From cd1b77b078bed03de2cb763946a8b79350701d08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: atlas <atlas@hyperhive.local>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 10:12:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pin state as the first data dir with a comment and a test

---
 hive-priv/src/userns.rs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hive-priv/src/userns.rs b/hive-priv/src/userns.rs
index c812db28..42be68b8 100644
--- a/hive-priv/src/userns.rs
+++ b/hive-priv/src/userns.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ const MARKER_ROOT: &str = "/var/lib/hive-priv/userns";
 const MIN_AGENT_UID: u32 = 1000;
 
 /// The dirs under `<AGENT_STATE_ROOT>/<agent>` the agent writes into. `config`
-/// is not one of them: hive-core writes it and the agent only reads it.
+/// is not one of them: hive-core writes it and the agent only reads it. `state`
+/// stays first: [`move_data`] opens it by name and opens the rest from `[1..]`.
 const DATA_DIRS: [&str; 4] = ["state", "harness", "work", "claude"];
 
 /// Where one call looks and writes, and what it was told.
@@ -729,6 +730,12 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// `move_data` opens `state` by name and takes the other dirs from `DATA_DIRS[1..]`.
+    #[test]
+    fn state_is_the_first_data_dir() {
+        assert_eq!(super::DATA_DIRS[0], "state");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_path_is_not_an_agent_name() {
         let root = tree();