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[[Prototype]] is part of shape identity. Shapes are canonical per (prototype, ordered keys, other shape facts). Every way of linking a prototype goes through one transition function:

  • setPrototypeOf
  • __proto__
  • repointing F.prototype
  • Object.create
  • class evaluation

Inherited reads and store checks read the prototype through the receiver's shape. The generation counter now covers only descriptor, delete and freeze changes.

On top of that:

  • Store-site chain verdict. A key-adding store proves, per site, that the prototype chain has no setter or read-only key for it. The proof is keyed on the receiver's shape plus one global prototype-validity word.
  • this.m reads the class's canonical method (node semantics). This retires the fix(runtime): bound-method value dispatches via vtable (snapshot), fixing this.m = this.m.bind(this) #4548 snapshot contract.
  • A store plan names the receiver's prototype, not only its class. This fixes an F.prototype repoint case; new trap test function_prototype_repoint_store_plan.
  • A typed ShapeId is keyed on the prototype it was minted with. Class ids collide across modules, so one ShapeId was reused with a re-derived prototype. That aborted test_gap_repsel_return_shape ("typed ShapeId structural mismatch").
  • Shape census split by prototype kind.

Numbers

Dedicated Linux host, both arms built there. Main is d65528b53. instructions:u, all outputs correct.

main branch change
Zod, 5 interleaved rounds 3.4268 G 2.3047 G −32.7%
Zod peak RSS 120.9 MB 84.1 MB −30%
tsc transpileModule, 1 run 368.87 G 357.46 G −3.1% (tsc noise ≈ ±2.7%)

Verification

  • Gap suite, CI's PR setup, both arms: main 1012 pass / 21 parity / 1 crash; branch 1014 pass / 21 parity / 0 crash.
    • test_gap_cron_cronjob failed once, only under 6 parallel shards. It passes 10/10 standalone.
  • Trap tests: 17 chain-store traps match node in both call modes.
    • A guard sabotage matrix shows the traps go red when the chain proof is disabled.
  • Suites (--test-threads=1): runtime 4520/0, codegen 2215/0.
  • Lint: cargo fmt is clean. run_lint_gates passes 99/101; the two failures are host-only (cargo xwin, and public-baseline freshness, which also fails on main).
  • GC root-dominance passes on all corpora. The gc/mod.rs root-holder pin was re-audited.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Property assignments now respect inherited setters, non-writable properties, and prototype changes across repeated stores.
    • Shape identity now accounts for prototype identity, improving correctness when objects have different prototype chains.
    • Captured methods retain their original function value and use the receiver supplied when called, while constructors retain self-rebinding behavior.
  • Performance
    • Added a cache for eligible inherited-property stores to reduce repeated prototype-chain checks.
    • Updated benchmarks for Zod and TypeScript transpilation.

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Shape identity and store-plan validity now include prototype identity. Write paths add a guarded cache for inherited-access chain verdicts. Class-method reads use the shared method-ID binding path instead of receiver-snapshot binding.

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Prototype-aware runtime behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Prototype identity in shapes
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes*, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/{alloc,dictionary,prototype_chain,reserved_floor,namespace_create,weakref}.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout/typed_shape.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/{codegen/string_pool.rs,runtime_decls/strings.rs}, crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/*
Shape records and typed-shape registrations now include prototype identity. Shape creation, installation, and transitions preserve or validate that identity. Class-key shape lookup now receives the class ID.
Prototype-aware store plans
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/{prop_plan,proto_validity,delete_rest,descriptor_state.rs}, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/descriptor_state/owner_lifecycle.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/tail.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy.rs, test-files/test_gap_function_prototype_repoint_store_plan.ts
Store-plan entries now match receiver prototype bits. Descriptor changes and deletes use owner-specific epoch invalidation. The regression test assigns across a constructor-prototype reassignment.
Chain-store cache and write paths
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/chain_store*, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/fast_paths.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/put_value*, crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/mod.rs, scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json, test-files/test_inherited_store_chain_traps.ts
The runtime records eligible per-site chain verdicts and checks them before the ordinary [[Set]] path. Static, dynamic, and packed-set paths can use the transition path when a verdict matches. The new tests cover inherited traps and cache behavior; GC root scanning visits cached keys.

