From bab5dd653039d026eb3d4e46da7aafef7137fe7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:52:04 -0400
Subject: fix: journal in-game room insert/remove, rewrite non-room room refs
 on rename/swap, seed admin grid from edited room, type action switches

---
 internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

(limited to 'internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go')

diff --git a/internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go b/internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go
index 2d7ff58..09b2e74 100644
--- a/internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go
+++ b/internal/game/cmd_room_insert.go
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ func (g *Game) roomInsert(sess *net.Session, args []string) {
 		sess.WriteLine("Error creating directory.")
 		return
 	}
-	if err := writeRoomFile(newPath, data); err != nil {
-		sess.WriteLine("Error writing room file.")
-		return
-	}
-
-	g.World.AddRoomPath(newID, newPath)
 
 	curRoom.Exits[dir] = world.RewirePreserving(exitDef, newID)
 	curData, err := yaml.Marshal(curRoom)
@@ -140,23 +134,42 @@ func (g *Game) roomInsert(sess *net.Session, args []string) {
 		sess.WriteLine("Error updating current room YAML.")
 		return
 	}
-	if err := writeRoomFile(curPath, curData); err != nil {
-		sess.WriteLine("Error writing current room file.")
+
+	// Stage all three files (the new room, the current room, and the far
+	// room's reciprocal exit when it points back) into ONE journal
+	// transaction. The previous sequential writes could stop after the new
+	// room existed but before the current room's exit was rewritten, leaving
+	// a dangling exit with no recovery record; the transaction rolls the
+	// whole insert back on any failure or crash.
+	txn := g.newTxn()
+	if err := txn.Replace(newPath, data, 0644); err != nil {
+		sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing room file: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+	if err := txn.Replace(curPath, curData, 0644); err != nil {
+		sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Error writing current room file: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
-
 	if targetExit, tok := targetRoom.Exits[oppositeDir]; tok && targetExit.Room == p.RoomID {
-		targetRoom.Exits[oppositeDir] = world.RewirePreserving(targetExit, newID)
-	}
-	targetPath, tok2 := g.World.GetRoomPath(targetID)
-	if tok2 {
-		targetData, terr := yaml.Marshal(targetRoom)
-		if terr == nil {
-			if werr := writeRoomFile(targetPath, targetData); werr != nil {
-				sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Warning: could not link the opposite exit in room %d: %v", targetID, werr))
+		if targetPath, tok2 := g.World.GetRoomPath(targetID); tok2 {
+			targetRoom.Exits[oppositeDir] = world.RewirePreserving(targetExit, newID)
+			targetData, terr := yaml.Marshal(targetRoom)
+			if terr != nil {
+				sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Error updating room %d YAML: %v", targetID, terr))
+				return
+			}
+			if err := txn.Replace(targetPath, targetData, 0644); err != nil {
+				sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Error linking the opposite exit in room %d: %v", targetID, err))
+				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if err := txn.Commit(); err != nil {
+		sess.WriteLine(fmt.Sprintf("Error committing room insert: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	g.World.AddRoomPath(newID, newPath)
 
 	oldRoom := p.RoomID
 	p.ClearMoveState()
-- 
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