Native Windows CI (Python 3.12/3.13) rejected untouched files with
CaptureChanged because the path stat and the descriptor fstat disagree
there (change time versus creation time, possibly dev/ino encodings).
The descriptor is now checked against the path only on the API-stable
facts (size, mtime_ns); the full identity (size, mtime_ns, ctime_ns,
dev/ino where meaningful) is compared between the fstat before and
after the copy and between the path stats before and after. A test
injects shifted fstat results to simulate the Windows discrepancy, and
a fresh file is captured twice with no platform guard.
Error messages carry strerror only, never the path (the path goes to
the debug log); a test asserts no CaptureError names the root. Files
are unlinked outside the store lock; close() during an in-flight
capture lets that worker remove its temp file and then the directory.
get() documents that readers of capture.path must acquire/release_use.
The test fixture resolves its temp root (macOS /private/var, Windows
8.3 names). TESTING.md states the real identity contract.
Vito Sansevero
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