1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_indexer_silent_disk.py b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_indexer_silent_disk.py
index 4073ac5..00e2728 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_indexer_silent_disk.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_indexer_silent_disk.py
@@ -469,14 +469,29 @@ async def test_a_scan_asks_the_disk_nothing_from_the_event_loop(tmp_path, monkey
     (films / "sub" / "c.mkv").write_bytes(b"c")
     idx = _indexer(RootSet.build([{"path": str(films)}]))
     asked: set[str] = set()
-    real = Path.stat
+    real_stat, real_scandir = os.stat, os.scandir
+    # What the root holds, not the root: its own availability check is the
+    # roots' I/O thread's, also off the loop.
+    inside = str(films) + os.sep
 
-    def stat(self, **kw):
-        if films in self.parents:
+    def note(path) -> None:
+        if os.fspath(path).startswith(inside):
             asked.add(threading.current_thread().name.split("_")[0])
-        return real(self, **kw)
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "stat", stat)
+    def stat(path, *a, **kw):
+        note(path)
+        return real_stat(path, *a, **kw)
+
+    def scandir(path="."):
+        note(path)
+        return real_scandir(path)
+
+    # os, not Path: the indexer calls os.stat(long_path(p)) and os.scandir
+    # since it learned Windows' long paths, and Path.stat calls os.stat too.
+    # Patching Path.stat saw no call at all after that change, and so watched
+    # nothing.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(os, "stat", stat)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(os, "scandir", scandir)
     await idx.initial_scan()
     (films / "new.mkv").write_bytes(b"missed by the watcher")
     await idx.reconcile()