notification timeout thread would fail to cancel on unmount ([#1211])
 * Added a "Forget" option to the sync reminder notification to avoid being reminded for that place in the future ([#1215])
+* Fixed server crash when deleting folders ([#1220])
 
 [#1179]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1179
 [#1192]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1192
 [#1201]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1201
 [#1211]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1211
 [#1215]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1215
+[#1220]: https://github.com/rojo-rbx/rojo/pull/1220
 
 ## [7.7.0-rc.1] (November 27th, 2025)
 

rojo-test/serve-test-snapshots/end_to_end__tests__serve__remove_folder_all-2.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+source: tests/tests/serve.rs
+expression: "read_response.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, root_id)"
+---
+instances:
+  id-2:
+    Children: []
+    ClassName: Folder
+    Id: id-2
+    Metadata:
+      ignoreUnknownInstances: false
+    Name: remove_folder
+    Parent: "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+    Properties: {}
+messageCursor: 1
+sessionId: id-1

rojo-test/serve-test-snapshots/end_to_end__tests__serve__remove_folder_all.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+source: tests/tests/serve.rs
+expression: "read_response.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, root_id)"
+---
+instances:
+  id-2:
+    Children:
+      - id-3
+    ClassName: Folder
+    Id: id-2
+    Metadata:
+      ignoreUnknownInstances: false
+    Name: remove_folder
+    Parent: "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+    Properties: {}
+  id-3:
+    Children:
+      - id-4
+    ClassName: Folder
+    Id: id-3
+    Metadata:
+      ignoreUnknownInstances: false
+    Name: my-folder
+    Parent: id-2
+    Properties: {}
+  id-4:
+    Children: []
+    ClassName: StringValue
+    Id: id-4
+    Metadata:
+      ignoreUnknownInstances: false
+    Name: test
+    Parent: id-3
+    Properties:
+      Value:
+        String: "This file is inside my-folder\n"
+messageCursor: 0
+sessionId: id-1

rojo-test/serve-test-snapshots/end_to_end__tests__serve__remove_folder_info.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+source: tests/tests/serve.rs
+expression: redactions.redacted_yaml(info)
+---
+expectedPlaceIds: ~
+gameId: ~
+placeId: ~
+projectName: remove_folder
+protocolVersion: 5
+rootInstanceId: id-2
+serverVersion: "[server-version]"
+sessionId: id-1
+unexpectedPlaceIds: ~

rojo-test/serve-test-snapshots/end_to_end__tests__serve__remove_folder_subscribe.snap

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+source: tests/tests/serve.rs
+expression: "socket_packet.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, ())"
+---
+body:
+  messageCursor: 1
+  messages:
+    - added: {}
+      removed:
+        - id-3
+      updated: []
+packetType: messages
+sessionId: id-1

rojo-test/serve-tests/remove_folder/default.project.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	"name": "remove_folder",
+	"tree": {
+		"$path": "src"
+	}
+}

rojo-test/serve-tests/remove_folder/src/my-folder/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file is inside my-folder

src/change_processor.rs

@@ -172,12 +172,23 @@ impl JobThreadContext {
                 self.apply_patches(self.vfs.canonicalize(&path).unwrap())
             }
             VfsEvent::Remove(path) => {
-                // MemoFS does not track parent removals yet, so we can canonicalize
-                // the parent path safely and then append the removed path's file name.
+                // Try to canonicalize the parent path and append the removed path's
+                // file name. If the parent no longer exists (e.g., a folder and its
+                // contents were deleted together), we skip processing since the
+                // parent's removal event will handle cleaning up the instances.
                 let parent = path.parent().unwrap();
                 let file_name = path.file_name().unwrap();
-                let parent_normalized = self.vfs.canonicalize(parent).unwrap();
-                self.apply_patches(parent_normalized.join(file_name))
+                match self.vfs.canonicalize(parent) {
+                    Ok(parent_normalized) => self.apply_patches(parent_normalized.join(file_name)),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        log::debug!(
+                            "Parent path no longer exists for removed path {}: {}",
+                            path.display(),
+                            err
+                        );
+                        Vec::new()
+                    }
+                }
             }
             _ => {
                 log::warn!("Unhandled VFS event: {:?}", event);

tests/tests/serve.rs

@@ -126,6 +126,41 @@ fn remove_file() {
     });
 }
 
+/// Test that removing a folder (directory) with contents doesn't crash the server.
+/// This is a regression test for a bug where deleting a folder would cause a panic
+/// due to the parent path no longer existing when processing child removal events.
+#[test]
+fn remove_folder() {
+    run_serve_test("remove_folder", |session, mut redactions| {
+        let info = session.get_api_rojo().unwrap();
+        let root_id = info.root_instance_id;
+
+        assert_yaml_snapshot!("remove_folder_info", redactions.redacted_yaml(info));
+
+        let read_response = session.get_api_read(root_id).unwrap();
+        assert_yaml_snapshot!(
+            "remove_folder_all",
+            read_response.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, root_id)
+        );
+
+        fs::remove_dir_all(session.path().join("src/my-folder")).unwrap();
+
+        let socket_packet = session
+            .get_api_socket_packet(SocketPacketType::Messages, 0)
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_yaml_snapshot!(
+            "remove_folder_subscribe",
+            socket_packet.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, ())
+        );
+
+        let read_response = session.get_api_read(root_id).unwrap();
+        assert_yaml_snapshot!(
+            "remove_folder_all-2",
+            read_response.intern_and_redact(&mut redactions, root_id)
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn edit_init() {
     run_serve_test("edit_init", |session, mut redactions| {