1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/core/module-world-model.js b/modules/core/module-world-model.js
index 54a17e4..6e8f3c3 100644
--- a/modules/core/module-world-model.js
+++ b/modules/core/module-world-model.js
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ 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); }
             }