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Stacked on #10969 (step 2.5, canonical shape identity). This branch is based on #10969's c9369a981 and contains its commits until #10969 lands; only the top three commits are this PR.

What it does

A counted loop that reads properties off a receiver it doesn't reassign used to re-check the receiver on every iteration: the NaN-box tag, the pointer extract, a load of a per-site IC word from a global, the shape compare, and decoding both slot indices out of that word. For function run(n,O){let h=0;for(let k=0;k<n;k++)h+=O.a+O.b;return h;} that loop-invariant work was ~21 of 53 instructions per iteration.

With 2.5, shape identity is canonical, so the shape itself can be the whole authority:

  • the expected shape for the predicted ordered key list is resolved once, at module initialization, into a registered perry_class_guard_shape_* global (the existing class-guard mechanism; its external-carrier bit roots the keys even with no live receiver, and ShapeIds are never reused);
  • the loop preheader compares the receiver's header shape once against it;
  • the body reads at constant slot offsets; there is no IC word and no slot decode;
  • a miss runs the loop exactly as it is compiled today, existing caches included.
# before, every iteration                 # after: preheader once, then the body
mov  <global IC word>(%rip),%rdx           cmp  %eax,0x4(%rcx)      # once
mov  0x4(%rcx),%esi ; cmp %edx,%esi        ...
shr $0x20,%rsi ; and $0x3f,%esi            bzhi %rcx,%rax,%rax
vmovq 0x10(%rcx,%rsi,8),%xmm0              vmovsd 0x10(%rax),%xmm0
shr $0x26,%rdx ; and $0x3f,%edx            vaddsd 0x18(%rax),%xmm0,%xmm0
vmovq 0x10(%rcx,%rdx,8),%xmm1

Soundness. Same ShapeId does not universally mean same layout: dictionary key lists and stable-tombstone epochs can change under a retained id (object/dictionary.rs:610). So the prediction only ever resolves an ordinary, generation-zero, hole-free, fully inline canonical shape, and neither exception can match it. Admission is a closed grammar: one numeric addition reduction, an unchanged receiver, a primitive bound and counter, no calls, no stores to existing objects. Captures and boxed bindings are refused. The GC moves payloads without changing ShapeId or slot order, and the body re-derives the receiver address from its root on every iteration.

Measured

instructions:u per iteration (1M vs 5M slope, min of 3). Output byte-identical to node on every row. A = #10969 as-is, B = this PR:

fixture A B
q_par (parameter receiver) 53 25
p1 / p2 55 24
p2m (module-level receiver) 51 21
class-instance receiver 53 25
short loop, constant trip 4, per call 249 249
receiver {b,a} (miss), long loop 53 54
short loop, runtime trip 1–4, hit, per call 257.5 220.5
short loop, runtime trip 1–4, miss, per call 257.5 280.0
q_loc, p3, p4, p4m unchanged unchanged

Known cost: a guard miss on a short loop pays ~22 extra instructions per loop entry (last row). On long loops it's +1 per iteration.

Real code (tsc transpile, the large-module codegen path): compiled with this PR and with #10969 alone, with identical build settings. The output is identical (typescript 5.8.2 96760).

  • steady state, 3-vs-9 slope over 8 interleaved rounds: 173.86 G vs 173.97 G per transpile (+0.06%, ranges 170.0–180.1 vs 167.4–179.3);
  • cold iters=1: +0.5%;
  • peak RSS unchanged (342–350 vs 342–351 MB).

tsc has few such loops, so the gain is on read-heavy loops and the cost on real code is nil.

Validation

  • runtime + codegen suites --test-threads=1: 6,470 passed, 0 failed
  • all eight merge-train gate scripts rc=0
  • GC root-dominance corpora, shadow and native, curated and dependency scale: all rc=0, 160/160 seeded violations caught, native unrooted 2 ≤ 3 (existing budget)
  • counterexamples, correct in both lowerings:
    • O.c = 1 mid-loop
    • delete via a call
    • getter / proxy / coercion receivers
    • receiver reassignment
    • non-object receiver
    • dictionary receiver
    • two construction paths hitting the same canonical shape
  • allocating moving-GC stress: 2,006 moved objects, with the receiver moving inside the fast arm
  • sabotage: forcing admission of O.c = 1 turns the refusal test red

scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py gains js_canonical_read_shape in POLL_CAPABLE_RUNTIME; that makes the check stricter. The census baseline gains one object_header_size_bytes call site in the new module.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01EQdCw7BN4AAnn2hAbNXg33

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Optimized counted loops that repeatedly read the same object properties, using faster access when object structure and value types remain stable.
    • Preserved the existing fallback behavior for changing objects, short loops, dictionary-shaped objects, getters, proxies, and other unsupported cases.
    • Improved reuse of equivalent object property layouts, reducing duplicate internal representations.
  • Reliability

    • Strengthened behavior across object construction, mutation, deletion, coercion, garbage collection, and moving-memory scenarios.
    • Added coverage for optimized and fallback execution paths, including edge cases and invalid receivers.

perry-bot and others added 16 commits September 22, 2026 18:34
…t, so the ADDRESS is the content identity (#10868 step 2.5 stage 1b)

`facts_key` folds six identity facts and one of them is the keys array's
ADDRESS, so two objects with byte-identical ordered key lists in separately
allocated arrays mint two ShapeIds for one layout. On a real
`ts.transpileModule` that was 32,246 of 42,097 mints (`key_count` 19,923 plus
`fresh_keys_known_list` 12,323) against a process that ABORTS on id
exhaustion.

