[socket-patch] Bun isolated linker: transitive packages under node_modules/.bun are "not installed" in agent mode, and scan --mode agent exits 0 with them unpatched
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [socket-patch] Bun isolated linker: transitive packages under node_modules/.bun are "not installed" in agent mode, and scan --mode agent exits 0 with them unpatched
## Observed symptom
Bun isolated linker: transitive packages under node_modules/.bun are "not installed" in agent mode, and scan --mode agent exits 0 with them unpatched
[agent] Found by the scheduled Bun bug-hunt routine (ledger #306).
With Bun's isolated linker, every package lives at `node_modules/.bun/<name>@<version>/node_modules/<name>`. The importer's `node_modules` only holds symlinks to its *direct* deps. Agent mode never looks inside `node_modules/.bun`, so a **transitive** dependency is treated as lockfile-only. `scan --mode agent` reports it `skipped` / `package_not_installed`, doesn't record it in the manifest, and exits 0 with `status: "success"`. The installed copy stays unpatched.
## Environment
GitHub SocketDev/socket-patch #366
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in SocketDev/socket-patch (FRESH_7D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-patch/issues/366 (2026-10-01T19:25:25Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #366
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:48:57.646025Z
- scout_id: Cd9aba51049
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
Bun isolated linker: transitive packages under node_modules/.bun are "not installed" in agent mode, and scan --mode agent exits 0 with them unpatched
[agent] Found by the scheduled Bun bug-hunt routine (ledger #306).
With Bun's isolated linker, every package lives at `node_modules/.bun/<name>@<version>/node_modules/<name>`. The importer's `node_modules` only holds symlinks to its *direct* deps. Agent mode never looks inside `node_modules/.bun`, so a **transitive** dependency is treated as lockfile-only. `scan --mode agent` reports it `skipped` / `package_not_installed`, doesn't record it in the manifest, and exits 0 with `status: "success"`. The installed copy stays unpatched.
Context
Public GitHub report in SocketDev/socket-patch (FRESH_7D).
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