1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/ops.py b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/ops.py
index 4c759c8..a10504e 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/ops.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/ops.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ async def list_groups(state: dict) -> dict:
 
 
 async def attach_group(state: dict, name: str, shared_dir: str,
-                       upload_dir: str = "", writable: bool = True) -> dict:
+                       writable: bool = True) -> dict:
     """
     Write a new [[groups]] block into node.toml.
 
@@ -439,15 +439,13 @@ async def attach_group(state: dict, name: str, shared_dir: str,
              f'name        = "{group["name"]}"\n'
              f'visibility  = "{group.get("visibility", "private")}"\n'
              f'join_policy = "{join_policy}"\n')
-    # Legacy: upload_dir becomes a second writable root
-    if upload_dir:
-        upload_path = Path(upload_dir).expanduser().resolve()
-        if upload_path != path.resolve():
-            try:
-                upload_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            except OSError as e:
-                raise OpError(f"Cannot create {upload_path}: {e}") from e
-            block += f'upload_dir  = "{upload_path.as_posix()}"\n'
+    # No `upload_dir` here. `GroupConfig.__post_init__` still *reads* it, so an
+    # existing node.toml keeps working — but what it does on read is force every
+    # other root read-only and append that path as the one writable one, which
+    # is the model this refactor replaced. Writing it into a group created
+    # today would mean two mechanisms deciding the same thing, one of them
+    # invisible: `group add --dir X --writable --upload-dir Y` silently made X
+    # read-only. A second writable directory is `root add <path> --writable`.
     block += (f'\n  [[groups.roots]]\n'
               # Forward slashes: a Windows path in a TOML basic string is a
               # parse error (`\U`, `\a`, ... are escapes). pathlib reads `/`.