`facts_key` is not changed at all. The address is made to tell the truth
instead: every keys array now comes from `object/canonical_keys.rs`, exactly
one exists per distinct ordered list, and folding the pointer IS folding the
content. The probe path is byte-for-byte what it was.

THE STRUCTURE IS A TRIE, so the O(N) L8.3.15 warned about never happens.
Canonical arrays form a tree -- each is (canonical parent, one appended slot)
-- so the table is an EDGE map, not a content map. `extend` is one hash probe
plus an exact check of the single appended slot, and no list content is ever
walked on the grow path. `canonicalize`, for a producer handing over a whole
list, is a fold of `extend`: the same one path N times, not a second path.
Edges are keyed by NODE ID, which the collector cannot move, so a minor visits
one contiguous `Vec` instead of rekeying an address-keyed map.

WHAT THIS DELETES, rather than guards. The growth sites used to clone the
shared array with `+ 4` slack, PUBLISH the clone, push, and publish again --
two ShapeIds per grow where the layout changed once. The clone, the
`keys_shared` ownership test, the slack and the intermediate publish are all
gone, and with them `shape_keys_grown`'s owned-array index migration: no keys
array is owned any more, so the arm does not exist rather than being
guarded (L8.3.15c). `retire_owned_shape_siblings` and `fast_paths.rs`'s
in-place append decline BY CONSTRUCTION for the same reason -- both already
gate on the absence of `GC_FLAG_SHAPE_SHARED`, and every canonical array is
shared from birth. Polarity verified from source rather than assumed, as in
stage 1a.

WEAK, EXACTLY LIKE THE TRANSITION CACHE, and that is what bounds it. #6759
phase 3 made `next_keys` weak after strong rooting pinned 16,384 keys arrays
and 786k descriptors against under 400 live objects; this table is weak
through the same two mechanisms. That answers L8.3.15c's retention worry,
which assumed the intern table would hold its arrays: it holds none, so
retention is proportional to LIVE layouts and this stage introduces NO latch
trigger. `ShapeObjectKind::Dictionary` is in this branch anyway (stage 1a,
b858fe900), so L8.3.15f is satisfied for #10938 when it rebases on top.

Dropping a node whose array died orphans its children: a later walk from the
root rebuilds the chain and mints one duplicate layout. That is a mint, never
a wrong answer, and `fresh_keys_known_list` in the mint census is its witness
-- which is why the census, not a perf gate, is this stage's instrument. The
census also prints a named verdict, `FUNNEL OK` / `FUNNEL BROKEN: N keys
ADDRESSES for M distinct key-NAME lists`, because the inequality can only be
violated by a producer allocating around the funnel and nothing else in the
process would notice.
…che holds them in a table with no root scanner (#10868 step 2.5 stage 1b)

Stage 1b substituted the canonical array into the shape cache. That cache is
also mirrored in CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID (alloc.rs:remember_class_keys_array), which
stores the array as a raw usize with NO root scanner, NO rewrite and NO
prune. That was sound for the array it used to hold -- built by
js_array_alloc_with_length_longlived, which never moves (#179) -- and unsound
the moment a nursery-allocated array took its place: the array moves, nothing
rewrites the table, and a later class allocation reads a stale address.

Caught by descriptor_trap_collection_preserves_for_in_target_and_keys, which
returned ONE key of fourteen. It catches it and its siblings do not because
its getOwnPropertyDescriptor trap fires per key and collects on each call --
fourteen collections through one enumeration, where the ownKeys variant
collects once. That is the kind of test that finds this class.

Isolated by probe, and two stated mechanisms were REFUTED on the way:
disabling the weak trie prune entirely still gave 1 vs 14, so the weak table
is sound; own-property-names read 14 before the for-in and 14 after, so the
receiver was never damaged; and rooting the caller object across the insert
did NOT fix it, which killed the stale-receiver story. What fixed it was
keeping the allocation and discarding its RESULT -- so the substituted array,
not the allocation, was the trigger.
… hand back (#10868 step 2.5 stage 1c)

Stage 1b made shape_cache_insert allocate, and a caller holding the object
under construction as a raw pointer across it would write its keys edge at a
freed address. LiveObject is not Copy and not Clone: a call that can collect
takes it BY VALUE and returns the post-collection one, so keeping the old
binding is a move-after-use error at compile time. js_object_alloc_class_with_keys
now carries its receiver this way and never binds the raw pointer, and the
compiler immediately caught a stale use of it at the function return.

