From 24b5a78f2270790449eb2a9ff1e86ebd87cfc70b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Isom" <kyle@imap.cc>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:37:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(store): fsync the parent directory on torn-tail
 truncation

---
 tines-store/src/log.rs | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tines-store/src/log.rs b/tines-store/src/log.rs
index 934a5755..fc87d842 100644
--- a/tines-store/src/log.rs
+++ b/tines-store/src/log.rs
@@ -662,10 +662,16 @@ fn ensure_parent_dir(path: &Path) -> Result<(), StoreError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// fsync a directory so a truncation/rewrite of a file in it is durable.
+/// fsync the parent directory so a truncation/rewrite of a file in it is durable.
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn sync_dir(path: &Path) -> Result<(), StoreError> {
-    let dir = File::open(path).map_err(|_| StoreError::Backend)?;
+    let Some(parent) = path.parent() else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+    if parent.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let dir = File::open(parent).map_err(|_| StoreError::Backend)?;
     dir.sync_all().map_err(|_| StoreError::Backend)?;
     Ok(())
 }