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This train combines #10268, #10273 and #10275 as v0.5.1571. Medium JSON parses account for external side-buffer pressure; constant record literals use a bounded descriptor to avoid enormous LLVM functions; Headers accepts Proxy-backed records and identifies rejected initializers in its errors.

All ten source commits preserve authorship. Separate train commits fix seven raw-handle sites, enumerable-property/symbol/order handling for Proxy Headers, integration library selection, numbered changelogs, and holder pins from the merged tree. Both JSON inventory conflicts were reconstructed structurally. The GC documentation now correctly states that cumulative released-byte accounting includes mutator operations and can schedule full collections earlier.

Closes #10173

Full-tree validation on ea4832d, based on main 5400dba:

  • Full lint: 80/83 passed, two CI-only checks skipped. Only the known public-baseline freshness, API-docs drift and two WebAssembly dead-code errors remain. Generated docs restored; exact warning diagnostics confirmed. Raw ceilings remain 906/104; 402 classified holders and 412 frontier holders retained.
  • Compiler/HIR/parser/transform: 2,144 passed, two ignored. CLI: 1,138 passed. Runtime release: 3,948 passed, four ignored, only the known debug-assertion test fails in release. Standard library: 139 passed. Focused debug literal tests: 20 passed.
  • Five integration suites: 9 tests passed, including the 13-case Proxy Headers matrix, five large-literal cases, strict/numeric JSON, and typed/untyped parsing in every tape mode.
  • Native and shadow literal/Headers witnesses:all eight normal/stress runs match Node; literal stress moves 208,445+ objects and Headers 16,090. Both shadow IR root checks pass, and emitted calls prove both new literal helpers were exercised. The full GC instrument smoke passes, including real evacuation and retained growth.
  • Targeted gap filters: 46 distinct fixtures, 44 pass. The lazy JSON descriptor failure is byte-identical on matched main 192 and the train. Node rejects the escaped-key syntax in the other fixture; both Perry builds succeed identically. An initially empty filter was replaced by the actual object-literal fixtures.
  • Each source PR’s completed CI, including the fresh fix(fetch): accept a Proxy as a Headers record init #10275 head, compared with completed main 192: identical three gap regressions and failure output, with successful GC stress jobs. perf(gc): pace parse-boundary collection on JSON side-allocation bytes #10268 core has the baseline native-stack failure; fix(fetch): accept a Proxy as a Headers record init #10275 core passed; perf: remove the mid-size record-literal compile cliff #10273 core stopped at LLVM package download before tests. Main 192’s four GC-stress shards and aggregator also passed.

Final validated head 3d01cf1 also contains #10275’s fresh follow-up b8fbdcc. Only Headers code and its integration test changed from the full-tree run. A separate train repair rereads the existing rooted initializer after iterator callbacks for the new diagnostic. Final-head validation: full lint again 80/83 with the same three baseline failures (its four runtime test warnings are also present in the verified main 192 build log); coherent five-package release build; all 139 standard-library tests; both Headers integration tests (the original 13-case matrix plus exact numeric/boolean rejection diagnostics); all four native/shadow normal/stress Headers witnesses with real movement and both shadow root checks; all three Headers/Proxy gap fixtures. Generated docs restored and final compiler/archive hashes recorded. Literal/compiler/GC production code is identical to the previously measured and validated tree.

The owner approved proceeding with the documented train 193 CPU/RSS tradeoffs below. Both A/B arms use the same five-package release build and verified compiler/archive hashes. Three alternating runtime pairs; six extra JSON roundtrip pairs and three longer construction pairs:

Workload CPU change Peak RSS change
100,000 fresh 64-record literals 0.405→1.832s (4.53×) 22.64→86.45 MiB (3.82×)
13,197-byte JSON roundtrip,5,357 iterations (repeat) +16.69% −17.87%
400-record compilation (three cold compiles) −99.26% −95.40%
3,200-record compilation (three cold compiles) −99.27% −93.73%
400-record runtime scan −59.33% −78.40%
3,200-record runtime scan +2.14% −51.85%
Regex side-buffer churn −0.47% −8.77%
Existing Headers constructor controls −0.58% −0.19%

