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+# pathlib_read_write_no_newline_kwarg
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+## v1
+
+**Why this iteration:** Lifted from `docs/reports/2026-03-02/MCP_BUGFIX_20260306.md` (the "Prevention" section). The pathlib `newline=""` keyword on `read_text` / `write_text` is unsupported before Python 3.10 and the project's minimum interpreter is Python 3.11+ but the call signature is identical to the older unsupported form; passing `newline=""` corrupts the round-trip on Windows (CRLF / LF translation gets disabled silently and downstream tools see mixed line endings).
+**Source:** `docs/reports/2026-03-02/MCP_BUGFIX_20260306.md:8-12`
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+---
+**Lifted:** 2026-07-03 (scavenge sweep batch 1/5: docs/reports/2026-03-02 through 2026-06-08)
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+# Pathlib read_text and write_text must omit the newline keyword argument in this codebase
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