diff --git a/codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs b/codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs
index fe9a4a84f4..c7d628ce8f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec-server/src/local_file_system.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ impl ExecutorFileSystem for DirectFileSystem {
         let mut entries = Vec::new();
         let mut read_dir = tokio::fs::read_dir(path.as_path()).await?;
         while let Some(entry) = read_dir.next_entry().await? {
-            let metadata = tokio::fs::metadata(entry.path()).await?;
+            let Ok(metadata) = tokio::fs::metadata(entry.path()).await else {
+                continue;
+            };
             entries.push(ReadDirectoryEntry {
                 file_name: entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
                 is_directory: metadata.is_dir(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/file_system.rs b/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/file_system.rs
index e046c203dd..41dd3f8600 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/file_system.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/file_system.rs
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ async fn file_system_methods_cover_surface_area(use_remote: bool) -> Result<()>
         "hello from trait"
     );
 
+    symlink(
+        source_dir.join("missing-target"),
+        source_dir.join("broken-link"),
+    )?;
+
     let mut entries = file_system
         .read_directory(&absolute_path(source_dir), /*sandbox*/ None)
         .await