The shorter 1,000-call fresh-literal test also regresses (+147.75% CPU/+54.38% RSS); the longer run confirms the cost. Initial three JSON roundtrip pairs were+10.80% CPU/−17.54% RSS. Other JSON cases range−11.42% to+4.97% CPU, with RSS increases≤0.63%/+0.203 MiB and savings up to 30.79%; the 7,117,930-byte roundtrip saves 22.82% RSS. Generic GC controls range−2.42% to+5.05% CPU with RSS increases≤0.13%/+0.078 MiB. Single cold-control observations include Headers compiler CPU+2.51% and numeric-literal compiler RSS+0.875 MiB. Full-collection traces on side-buffer churn change 19→21 in both repetitions, confirming the broader policy.

All 52 JSON cases have both-arm Node verification (104 checks). Freshness and runtime/control checksums also match Node. The mimic control retains a separately proven baseline prototype mismatch. The 400-record fresh-function baseline exceeded 300seconds; no exact CPU/RSS delta is claimed for that incomplete compile. The bounded 64-record fixture still exercises the descriptor path. Runtime CPU uses process user+system time; shared-host wall time is not used to claim runtime speedups.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Large literal data can now compile with substantially improved speed and memory usage.
    • Headers now accepts Proxy-wrapped record objects and provides clearer invalid-input diagnostics.
    • Garbage collection better accounts for external allocations during parsing, reducing memory usage in affected workloads.
  • Documentation
    • Added benchmark procedures, measurements, and performance analysis.
  • Chores
    • Updated the project version to 0.5.1571.

Ralph Küpper and others added 14 commits September 14, 2026 19:38
A lazily-parsed document's memory is not in the arena: a 13 KB
records_array_16k parse puts ~1.1 KB (header + sparse cache + bitmap) in
the nursery and ~24 KB of tape in a json_tape_store side allocation. Both
arms of the parse-boundary dueness predicate are denominated in arena
bytes, so the young generation read 1/24th of what the process held and
the loop reached its nursery cap ~24x later than the memory said.

Add a third arm keyed on external_side_live_bytes(), with the
max(floor, baseline) growth band the old-gen reclaim already uses, based
at the reading the last collection left behind.
… the census snapshot

The parse-boundary band adds one Cell<usize> byte counter to gc/policy.rs.
Record its not_a_gc_pointer verdict, and re-audit + re-pin PASS1_MARKED's
non_moving_snapshot window, whose source list hashes gc/policy.rs.
Only a full collection returns arena capacity, and on a lazily-parsed
record loop the external side term was what pushed old-reclaim over its
band. Draining that term with the new parse-boundary minors removed those
fulls: records_array_1m:sparse went from 7 fulls to 1, arena dirty pages
29 -> 55 MB, peak RSS 63.5 -> 73.6 MiB with live external bytes HALVED.

Count what a non-full collection released since the last full into the
old-reclaim pressure term, so the full cadence is pinned to main's while
the band holds the live reading down.
…rweight

Ten tests over the new predicates, each with its sabotage recorded and
run: dropping the third arm, pricing the band at a bare floor, reverting
the old-reclaim term to the live read, and dropping the drain reset each
fail exactly the named tests.
new Headers(new Proxy({ 'x-a': '1' }, {})) raised "Headers constructor:
init is not iterable": the record path required a plain heap object, and a
proxy value is a proxy id rather than one, so neither the iterable nor the
record branch applied. Read a proxied init's own string keys and values
through its ownKeys/get traps instead, matching how the spec reads a record
init through the object's internal methods.

js_headers_init_from_value additionally treated any init as a possible
Headers handle before that: a proxy's NaN-box was masked into a registry id
and could alias a live Headers entry, copying the wrong headers. Proxies now
skip that shortcut.

Unblocks OpenCode's request path, where the AI SDK hands the fetch layer a
proxied header record (#10107).
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The pull request adds descriptor-based large record literal materialization, external side-allocation GC pacing, and Proxy-backed Headers record initialization. It also adds regression tests, benchmark tooling and data, changelog entries, root-holder metadata, and version 0.5.1571.