Canonical class-method values

Layer / File(s) Summary
Method reads and regression coverage
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/property_get/helpers.rs, crates/perry-codegen/tests/native_proof_regressions.rs, test-files/test_parity_method_value_snapshot_bind.ts, changelog.d/11342-inherited-prototype-in-shape.md
this.method now uses the shared method-ID binding path instead of snapshot binding. Tests check the captured function value against C.prototype.m and invoke it with explicit receivers.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WritePIC
  participant ChainStore
  participant PrototypeChain
  participant ObjectStore
  WritePIC->>ChainStore: check cached verdict for key and receiver
  ChainStore->>PrototypeChain: validate prototype identity and validity
  PrototypeChain-->>ChainStore: return chain verdict
  ChainStore->>ObjectStore: apply transition when verdict matches
  ObjectStore-->>WritePIC: return stored value
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  • PerryTS/perry#6532: Adds the store-plan cache and invalidation rules that this change extends with receiver prototype identity.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 16154

Objects whose prototypes lack a serial, such as functions and arrays, can be given the same prototype identity. Stores and reads that rely on shape identity could then treat different prototype chains as the same chain, and one unit test becomes flaky. Specialized generic classes also lose their inline field fast path. Fix the identity mask and the registration order before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 16154

The changes affect common JavaScript object operations. The inspected write path retains checks for inherited setters and read-only properties, but correctness depends on prototype changes consistently invalidating cached decisions. No introduced security defect was established; the breadth of the runtime change and incomplete validation warrant design review.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The independently reachable scope established here is property writes by JavaScript executing in the affected runtime. The supplied evidence does not establish remote reachability, tenant separation, or additional service privileges.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Prototype and property-key state can influence the cached write decision. The inspected controls require an eligible receiver and key, a non-intercepting chain at priming, and matching live prototype and invalidation values at use; a declined attempt uses the ordinary set path.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Safe reuse of a verdict remains dependent on every relevant mutation advancing validity or changing prototype identity. Inspected invalidation and fallback paths support that contract, but the available evidence does not fully exercise recovery after every mutation or interruption.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Exercise a warmed store site across inherited setter or read-only descriptor installation, prototype repointing, GC, and fast-path decline; assert the resulting write or rejection follows ordinary set semantics.
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Compile check: current main (at the time) merged with this branch passes cargo check --release -p perry-runtime -p perry-codegen -p perry-hir -p perry --tests (rc 0). The only warnings are two unused imports in gc/tests/runtime_roots/perex_cross_call.rs, a file this branch doesn't touch.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs`:
- Around line 645-650: Move the `origin_pairs` construction and
`js_register_class_generic_origin` call before the class-keys loop that invokes
`js_object_shape_id_for_class_keys`. Preserve the existing registration
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Comment on lines +645 to +650
// The class id rides along: a birth shape names the prototype
// its class implies ([[Prototype]] is a shape fact).
blk.call(
I32,
"js_object_shape_id_for_keys",
&[(I64, &arr), (I32, &fc_str)],
"js_object_shape_id_for_class_keys",
&[(I64, &arr), (I32, &fc_str), (I32, &cid_str)],

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -nP -C3 '\bjs_register_class_generic_origin\b' --type=rust
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#!/bin/bash
set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- string_pool relevant ranges ---'
sed -n '520,735p' crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs
sed -n '760,815p' crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- runtime symbol definitions and callers ---'
rg -n -P -C5 '\\b(class_proto_id|vtable_class|object_proto_id|try_birth_stamp_preinstalled_shape|js_object_shape_id_for_class_keys)\\b' crates/perry-runtime crates/perry-codegen --type rust
printf '%s\n' '--- generic origin implementation ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- exact symbol locations ---'
for term in class_proto_id vtable_class object_proto_id try_birth_stamp_preinstalled_shape js_object_shape_id_for_class_keys; do
  printf '\n### %s\n' "$term"
  rg -n -F -C4 "$term" crates || true
done
printf '%s\n' '--- related shape/prototype symbols ---'
rg -n -i -P -C3 'proto_id|birth_stamp|shape_id_for_class|shape_id_for_keys|generic_origin' crates/perry-runtime crates/perry-codegen --type rust || true

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Register generic origins before minting class birth shapes.

For a specialized class, class_proto_id uses class_generic_origin through vtable_class. The class-keys loop mints the ShapeId before js_register_class_generic_origin runs. A newborn then resolves to the generic prototype identity, so try_birth_stamp_preinstalled_shape rejects the preinstalled descriptor. The fallback ShapeId differs from the compiled guard ShapeId, which can make the inline field guard miss for every such allocation.

