fix(regex): stop capping replace and split output lists at the scratch limit (#10164) - #10207
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…h limit (#10164) `String.prototype.replace`, `replaceAll` and `split` threw "Regular expression memory limit exceeded" once an operation's list reached 8,388,608 entries: `List::push` refused past `SCRATCH_BYTES / 8`. A replacement stores three entries per output piece and a callback replace appends two pieces per match, so `'ab12 cd345;'.repeat(n).replace(/[0-9]+/g, cb)` threw from exactly 699,050 records, where Node finishes in about 235 ms. That limit is for native scratch buffers; these lists are ordinary GC arrays whose length follows the subject. The cap is removed. The lists are bounded by what can be allocated, and output by the existing maximum-string-length check on piece units. The work budget has been unlimited since #10176 for the same reason. Test: a `replaceAll` over one match more than the former cap allows now produces the complete output; with the cap restored the same test aborts on the thrown error. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RJkA4Fhqz9J5F5fzDk5HWv
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe regex runtime no longer applies the scratch-buffer entry cap to operation lists. A replacement test verifies output beyond the former cap, and a changelog entry documents the change. ChangesRegex operation list capacity
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Very large replace or split operations can return incorrect results after the list crosses the array boundary, so the boundary guard should be fixed before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/regex/perex_replace_storage.rs`:
- Around line 55-64: Update List::push to check count >= 100,000,000 and return
StorageError::Limit before charging or calling js_array_push_f64, preventing the
backing array from exceeding the dense-array validation limit while preserving
existing append behavior below the limit.
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| /// Append one value. The list is an ordinary GC array, so it is bounded | ||
| /// by what can be allocated, not by a count: the scratch limit is for | ||
| /// native buffers, and a list's length follows the subject. A replacement | ||
| /// producing more pieces than that limit's entries once threw a memory | ||
| /// error on subjects Node replaces in a fraction of a second (#10164). | ||
| pub(super) fn push(&mut self, value: f64, budget: &mut Budget) -> Result<(), EngineError> { | ||
| host::charge(budget, 1)?; | ||
| if self.count >= api::SCRATCH_BYTES / 8 { | ||
| return Err(StorageError::Limit.into()); | ||
| } | ||
| let scope = RuntimeHandleScope::new(); | ||
| let value = scope.root_nanbox_f64(value); | ||
| let array = api::caught(|| { |
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Guard List::push at the dense-array boundary
When a list reaches 100,000,000 entries, the next append raises its dense-array length above the validation limit. On the following append, clean_arr_ptr_mut rejects the backing array, so js_array_push_f64 returns a fresh empty array. List::push stores that pointer and increments count, which loses earlier replace or split entries and returns incorrect results. Reject pushes when count >= 100_000_000 and return StorageError::Limit before calling js_array_push_f64.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/regex/perex_replace_storage.rs` around lines 55 -
64, Update List::push to check count >= 100,000,000 and return
StorageError::Limit before charging or calling js_array_push_f64, preventing the
backing array from exceeding the dense-array validation limit while preserving
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…he builtin (#10165) RegExp @@replace materialized a full exec result array per match, then read length, 0, index, each capture and groups back through generic property gets, and pushed every capture into a traced list before building the output. For a receiver whose exec is the builtin (regexp_view_uses_builtin) and whose program has no named groups, those objects and reads cannot be observed, so this path collects each match's capture spans natively instead and builds the output from spans of the input. The specification's order is kept: every match is collected before the first replacer call, so a replacer that changes lastIndex, exec or the pattern cannot change which matches are replaced. flags and the lastIndex reset still run first, and admission is decided after them because either can run user code; inside the collection loop no user code can run. Templates are parsed once (GetSubstitution without named groups) and emit input spans, so $&, $n, $` and $' allocate nothing per match. Replacer calls get the same arguments. The spans follow the subject (matches x captures), so they live in a plain Vec reported to the collector as external bytes and are not charged to the operation's MemoryBudget (#10164/#10207). execute_with_resources gains an ExecOutput::Spans mode; its signature is unchanged. Tests: the direct path against the ordinary loop (output and final lastIndex) over templates with every $ form, zero-width global matches with and without u, sticky and non-global receivers, non-ASCII input; replacer arguments; a replacer that rewinds lastIndex and installs an own exec; admission declining for an own exec and for named groups; span storage one match past a SCRATCH_BYTES/8-entry cap. A debug assertion bounds the collection loop. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Da12JXeG5XuVBma5yWp5C9
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String.prototype.replace,replaceAllandsplitthrowRangeError: Regular expression memory limit exceededonce an operation's internal list reaches 8,388,608 entries.List::push(crates/perry-runtime/src/regex/perex_replace_storage.rs) refused pastapi::SCRATCH_BYTES / 8.A replacement stores three list entries per output piece (source, start, end), and a callback replace appends two pieces per match. So
'ab12 cd345;'.repeat(n).replace(/[0-9]+/g, cb)throws from exactly 699,050 records (8,388,608 / 12), matching the 700k threshold measured on #10164. Node finishes the same input in about 235 ms. Template replacements append more pieces per match and hit the cap earlier (measured from 500k with"[$&]").Change
The count cap is removed. The scratch limit is for native buffers, and these lists are ordinary GC arrays whose length follows the subject. They are bounded by what can be allocated, and replacement output by the existing
MAX_STRING_LENGTHcheck on piece units. This follows #10176, which removed the fixed work budget for the same reason.The capture-count guard in
perex_replace.rs(a single exec result claiming more thanSCRATCH_BYTES / 8captures) is unchanged. It bounds a user-supplied result length, not output that grows with the subject.Tests
perex_replace_output_is_not_capped_by_the_scratch_limit: areplaceAllover one match more than the former cap allows produces the complete, correct output. With the cap restored, the same test aborts on the thrown error.cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib perex_replace: 10 passed.cargo check -p perry-runtime --no-default-features --features full: passes.scripts/run_lint_gates.shscript tier: only the public benchmark freshness gate fails, which fails on main too. No new clippy warnings in the touched files.Not changed: replace speed (per-match result objects replayed through generic property reads) is a separate change, coordinated to follow this one.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01RJkA4Fhqz9J5F5fzDk5HWv
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replace,replaceAll, andsplitoperations.