diff --git a/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts b/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
index a0e830d52..2c623d9c1 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/server/api.ts
@@ -865,12 +865,26 @@ export const createServer = async (port: number, host: string = '127.0.0.1') =>
       }
 
       // Path validation: require absolute path, reject traversal (e.g. /tmp/../etc/passwd)
+      // while still accepting common absolute-path variants with trailing separators.
       if (repoLocalPath) {
         if (!path.isAbsolute(repoLocalPath)) {
           res.status(400).json({ error: '"path" must be an absolute path' });
           return;
         }
-        if (path.normalize(repoLocalPath) !== path.resolve(repoLocalPath)) {
+
+        const normalizedInput = path.normalize(repoLocalPath);
+        const resolvedInput = path.resolve(repoLocalPath);
+        // normalize() may keep a trailing separator (e.g. /home/user/project/)
+        // while resolve() typically strips it. Compare without trailing separators
+        // so valid absolute paths are accepted consistently.
+        const stripTrailingSeparator = (p: string): string => {
+          if (p.length <= 1) return p;
+          return p.replace(/[\\/]+$/, '');
+        };
+
+        if (
+          stripTrailingSeparator(normalizedInput) !== stripTrailingSeparator(resolvedInput)
+        ) {
           res.status(400).json({ error: '"path" must not contain traversal sequences' });
           return;
         }
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/analyze-path-validation.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/analyze-path-validation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc732b338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/analyze-path-validation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const hasTraversalSequence = (repoLocalPath: string): boolean => {
+  const normalizedInput = path.normalize(repoLocalPath);
+  const resolvedInput = path.resolve(repoLocalPath);
+  const stripTrailingSeparator = (p: string): string => {
+    if (p.length <= 1) return p;
+    return p.replace(/[\\/]+$/, '');
+  };
+
+  return stripTrailingSeparator(normalizedInput) !== stripTrailingSeparator(resolvedInput);
+};
+
+describe('analyze path validation', () => {
+  it('accepts absolute paths with trailing separator', () => {
+    expect(hasTraversalSequence('/home/user/project/')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasTraversalSequence('/home/user/project//')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts normalized absolute paths', () => {
+    expect(hasTraversalSequence('/home/user/project')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects traversal sequences', () => {
+    expect(hasTraversalSequence('/tmp/project/../other')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});