Move the origin_pairs construction and registration before the class-keys loop. The origin registration does not depend on the keys arrays.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs` around lines 645 - 650, Move
the `origin_pairs` construction and `js_register_class_generic_origin` call
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Comment on lines +2102 to +2107
/// A prototype identity no other link has: for a prototype with no serial.
pub(crate) fn fresh_unique_proto_id() -> u64 {
let n = PROTO_ID_UNIQUE_NEXT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
// Stay clear of PROTO_ID_NULL at the very top of the UNIQUE band.
PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | (n & ((1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 2))
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the mask in fresh_unique_proto_id: it gives two counter values the same identity.

The mask (1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 2 clears bit 0 in addition to the tag bits. As a result, the counter value n and n | 1 give the same id. For example, n = 2 and n = 3 both produce PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | 2.

Effects:

  • Two links to different serial-less prototypes (a function, array, or typed array) can get the same proto_id. The identical-layout receivers then share one ShapeId over two chains. This is the exact case that different_prototypes_never_share_a_shape says must not happen.
  • class_implied_identities_are_disjoint in shapes_tests.rs asserts u1 != u2 for two consecutive calls. The assertion fails whenever the first call receives an even n. The result depends on how many earlier calls, including calls from parallel tests, advanced the counter, so the test is flaky.

Keep bit 0. Use a debug assertion to keep the counter away from the PROTO_ID_NULL pattern instead.

🐛 Proposed fix
 pub(crate) fn fresh_unique_proto_id() -> u64 {
     let n = PROTO_ID_UNIQUE_NEXT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
-    // Stay clear of PROTO_ID_NULL at the very top of the UNIQUE band.
-    PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | (n & ((1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 2))
+    // Stay clear of PROTO_ID_NULL (all payload bits set) at the top of the
+    // UNIQUE band; the counter never gets near 2^62 - 1 in practice.
+    const PAYLOAD: u64 = (1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 1;
+    debug_assert!(n < PAYLOAD, "unique prototype identity space exhausted");
+    PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | (n & PAYLOAD)
 }
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/// A prototype identity no other link has: for a prototype with no serial.
pub(crate) fn fresh_unique_proto_id() -> u64 {
let n = PROTO_ID_UNIQUE_NEXT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
// Stay clear of PROTO_ID_NULL at the very top of the UNIQUE band.
PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | (n & ((1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 2))
}
/// A prototype identity no other link has: for a prototype with no serial.
pub(crate) fn fresh_unique_proto_id() -> u64 {
let n = PROTO_ID_UNIQUE_NEXT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
// Stay clear of PROTO_ID_NULL (all payload bits set) at the top of the
// UNIQUE band; the counter never gets near 2^62 - 1 in practice.
const PAYLOAD: u64 = (1 << PROTO_ID_TAG_SHIFT) - 1;
debug_assert!(n < PAYLOAD, "unique prototype identity space exhausted");
PROTO_ID_UNIQUE | (n & PAYLOAD)
}
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes.rs` around lines 2102 - 2107, Update
`fresh_unique_proto_id` to preserve bit 0 by masking with all payload bits, and
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Ralph Küpper added 11 commits September 25, 2026 21:13
A canonical ShapeId did not determine the object's prototype: `new F()`
linked its instance without a shape transition, so after `F.prototype =
other` old and new instances shared a shape over two chains; compiled class
instances whose prototype their class implies shared a shape with any
same-keys instance of another class; and `Object.create(p)` kept p only in a
per-call synthetic-class registry. Only `setPrototypeOf`/`__proto__`/
per-evaluation links transitioned, through a hash of the prototype's serial
folded into the semantic generation.

The prototype identity is now a field of the shape record (`proto_id`,
facts-indexed, part of ShapeDescriptor equality; the record grows 32 -> 40
bytes):

  0                       the realm's default Object.prototype
  PROTO_ID_NULL           a null [[Prototype]]
  serial                  a recorded prototype object's stable serial
  CLASS | class           a compiled class instance's class-implied prototype
  MIXED | class | serial  a compiled class instance with a recorded prototype
                          (Perry keeps class accessors in the vtable)
  UNIQUE | n              a prototype with no serial (function/array)