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Record literal materialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Literal-shape lowering and compiler wiring
crates/perry-hir/..., crates/perry-codegen/...
Large literal trees can use serialized descriptors. Wide literal-shape constructors can use shared initialization code.
Runtime materialization and wide constructors
crates/perry-runtime/..., crates/perry-codegen/...
The runtime materializes fresh arrays and shaped objects, validates malformed descriptors, and preserves values across GC.
Record regression coverage and measurements
benchmarks/large_json_literals/*, crates/perry/tests/issue_10151_large_json_define.rs, changelog.d/10273-record-literal-cliff.md, CLAUDE.md, Cargo.toml
Tests and benchmark artifacts cover the 3,200-record case, compiler measurements, runtime timings, and version 0.5.1571.

External side-allocation GC pacing

Layer / File(s) Summary
External allocation pressure accounting
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/*
GC scheduling considers live external side allocations and drained-byte debt for parse-boundary and old-reclaim decisions.
GC pacing tests and root census
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/tiny_parse_pressure.rs, scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json, changelog.d/10268-gc-medium-parse-side-allocation-pacing.md
Tests cover pressure bands, re-baselining, and debt clearing. The root census records the new counters.

Proxy-backed Headers initialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Proxy record conversion
crates/perry-stdlib/src/fetch/headers.rs, changelog.d/10275-headers-proxy-record-init.md
Headers accepts Proxy-wrapped record initializers and reads keys, descriptors, and values through Proxy operations.
Proxy Headers integration coverage
crates/perry/tests/headers_proxy_record_init.rs
Integration coverage checks trap order, enumerable properties, symbols, missing descriptors, existing input types, and rejected-init diagnostics.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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  participant Compiler
  participant DescriptorRuntime
  participant GC
  Compiler->>DescriptorRuntime: pass serialized literal descriptor
  DescriptorRuntime->>GC: allocate and initialize literal values
  GC-->>DescriptorRuntime: preserve objects during collection
  DescriptorRuntime-->>Compiler: return materialized value
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The record-literal compiler, runtime, benchmark, and regression-test changes support #10173. The GC pacing changes in crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/policy.rs, its tests, diagnostics, and holder census… Move the GC pacing and Headers Proxy changes, including their tests and related documentation, to separate pull requests linked to their own issues. Keep this pull request limited to the #10173 record-literal implementation and its suppor…
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #10173 requires a bounded static representation for mid-size record literals. The PR adds literal descriptors, bounded runtime materialization, and a shared wide-shape assignment helper. The com…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the merge train and its three main changes: JSON GC pacing, record literals, and Proxy Headers support.
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The record-literal compiler, runtime, benchmark, and regression-test changes support #10173. The GC pacing changes in crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/policy.rs, its tests, diagnostics, and holder census address external JSON side-allocation pressure. The Headers Proxy support in crates/perry-stdlib/src/fetch/headers.rs and its integration test address a separate initializer behavior. These objectives are unrelated to the directly linked record-literal issue.

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Move the GC pacing and Headers Proxy changes, including their tests and related documentation, to separate pull requests linked to their own issues. Keep this pull request limited to the #10173 record-literal implementation and its supporting validation.

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Restore GC_EXTERNAL_SIDE_DRAINED_SINCE_FULL in GcTestIsolationGuard.

gc_note_external_side_free increments this thread-local counter. The guard cleanup does not reset it, so the drained-byte debt can affect external_side_old_reclaim_pressure_bytes() in later tests on the same thread. Reset the counter in the guard’s test-state cleanup.

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Ralph Küpper added 2 commits September 14, 2026 23:13
"Headers constructor: init is not iterable" said nothing about what was
passed, which made a failing app (OpenCode's request path) impossible to
diagnose without a symbol build. The message now carries a short description
of the value — string, Proxy, array, Map, Set, object, or a raw tag for
non-heap values — computed only on the error path.
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