HONEST BOUNDARY, because the sequencing argument for landing this rested on a
diagnosis that turned out to be wrong: this token does NOT fix
descriptor_trap_collection_preserves_for_in_target_and_keys. That defect was
the substituted array in a table with no root scanner, fixed in 598a4a329 by
one allocator call. Rooting the receiver across the insert was tried FIRST
and the test still failed 1 vs 14, which is what refuted the stale-receiver
mechanism. What this prevents is a real class -- lane 16b predicted it at
delete_rest.rs:412 and noted step 2.5 is what makes that path allocate -- but
no instance of it was reachable here, so this lands as discipline, not as a
fix, and should be judged on that.
…is ordinary, and the latch is armed (#10868 step 2.5)

Stage 1a added ShapeObjectKind::Dictionary precisely so a latched receiver
would decline by construction. Stage 1b then added three canonicalization
calls that never asked: tail.rs 625/818/995 all sat ABOVE every is_dictionary
guard (659/838/880/1042/1083), so a latched receivers PRIVATE key list was
interned and republished as a shared layout. Measured: one object with 8,192
computed keys returned keys=7785 sum=NaN with the latch armed, where #10938
alone returns 8192/33550336 correctly. Mine, not lane 16s.

The fix is a type, not an ordering. Hoisting those three guards would fix
three sites and leave the fourth to whoever adds it next; nobody holds the
membership of this class in their head, including the author of the rule.
SharedLayout is the receiver side of CanonicalKeys: canonicalize and extend
REQUIRE one, and of_receiver is the kind check that mints it. A new call site
cannot compile without asking. The single non-kind constructor,
shape_cache_entry, is named so it is auditable: a shape-cache entry is keyed
by a STATIC shape id and handed to every receiver of that shape, so no
receiver kind can make it private.

TWO MODES, NOT TWO PATHS. An ordinary receivers key list is a shared layout
and interns; a latched receiver owns its list and appends in place -- chosen
by a fact on the shape, which is what dictionary mode IS. What this campaign
rejects is a fast path beside a slow one inside ONE mode, where the fast one
is the lie. The in-place arm is copied from 34183f4 rather than
reconstructed, because a dictionary array carries no GC_FLAG_SHAPE_SHARED and
the parents owned arm is already exactly right.

AND THE LATCH IS NOW ARMED BY DEFAULT at 1,024 keys, because a bound that is
off by default is not a bound. L8.3.2 wrote this down before either stage
existed: canonical arrays cannot ship ahead of dictionary mode without a
cliff. Measured, not projected -- 8,192 keys: 499 MB unlatched, 49.9 MB
latched, both answers correct. The 65,536-key membership test allocated past
a 24 GB cap unlatched and passes in 0.03 s latched.

Touches dictionary.rs, which the boundary assigns to lane 16: the change is
the DEFAULT of its trigger-1 threshold, which step 2.5 owns per the seam
(lane 16 owns the latch, this lane wires the trigger). Env var still
overrides in both directions.
…ault is off (#10868 step 2.5)

Arming the latch by default invalidated two save/restore assumptions, in
opposite directions, both of which were correct while the default was off:

  * test_arm_latch read the RAW atomic to save, and LATCH_ARMED starts at -1
    = unresolved, which reads as not-armed. It now resolves first.
  * scopeguard_latch disarmed on exit. While the default was off, disarming
    WAS restoring; now it leaks a disarmed latch into every later test in the
    process. It now restores what it found, via test_latch_state().

Both are correct on their own merits. NEITHER CLOSES THE SUITE: the runtime
binary is still OOM-killed at the 24G cap on
own_key_membership_crosses_65536_without_a_cutoff, which passes standalone in
0.03s with the latch armed. A fourth disarm site remains at
gc/tests/dead_owner_side_tables.rs:668, and patching disarm sites one at a
time is the whack-a-mole L16.11 already rejected for this exact class. The
structural answer is per_test_global! for LATCH_ARMED/LATCH_MIN_KEYS, which
is lane 16s mechanism in lane 16s file.

Touches dictionary.rs and dictionary_tests.rs, which the boundary assigns to
lane 16. Both changes are consequences of arming the trigger, which step 2.5
owns; flagging rather than assuming.
…step 2.5)

The runtime suite now COMPLETES. It was OOM-killed at a 24 GB cap on
own_key_membership_crosses_65536_without_a_cutoff, which passed standalone in
0.03 s -- the signature L16.11 documented for a process-global that one test
mutates and a later test reads.

Arming the latch by default made LATCH_ARMED/LATCH_MIN_KEYS load-bearing:
every test that arms or disarms now leaves a different value than it found,
and the 65,536-key test runs later in the same binary with a key list unique
to it, so it takes the k(k+1)/2 cliff unlatched. Four disarm sites, and three
save/restore fixes that did not close it. per_test_global! is the mechanism
this crate already has for exactly this -- per-thread in a test build, the
plain static outside one -- so a test cannot reach another test s arming and
a NEW disarm site cannot reintroduce the hazard. LAYOUT_ID_BUDGET moves with
them for the same reason.

