1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/modules/core/core-bundle.js b/modules/core/core-bundle.js
index c8a4c2e..f72a20e 100644
--- a/modules/core/core-bundle.js
+++ b/modules/core/core-bundle.js
@@ -548,8 +548,11 @@ class VirtualFileSystem {
             size: dir.content[name]._factory ? 0 : (dir.content[name].content ? dir.content[name].content.length : 0),
             _virtual: !!dir.content[name]._virtual
         }));
-        // Inject virtual /sys/ at root level
-        if ((!path || path === '/' || path === '') && !entries.some(e => e.name === 'sys' && e._virtual)) {
+        // Inject virtual /sys/ — but ONLY when the directory being listed IS the root.
+        // The old test was on the argument (`!path`), not on the result: `cd _agents; ls`
+        // printed a phantom `sys` inside _agents, and a follow-up list_files('_agents/sys')
+        // failed with 'Directory not found'. The listing lied; the resolver was right.
+        if (dir === this.root && !entries.some(e => e.name === 'sys' && e._virtual)) {
             entries.push({ name: 'sys', type: 'dir', size: 0, _virtual: true });
         }
         return entries;
@@ -765,8 +768,11 @@ class VirtualFileSystem {
             size: dir.content[name]._factory ? 0 : (dir.content[name].content ? dir.content[name].content.length : 0),
             _virtual: !!dir.content[name]._virtual
         }));
-        // Inject virtual /sys/ at root level
-        if ((!path || path === '/' || path === '') && !entries.some(e => e.name === 'sys' && e._virtual)) {
+        // Inject virtual /sys/ — but ONLY when the directory being listed IS the root.
+        // The old test was on the argument (`!path`), not on the result: `cd _agents; ls`
+        // printed a phantom `sys` inside _agents, and a follow-up list_files('_agents/sys')
+        // failed with 'Directory not found'. The listing lied; the resolver was right.
+        if (dir === this.root && !entries.some(e => e.name === 'sys' && e._virtual)) {
             entries.push({ name: 'sys', type: 'dir', size: 0, _virtual: true });
         }
         return entries;
@@ -804,9 +810,14 @@ class VirtualFileSystem {
             const isLast = i === entries.length - 1;
             const connector = isLast ? '└── ' : '├── ';
             result += prefix + connector + name + '\n';
-            if (dir.content[name].type === 'dir' || dir.content[name]._virtual) {
+            // The loop pushes the virtual 'sys' name into `entries`, which has no node behind it:
+            // dereferencing dir.content['sys'].type threw 'Cannot read properties of undefined'
+            // and `tree` died on the root listing — often after printing a partial tree, which is
+            // where the disagreeing file counts came from.
+            const child = dir.content[name];
+            if (child && child.type === 'dir') {
                 const ext = isLast ? '    ' : '│   ';
-                result += this.tree(path + '/' + name, prefix + ext);
+                result += this.tree((path || '') + '/' + name, prefix + ext);
             }
         }
         return result;
@@ -18814,6 +18825,11 @@ class WorldModelModule {
             const entries = fs.ls(path);
             if (!entries) return;
             for (const e of entries) {
+                // /sys is synthesized by ls() on demand and has no node behind it. Walking into it
+                // counted a synthetic subtree (114 dirs / 146 files in a store that holds 43 files),
+                // which is the "the counts disagree" report: two different populations were both
+                // printed as "files".
+                if (e._virtual) continue;
                 if (e.type === 'file') fileCount++;
                 else { dirCount++; walk(path === '/' ? '/' + e.name : path + '/' + e.name); }
             }