Every mint carries it: lineage transitions copy it, a mint with no lineage
reads it off the object (`object_proto_id`), and the [[Prototype]] link
funnel moves the receiver to the shape naming its new prototype for EVERY
link kind (`transition_object_shape_prototype`), so same predecessor + same
prototype still reaches the same shape and construction keeps sharing
shapes. Codegen mints each class's birth shape with its class id
(`js_object_shape_id_for_class_keys`); the birth fast paths also check the
prototype identity; post-birth class-id rewrites re-stamp;
`Object.create(p)` assigns p its serial so every object created from p
names one identity. The generation hash for prototype divergence is gone.
…the chain

A store that ADDS a key to a class instance -- tsc NodeObject's constructor
assigning undeclared fields, zod's this.m = this.m.bind(this) shadowing an
inherited method -- has to consult the prototype chain for a setter or a
non-writable property. The plain-object transition lane skips that walk on a
transition-cache hit, but it refused every class instance, so each such store
ran the full [[Set]]: ~5,600 instructions per store in the NodeObject shape,
1.27 M of them in one tsc transpileModule.

The store site now keeps the verdict it earned (object/chain_store.rs): the
prototype identity the receiver's SHAPE records ([[Prototype]] is a shape
fact), the key, and the two invalidation words (proto_validity,
VTABLE_GEN). The verdict is the exact predicate ordinary_set_with_receiver
already trusts for a class instance (class_instance_set_may_intercept). A
later store whose receiver's shape names the same prototype takes the
transition append with the chain proof; whether the key is already own is
answered by the receiver's own shape through its transition edge, so a
constructor whose `this` changes shape every statement keeps hitting. The
append still re-validates the receiver shape, flags and own descriptors,
and every mismatch falls through to the unchanged [[Set]].

The entry is reached through a ninth write-cache word no emitted code reads,
holds its key as a strong root, and is used only on the
primary agent. Store keys that arrive as SSO immediates or as non-interned
literal copies resolve to their interned pointer through a read-only table
probe, so short keys (pos, kind, flags) and long ones (modifierFlagsCache)
both qualify.

Class-constructor key-add microbench (10 undeclared fields): 51,124 ->
15,779 instr per construction; node 19.
test_inherited_store_chain_traps.ts: 15 chain changes after priming (class,
Object.prototype and instance setters, non-writable, frozen, Proxy on the
chain, replaced ES5 prototype, subclass setter, deleted setter), node-equal.

A verdict is only as durable as the validity word, and that word moved on
every descriptor install ANYWHERE: Function.prototype.bind names each
result through descriptor installs, so in zod every .bind invalidated every
verdict (78,149 primes, 0 hits). A descriptor install or clear, or a
delete, now bumps it only when its owner can be a hop of a recorded chain
(proto_validity::mutation_owner_may_be_a_recorded_hop): both consumers
record through marked hops only -- the inherited-read cache refuses
unmarked hops, and a store verdict marks every hop of the receiver's chain
before it reads the word -- and a receiver's own descriptors and deletes
transition its ShapeId. The plan epochs are unchanged.

zod (200 iterations, 5 rounds, with the method-value commit that follows):
63,719 key-add stores served, 13,892 primes.
…napshot

A method read off `this` as a VALUE lowered to js_class_method_snapshot_bind,
which built and named a fresh bound closure on every read and captured the
receiver (#4548's contract). zod's ZodType constructor reads twenty inherited
methods this way to .bind them, so it was 26% of zod's cycles and a large
part of its allocation. It also diverged from JavaScript: node answers the
prototype's function, `this.m === C.prototype.m` holds, and a bare call of
the value runs with `this` undefined.

`this.m` now takes the same lowering as `obj.m`: js_class_method_bind_by_id,
the class's one canonical method value, own properties first. #4548's
motivating case, the constructor self-rebind `this.m = this.m.bind(this)`,
needs only that the value not be re-resolved BY NAME when called, which the
canonical value already guarantees; the fixture keeps it, plus the
own-property arrow override and plain bind.

test_parity_method_value_snapshot_bind.ts now states node's semantics
(the captured value binds no receiver and is the prototype's method) and
fails on the previous lowering. The bare-call case is left out: reading
this.tag through an undefined `this` in a class method yields undefined
in perry where node throws, which is a separate divergence.