The two save/restore fixes in 6405825 were found while chasing this and are
NOT the fix. They are correct on their own merits and are kept: test_arm_latch
saved from an unresolved atomic, and scopeguard_latch disarmed where restoring
is now the opposite. Recording that distinction because a correct change
presented as a fix that is not is how a wrong root cause gets into the record.

Takes dictionary.rs, dictionary_tests.rs and dictionary_counters.rs, which the
boundary doc assigns to lane 16. Lane 16b has stood down and the coordinator
reassigned them: these are all consequences of arming the trigger, which the
seam gives to step 2.5 -- lane 16 owns the latch, this lane wires it.
…ollector did not know about (#10868 step 2.5)

CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID held a class keys array as a raw usize with no scanner, no
rewrite and no prune. Sound only by coincidence: the array it was handed came
from js_array_alloc_with_length_longlived and never moved (#179). Step 2.5
substituted a canonical array into the shape cache and the coincidence ended.

It now has both halves of the discipline canonical_keys already uses, and it
is EASIER here than anywhere else that discipline has been applied: the key is
class_id, which is GC-invariant, so the scanner rewrites VALUES and nothing is
rekeyed. Two access sites. The reader already answers None for a zeroed
address, so a pruned entry costs one rebuild and never a wrong answer.

IT DID BUY WHAT WAS PREDICTED, AND IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT. With ordinary
allocation restored on top of it, all seven GC tests that assert a keys array
moves, is rewritten and is reclaimed pass UNCHANGED -- the acceptance
criterion, tests passing without edits -- and suite failures fall 12 -> 6.
But descriptor_trap_collection_preserves_for_in_target_and_keys returns 1 key
of 14 again the moment allocation leaves the longlived arena. So
CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID was not the holder, or not the only one, and the earlier
root cause was a site LOCALISED rather than explained -- the same error as
L8.3.21, caught the same way, by the fix failing to fix it.

So the longlived allocator STAYS for now: a wrong answer must not ship, and
twelve failures of which seven are documented stale premises is a safer
landing state than six of which one is a wrong value. The retention
regression L8.3.15c was withdrawn for therefore also stays, bounded (135 KB
on tsc, majors still reclaim) and named by those seven tests.

Next: find the real holder. The scanner and prune are correct regardless and
are kept.
…_keys_address, premise abolished (#10868 step 2.5)

WHAT IT PINNED: that an in-place append on an OWNED keys array leaves exactly
one structural descriptor under that address -- that retire_owned_shape_siblings
is wired to the publish funnel and growth history does not pile up under a
reused address. It asserted its own precondition: first_addr_count > 0, some
appends must grow the owned array in place.

WHY THE PREMISE IS FALSE: canonical identity means one array per ordered key
list, so an append never keeps its address. No keys array is owned any more --
every one is GC_FLAG_SHAPE_SHARED from birth -- so there is no in-place append
to observe and first_addr_count is 0 BY CONSTRUCTION, not by regression.
retire_owned_shape_siblings is unreachable for the same reason.

WHAT PINS THE REPLACEMENT: descriptors piling up under one address is now
impossible in a stronger form, because an address names exactly one key list.
object::canonical_keys::one_array_serves_one_ordered_key_list and
a_prefix_is_its_own_node pin the identity; the mint census FUNNEL line pins it
on a whole real program, and is what the funnel sabotage reddens where the
parity suite structurally cannot.

The reason is in the source at the deletion site, not only here.

NOT deleting the other two of the group yet, on purpose. Both fail because the
way the FIXTURE manufactured two distinct shapes stopped working, not because
what they pin became untrue: proxy object_array_numeric_write_guard still has
to reject receivers of genuinely different shapes, and typed_shape
mismatched_slots still has to leave another class slot alone. Those want
genuinely-different key lists, which canonicalization does not merge -- a
repair, not a deletion -- and I am not making that change without
understanding both fixtures, which is the failure mode this campaign keeps
paying for.
…nt is confined there (#10868 step 2.5)

#9754 states it in scan_shape_cache_roots_mut: the shape cache s keys arrays
live in the LONGLIVED arena, and addr_is_minor_relevant must answer true for
them. That is a stated invariant of the shape cache, written a year before
step 2.5, and canonicalization broke it by substituting a nursery array in.
The longlived allocator was never a workaround for CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID -- it was
restoring that invariant, which is the third framing of this defect and the
first the source supports.

DISCRIMINATOR, one build, exact oracle: longlived on the shape-cache path
only, ordinary on the grow path. The SharedLayout proof already distinguishes
the two callers, so it carries the flag.

RESULT: the assumption is CONFINED TO THE CACHE.

  suite failures   12 -> 4
  rooted_for_in    1 key of 14 -> PASSES
  group 3 (7 GC tests that assert a keys array moves, is rewritten, and is
           reclaimed)  -> ALL PASS UNCHANGED, which was the acceptance
           criterion: if they had needed editing the fix was wrong

So grow-path canonical arrays go back to the nursery and minors reclaim them
again -- that is the overwhelming majority of them, and L8.3.15c s retention
claim holds for that population instead of being withdrawn. Only the shape
cache s own entries stay longlived: one array per static shape, bounded and
small, and longlived by the subsystem s own design rather than by my
workaround.

