Windows Said No: The Long Path Bug That Broke Vector Storage in Cognee

Some bugs only appear when you have a long path, a Windows machine, and a vector database that spawns a subprocess. This is the story of the one that taught me why cross platform really matters.

Who I am

I am Aniruddha Adak, GitHub @aniruddhaadak80, a full stack and AI engineer from Kolkata. I love working on Python, Next.js, TypeScript and agent frameworks.

My open source journey started with a simple card addition in 2024 and grew to 29 plus merged PRs across projects like topoteretes/cognee, openclaw/openclaw, NousResearch/hermes-agent, google-gemini/gemini-cli.

This post is my entry for Smash Stories for DEV Summer Bug Smash 2026. It is the chaotic story behind one of my favorite bug fixes, and how Google Antigravity helped me smash it.

Windows Said No: The Long Path Bug That Broke Vector Storage in Cognee

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