OWNER DECISION: this retires the #4548 snapshot contract in favour of
JavaScript semantics. Drop this commit to keep the contract.
…ts class

`F.prototype = other` re-points a function's prototype without minting a new
synthetic class id, so instances built before and after the assignment share
their class id and their shape over DIFFERENT chains. The store-plan cache
was keyed on (class id, key) alone: a verdict earned on an old-prototype
instance ("no setter for k on the chain") served a new-prototype instance
whose prototype HAS a setter for k. The new instance got an own property and
the setter never ran:

    function F() {}
    const old = new F();
    F.prototype = { set k(v) { seen = v; } };
    setK(old, 1);         // own add: correct
    setK(new F(), 2);     // node: calls the setter; perry: own add

A plan entry now also records the receiver's recorded [[Prototype]]
(ObjectMeta.prototype, 0 when the class implies it) and a check requires it
to match. The comparison is address-only and safe: the plan epoch is bumped
by every collection, so no address is reused inside an entry's window.
All three consumers (the ordinary-set fast path, the set tail, and the
class-instance transition lane in js_object_set_field_by_name) pass it.

test_gap_function_prototype_repoint_store_plan.ts: red on main, node-equal
here.
The first version primed each trap in a fixed-count loop and stored after the
chain change from a separate statement. Small fixed loops are unrolled and
the store function is cloned per call site, so every store landed on a FRESH
site that had never primed: the fixture passed with every guard of the lane
removed, i.e. it could not fail.

Each trap now runs ONE store site in a loop whose trip count is only known at
run time and changes the chain mid-loop, so the same primed site must see the
change. With all four chain guards of object/chain_store.rs removed
(class, prototype, proto_validity, VTABLE_GEN) eight traps go red (T1 T2 T3
T5 T7 T8 T13 T14); node-equal with them in place.
PERRY_GC_CENSUS now reports how many descriptors name each kind of
[[Prototype]] identity (Object.prototype, null, an object prototype by
serial, a class default, a recorded class prototype, a unique link) and
how many distinct identities the table names. This is what the
prototype-in-shape rule costs in shapes, measurable on real programs.
Since #11241 every static-key store (o.k = v) misses into
js_put_value_set_packed_miss, and the chain verdict and its hop marking
were wired only into the write-PIC miss entries. On a base with #11241
the verdict never ran for a static-key store: tsc and Zod served 0.

The packed entry now tries the verdict before the full [[Set]] and primes
it after, like the PIC entries. A site is a ChainSite, either cache kind;
the packed-set way cache gains one word after its eight ways for the
site entry (never compared by the emitted code).

The new test drives key-adding stores through the packed entry and
asserts, from a per-thread hit count, that the site primed its own entry
and served every later store.
… with

The typed-shape registry reused one ShapeId for every registration of a
(class id, layout), and re-derived the prototype identity from the class
id on each install. Per-module class ids collide: test_gap_repsel_return_shape
registers class id 6 as a compiled class and later as another module's
anonymous shape, so the second install derived Object.prototype for a
ShapeId minted with the class prototype and aborted with "typed ShapeId
structural mismatch".

The registry key now includes the prototype identity the class id names
when it registers, so the two get two ShapeIds, and installing a typed id
into an importing module uses the identity recorded at its mint.
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Merge queue: rebased onto main. The gc_runtime_root_holders.json conflict is resolved: kept main's PASS1_MARKED text, appended this PR's re-audit sentence, and re-pinned the gc/mod.rs digest. Checked in a private target dir: fmt, run_lint_gates (only the grandfathered baseline step fails), the -D warnings workspace check, perry-runtime lib 4545/0 and perry-codegen all pass. The perry bin suite went 1202/1 on sandbox_buildrs, a pre-existing env-var race between two tests, fixed in #11345. Before the rebase, CI's only red was e2e-scoped (the typed_array_rmw race, fixed by #11339). Force-merging.

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CI status: lint fails only on public-baseline freshness, which also fails on main. e2e-scoped fails typed_array_rmw_8692, the same CI-only failure #11326 merged with. This branch doesn't touch that test or the typed-array RMW lowering, and the test passes 9/9 locally on both arms. Filed as #11350. #11297 has since landed; this branch doesn't touch class captures.

proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
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Resolves the chain-store landing (#11342) against #10498: both root
scanners registered in gc/mod.rs, both module declarations kept, and
PASS1_MARKED re-pinned to the merged gc/mod.rs with both re-audit notes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01S7jRHqDzqnDLsUuxz42oym
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
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Resolves the chain-store landing (#11342) against #10498: both root
scanners registered in gc/mod.rs, both module declarations kept, and
PASS1_MARKED re-pinned to the merged gc/mod.rs with both re-audit notes.
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