The four that remain are none of them a wrong value from this stage: one
pre-existing and bisected to lever (iv), two fixture REPAIRS where the way the
fixture manufactured two distinct shapes stopped working, and the tombstone
seam that was predicted.

Parity 26/26 byte-identical to node. The cliff stays bounded: 8,192 keys at
48 MB with the latch armed by default.
…#10868 step 2.5)

Step 2.5 removes the owned keys array, so the re-add append can no
longer mutate the layout under an unchanged ShapeId: a shape id names
exactly one layout, the rule delete already follows since 0441770.
The invariant the test exists for -- hole_count carried across the
append publish so churn still squeezes within 2x live size -- is
asserted unchanged.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EQdCw7BN4AAnn2hAbNXg33
Split basic allocation into alloc_basic with explicit named re-exports.
Tie canonical-key allocation and receiver reloads to RuntimeHandle::across_*,
use scoped pointer reads, and resolve canonical shared flags through tracked
GC headers. Raw-handle debt falls from 911 to 904 without changing ceilings.

Use Perry TLS for the canonical trie. Isolate the existing test-only probe
counter with its tests; it counts one candidate slot per probe and was never
compiled into production. Name the slot extension extend_slot so the holder
checker's conservative extend call graph cannot falsely cover regex counters.
Route weak canonical/class keys scanning through the existing object-cache
scanner, preserving visitation while keeping the GC source pin unchanged.

The only census refresh is emitted by shape_descriptor_census.py:
- object/mod.rs: remove `fn shape_cache_insert(shape_id: u32, keys_array:
  *mut ArrayHeader) {`; its multiline signature adds one `keys_array:
  *mut ArrayHeader,` declaration (count 2 -> 3). The API now carries a
  LiveObject across allocating canonicalization and returns canonical keys.
- object/mod.rs: replace the test_shape_cache_insert declaration without a
  return type with the same declaration returning `*mut ArrayHeader`.
  Its caller must receive canonical keys instead of retaining private keys.
No other census entries or summaries move; no allowlist or ceiling is raised.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EQdCw7BN4AAnn2hAbNXg33
Seed one registered guard expectation per predicted key list at module init.
Retain its shape-owned keys with the existing external-carrier contract and
class-key allocation lifetime. Version admitted loops with the original
lowering on a miss, and leave statically short calls on that lowering.
Keep the receiver rooted across moving polls and numeric invariants scalar.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EQdCw7BN4AAnn2hAbNXg33
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The pull request adds weak canonical key interning for shared object layouts. It integrates canonical keys with shape caches, object mutation, GC scanning, and allocation. It also adds guarded lowering for eligible counted property-read loops, with runtime shape registration and tests.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Canonical key trie
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys.rs
Interns ordered key lists, preserves tombstone positions, tracks weak canonical arrays, and provides shape prediction support.
Object shape and GC integration
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/{mod.rs,alloc.rs,alloc_basic.rs}, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/*, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/*, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/object_ops/*, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/*
Canonicalizes shared-layout key lists, reloads live objects across allocating calls, and scans or prunes canonical arrays during GC.
Canonical read-loop lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/*, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/*, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/*, crates/perry-codegen/src/strings.rs
Recognizes eligible counted reductions, registers predicted shapes during module initialization, and emits guarded slot-load and baseline loop paths.
Validation and fixtures
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/*tests.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout/typed_shape.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy.rs, scripts/*, test-files/*, changelog.d/*
Adds coverage for canonical identity, GC retention, dictionary behavior, loop lowering, moving-GC execution, and repaired fixtures.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Refactor

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 1f7a9

This change makes identical property lists share one canonical array and adds a faster loop path for repeated property reads. Several garbage-collection interactions can leave stale or cross-thread pointers: shape-cache arrays that reference young objects without tracking, a class-keys table shared across worker threads, and an object that is not protected during key allocation. These can corrupt memory under GC pressure or in worker programs. Minor collections can also slow down noticeably with many dead layouts. Resolve these issues before merging.

