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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_root_writable_policy.py b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_root_writable_policy.py
index d7f2666..7eb75fd 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_root_writable_policy.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/tests/test_root_writable_policy.py
@@ -108,6 +108,47 @@ async def test_read_only_binds_the_operator_too(tmp_path):
     assert refusal and refusal[0].get("code") == "root_read_only"
 
 
+async def test_a_member_cannot_create_a_folder_in_a_read_only_root(tmp_path):
+    """
+    Read-only has to mean read-only for every way of writing, not just for
+    files. `_do_file_upload` gained this check with the RO/RW model and
+    `_do_dir_create` did not, so a member refused a file in a published library
+    could still leave empty directories all through it.
+
+    Creating a folder stays unprivileged — the node's own words: "a member who
+    can add a file can organise where it goes". What changed is that it now
+    requires the same root to be writable that adding the file would have.
+    """
+    session = _session(tmp_path, "member-1", writable=False)
+    session._do_dir_create({"dir": "shared", "name": "New folder"})
+
+    refusal = [m for m in session.sent if m.get("type") == "error"]
+    assert refusal and refusal[0].get("code") == "root_read_only"
+    assert not (tmp_path / "shared" / "New folder").exists()
+
+
+async def test_a_member_can_create_a_folder_in_a_writable_root(tmp_path):
+    """The counter-property: it must stay unprivileged where it is allowed."""
+    session = _session(tmp_path, "member-1", writable=True)
+    session._do_dir_create({"dir": "shared", "name": "New folder"})
+
+    assert not [m for m in session.sent if m.get("type") == "error"]
+    assert (tmp_path / "shared" / "New folder").is_dir()
+
+
+async def test_an_ejected_root_refuses_a_new_folder(tmp_path):
+    """Writing to a drive somebody has their hand on, one level up from a file."""
+    session = _session(tmp_path, "member-1", writable=True)
+    roots = session._ctx["roots"]
+    roots.roots[0].ejected = True
+    roots.roots[0].available = False
+
+    session._do_dir_create({"dir": "shared", "name": "New folder"})
+    refusal = [m for m in session.sent if m.get("type") == "error"]
+    assert refusal and refusal[0].get("code") == "root_unavailable"
+    assert not (tmp_path / "shared" / "New folder").exists()
+
+
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 def _capture_challenges(session) -> list[tuple[str, str]]: