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S3FileSystem.isfile() returns True for a directory-like prefix (key/prefix collision), and the result changes after calling isdir() #999

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@csniu

I have these two objects:

  • s3://my-bucket/some/prefix (an object key exactly equal to the “directory” name)
  • s3://my-bucket/some/prefix/file.txt (an object under that prefix)

Then:

from s3fs import S3FileSystem

fs  = S3FileSystem()

print(fs.isfile('det-study-a/some/prefix/'))  # True
print(fs.isdir('det-study-a/some/prefix/'))  # True
print(fs.isfile('det-study-a/some/prefix/'))  # False
print(fs.isdir('det-study-a/some/prefix/'))  # True

Environment

  • s3fs version: 2025.12.0
  • Python: 3.12

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