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/alloc.rs`:
- Around line 79-133: Make CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID agent-local or partition it by arena
owner, and ensure remember_class_keys_array, registered_class_keys_array,
scan_class_keys_roots_mut, and prune_dead_class_keys_entries access only the
current worker’s partition. Preserve class_id replacement within that partition
while preventing foreign raw array addresses from lookup, GC scanning, or
pruning.
- Around line 468-477: Update the key-string loop around LiveObject live and
js_string_from_bytes_longlived so the receiver remains rooted across each string
allocation: invoke the allocation through live.across, reassign live from the
returned LiveObject, and continue using the returned string pointer. Do not add
a separate root for the long-lived arr allocation.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys_tests.rs`:
- Around line 56-64: Update the affected canonical-key tests around nested key
and extend_key calls to use one RuntimeHandleScope for all live StringHeader and
CanonicalKeys values. Root each value before allocation, and reload its pointer
immediately before every key, extend_key, or other potentially allocating call,
including the additional affected cases.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys.rs`:
- Around line 363-426: Batch dead-node cleanup in the canonical-key pruning
flow: collect dead node IDs into a set, then update free_node or introduce a
batch equivalent so parent unlinking remains per node while child detachment
scans self.edges only once and resets all orphaned children safely. Update
prune_dead_canonical_keys and related counters/free-list handling to use the
batch operation, and configure DEAD_KEY_PRUNES with an appropriate young_prune
filter based on the existing scan_canonical_keys_roots_mut minor-relevance
logic.
- Around line 698-711: Update the trie lookup and insertion flow around probe,
extend_slot, and shape_cache_insert so _proof.shape_cache participates in trie
edge identity or uses a separate trie namespace. Ensure shape-cache folds cannot
reuse nursery nodes from ordinary [[Set]] or defineProperty paths, and that
final shape-cache hits always return nodes backed by longlived key arrays.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/tombstone_tests.rs`:
- Around line 127-136: Keep the successor ShapeId assertion and
hole_count-preservation behavior in
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/tombstone_tests.rs:127-136. Update
changelog.d/10969-canonical-shape-fixtures.md:19-20 to remove the requirement
for stable ShapeId identity. Retain the retirement coverage in
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes_tests.rs:837-843, since delete
transitions use owned tombstone arrays and must retire predecessor and sibling
descriptors.

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Comment on lines +79 to +133
/// GC root scanner: rewrite each remembered keys-array address across a move.
/// WEAK — the address is visited as metadata, never marked, so remembering a
/// class's keys array does not keep it alive.
pub fn scan_class_keys_roots_mut(visitor: &mut crate::gc::RuntimeRootVisitor<'_>) {
let Ok(mut guard) = CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID.write() else {
return;
};
let Some(map) = guard.as_mut() else {
return;
};
for entry in map.values_mut() {
if entry.0 == 0 {
continue;
}
let mut addr = entry.0;
if visitor.visit_metadata_usize_slot(&mut addr) {
entry.0 = addr;
}
}
}

/// Post-trace death prune. A dropped entry costs one rebuild of the class's
/// keys array — `registered_class_keys_array` already answers `None` for a
/// zeroed address and every caller re-derives — which is what makes
/// weakening this table safe rather than merely possible.
#[cold]
pub(crate) fn prune_dead_class_keys_entries(is_dead_owner: &dyn Fn(usize) -> bool) {
let Ok(mut guard) = CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID.write() else {
return;
};
let Some(map) = guard.as_mut() else {
return;
};
map.retain(|_, entry| {
let addr = entry.0;
if addr == 0 {
return false;
}
if is_dead_owner(addr) {
return false;
}
// An address the arena recycled for a non-array tenant is dead to us
// whatever `is_dead_owner` says about the new occupant.
// SAFETY: a read-only tracked-header probe.
unsafe {
match crate::value::addr_class::try_read_tracked_gc_header(addr) {
Some(gc) => {
let ty = (*gc.as_ptr()).obj_type;
ty == crate::gc::GC_TYPE_ARRAY || ty == crate::gc::GC_TYPE_LAZY_ARRAY
}
None => false,
}
}
});
}

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Keep CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID agent-local.

CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID stores raw array addresses, but each perry/thread worker owns a separate arena. The global map can expose one worker's address to another worker's scanner, prune, or lookup.

remember_class_keys_array replaces entries by class_id. A later registered_class_keys_array call can therefore return another worker's array without an ownership check. Callers pass that pointer to js_object_alloc_class_inline_keys, so the current worker can use an array from a foreign arena.

The prune path has the same problem. is_dead_owner skips foreign addresses, but try_read_tracked_gc_header uses the current thread's arena classification and returns None for a live foreign address. prune_dead_class_keys_entries then removes that entry. The metadata visitor is not an ownership boundary either; it can follow a forwarded foreign header when one is visible.

Store this memo per worker/agent, or partition it by arena owner. Restrict remember_class_keys_array, registered_class_keys_array, scanning, and pruning to the same partition.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/alloc.rs` around lines 79 - 133, Make
CLASS_KEYS_BY_ID agent-local or partition it by arena owner, and ensure
remember_class_keys_array, registered_class_keys_array,
scan_class_keys_roots_mut, and prune_dead_class_keys_entries access only the
current worker’s partition. Preserve class_id replacement within that partition
while preventing foreign raw array addresses from lookup, GC scanning, or
pruning.

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Comment on lines +468 to +477
// #10868 stage 1c: the receiver is carried as a `LiveObject`, never as a
// raw binding, because `shape_cache_insert` below CAN COLLECT — stage 1b
// made it allocate. The token is moved into that call and reassigned from
// its result, so the stale pointer this function used to write its keys
// edge with is no longer nameable.
let mut live = crate::object::canonical_keys::LiveObject::new(arena_alloc_gc(
total_size,
8,
crate::gc::GC_TYPE_OBJECT,
) as *mut ObjectHeader);

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Root the receiver across the key-string loop.

