MY ENTIRE HOME DIRECTORY WAS OBLITERATED BECAUSE OF THIS EXTENSION!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[dogganon]

Description

TWO YEARS OF DATA. ALL GONE!!! WITH JUST ONE CLICK OF 'PREVIEW' OR TWO!

USERS BEWARE!!! THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT!!!

#124
jupyterlab/jupyterlab#7520
jupyterlab/jupyterlab#11662

AND NONE OF THE ISSUES ABOVE WERE PROPERLY ADDRESSED!!!

@ktaletsk

Reproduce

0. Use jupyterlab-collaboration to share the workspace and have two people join the sharing session.
1. Go to some nested directory inside your home directory.
2. Click on some .tex file.
3. Click on "Preview."
4. Voila! NO MORE FILES IN UR HOME DIRECTORY. WT*!!!

Expected behavior

Context

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• JupyterLab version: v4.3.4

The latest versions of jupyter-collaboration and jupyterlab-latex were installed and enabled.

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[wkvolkman]

Yes, this just happened to me. Time to check the code for something that attempts to clean-up and nails the jupyter root.. I luckily had made a backup however lost multiple days worth of work.