LiveObject::new does not root the receiver. LiveObject::across roots it only during shape_cache_insert. Each js_string_from_bytes_longlived call can reach arena_cell_alloc's GC trigger when the long-lived block is full. A moving collection can then relocate the nursery receiver before live.as_ptr() is used.

The arr allocation is long-lived and remains at a stable address, so it does not need the separate root proposed in the original comment. Root the receiver across each string allocation instead.

🐛 Suggested fix
         for (i, key_bytes) in keys.iter().enumerate() {
-            let str_ptr = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes_longlived(
-                key_bytes.as_ptr(),
-                key_bytes.len() as u32,
-            );
+            let (live_after, str_ptr) = live.across(|| {
+                crate::string::js_string_from_bytes_longlived(
+                    key_bytes.as_ptr(),
+                    key_bytes.len() as u32,
+                )
+            });
+            live = live_after;
             let nanboxed = f64::from_bits(
                 crate::value::STRING_TAG | (str_ptr as u64 & crate::value::POINTER_MASK),
             );
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/alloc.rs` around lines 468 - 477, Update the
key-string loop around LiveObject live and js_string_from_bytes_longlived so the
receiver remains rooted across each string allocation: invoke the allocation
through live.across, reassign live from the returned LiveObject, and continue
using the returned string pointer. Do not add a separate root for the long-lived
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Comment on lines +56 to +64
let grown = extend_key(
&proof,
extend_key(
&proof,
extend_key(&proof, CanonicalKeys::EMPTY, key("alpha")),
key("beta"),
),
key("gamma"),
);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Root the keys and canonical arrays across allocations.

The nested key and extend_* calls can trigger collection. They keep earlier StringHeader and CanonicalKeys raw pointers live without handles. A moving collection can make a later call use a stale pointer.

Store each live key and canonical array in the same RuntimeHandleScope. Reload its pointer immediately before each use.

Based on learnings, any potentially allocating function in this moving-GC runtime is a collection point, so callers must root live pointer values and reload them afterward.

Also applies to: 156-158, 178-197

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minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys_tests.rs` around lines 56 -
64, Update the affected canonical-key tests around nested key and extend_key
calls to use one RuntimeHandleScope for all live StringHeader and CanonicalKeys
values. Root each value before allocation, and reload its pointer immediately
before every key, extend_key, or other potentially allocating call, including
the additional affected cases.

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Comment on lines +363 to +426
fn free_node(&mut self, id: u32) {
if id == ROOT_NODE || id as usize >= self.nodes.len() {
return;
}
let (parent, edge_hash, addr, next_sib, freed_len) = {
let n = &self.nodes[id as usize];
(n.parent, n.edge_hash, n.addr, n.next, n.len)
};
if addr == 0 {
return;
}
if parent != NO_NODE {
if let Some(&head) = self.edges.get(&(parent, edge_hash)) {
if head == id {
if next_sib == NO_NODE {
self.edges.remove(&(parent, edge_hash));
} else {
self.edges.insert((parent, edge_hash), next_sib);
}
} else {
let mut cur = head;
while cur != NO_NODE {
let n = self.nodes[cur as usize].next;
if n == id {
self.nodes[cur as usize].next = next_sib;
break;
}
cur = n;
}
}
}
}
self.by_addr.remove(&addr);
// A freed slot may be reused by an unrelated node, so nothing may keep
// pointing at this id: detach every child bucket first.
let mut orphans: Vec<u32> = Vec::new();
for (key, head) in self.edges.iter() {
if key.0 == id {
let mut cur = *head;
while cur != NO_NODE {
orphans.push(cur);
cur = self.nodes[cur as usize].next;
}
}
}
self.edges.retain(|key, _| key.0 != id);
for child in orphans {
self.nodes[child as usize].parent = NO_NODE;
self.nodes[child as usize].next = NO_NODE;
}
self.nodes[id as usize] = Node {
addr: 0,
parent: NO_NODE,
edge_hash: 0,
next: self.free,
len: 0,
all_ptr: true,
};
self.free = id;
self.reaped += 1;
CANON_REAPED.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
CANON_LIVE.fetch_sub(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
CANON_WORDS.fetch_sub(u64::from(freed_len), std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
}

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Pruning dead nodes costs O(dead × edges), and it runs on every collection.

free_node walks the whole edges map on each call (Lines 399-408). Then it runs edges.retain over the whole map again. prune_dead_canonical_keys calls free_node once per dead node. DEAD_KEY_PRUNES registers the prune with young_prune: None, so this full work also runs on every minor.

The module notes cite about 42k mints on a ts.transpileModule workload. A minor that reaps a few thousand nursery nodes then performs on the order of 10^8 hash-map visits while the world is stopped.

Fix: collect the dead ids into a set first. Then detach all of them in one pass over edges.

♻️ Batch the detach
fn free_nodes(&mut self, dead: &HashSet<u32>) {
    // 1. unlink each dead node from its parent's bucket (as today, per node)
    // 2. ONE pass: orphan children of any dead parent
    let mut orphans = Vec::new();
    self.edges.retain(|key, head| {
        if dead.contains(&key.0) {
            let mut cur = *head;
            while cur != NO_NODE { orphans.push(cur); cur = self.nodes[cur as usize].next; }
            false
        } else { true }
    });
    // 3. reset orphans, free slots, update counters
}

Also consider a young_prune that visits only nodes whose addr is minor-relevant. scan_canonical_keys_roots_mut already applies that filter.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys.rs` around lines 363 - 426,
Batch dead-node cleanup in the canonical-key pruning flow: collect dead node IDs
into a set, then update free_node or introduce a batch equivalent so parent
unlinking remains per node while child detachment scans self.edges only once and
resets all orphaned children safely. Update prune_dead_canonical_keys and
related counters/free-list handling to use the batch operation, and configure
DEAD_KEY_PRUNES with an appropriate young_prune filter based on the existing
scan_canonical_keys_roots_mut minor-relevance logic.

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Comment on lines +698 to +711
let allocate = || {
if _proof.shape_cache {
let a = crate::array::js_array_alloc_with_length_longlived(parent_len + 1);
(*a).length = 0;
if all_ptr {
crate::gc::layout_init_all_pointer_slots(a as *mut u8);
}
a
} else if all_ptr {
crate::array::js_array_alloc_pointer_elements(parent_len + 1)
} else {
crate::array::js_array_alloc(parent_len + 1)
}
};

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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🐛 Keep shape-cache nodes in a separate trie namespace

probe ignores _proof.shape_cache, so a shape-cache fold can reuse a nursery node created by [[Set]] or defineProperty. If the next key misses, extend_slot copies that node's young key pointer into a longlived array with raw stores. This violates the requirement that shape-cache prefixes create no unremembered old-to-young edges.

A final hit also returns the nursery node directly, even though shape_cache_insert requires longlived keys arrays.

Include _proof.shape_cache in the trie edge identity, or use a separate trie for shape-cache entries. A barrier-only fix is insufficient because it would not prevent final hits from returning nursery arrays, and longlived parents are explicitly not barriered.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/canonical_keys.rs` around lines 698 - 711,
Update the trie lookup and insertion flow around probe, extend_slot, and
shape_cache_insert so _proof.shape_cache participates in trie edge identity or
uses a separate trie namespace. Ensure shape-cache folds cannot reuse nursery
nodes from ordinary [[Set]] or defineProperty paths, and that final shape-cache
hits always return nodes backed by longlived key arrays.

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Comment on lines +127 to +136
// must NOT reset the hole accounting. The append changes the layout,
// so it publishes a successor shape: a shape id names exactly one
// layout (step 2.5), the same rule a delete follows. Only the hole
// accounting is carried across the publish.
let readd = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(b"hc_key_03".as_ptr(), 9);
js_object_set_field_by_name(obj, readd, 99.0);
assert_eq!(
assert_ne!(
super::shapes::object_shape_stamp(obj),
tombstoned_shape,
"same-allocation re-add must not retire the stable tombstone ShapeId"
"re-add changed the layout but kept the tombstoned ShapeId"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Align the delete-lane contract and retirement coverage.

Do not restore stable ShapeId assertions. publish_object_shape_delete_transition always publishes a successor ShapeId, and re-add preserves only hole_count.

Update the changelog. It still describes stable identity as required.

Do not remove retirement coverage based on canonical arrays alone. js_object_delete_field clones shared arrays into owned tombstone arrays. The delete publication then retires predecessor and sibling descriptors for that owned array. Removing this coverage can allow stale descriptors to accumulate under one keys-array address.

📍 Affects 3 files
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/tombstone_tests.rs#L127-L136 (this comment)
  • changelog.d/10969-canonical-shape-fixtures.md#L19-L20
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes_tests.rs#L837-L843
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/tombstone_tests.rs` around lines 127 - 136,
Keep the successor ShapeId assertion and hole_count-preservation behavior in
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/tombstone_tests.rs:127-136. Update
changelog.d/10969-canonical-shape-fixtures.md:19-20 to remove the requirement
for stable ShapeId identity. Retain the retirement coverage in
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes_tests.rs:837-843, since delete
transitions use owned tombstone arrays and must retire predecessor and sibling
descriptors.

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Closing without merging. A runtime census found this optimization admits 0 loops in tsc and 0 in Zod: its admission grammar (a counted loop whose body is one numeric-addition reduction over property reads, with no calls and no stores) matches the benchmark shape and essentially nothing in real code. A fast path real programs never take is exactly what the project's one-path rule rejects.

The design itself stays: resolve the canonical expected shape once, read at constant slot offsets, no per-site IC word. It moves into the ordinary per-site read lowering, which is where real reads happen (tsc has 67,300 read sites), and each stage there has to show real-code admission counts. The CI failures on this branch are moot.

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