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Stacked on #9957 (151680f; itself on #9950). Two runtime commits + reports: dd279a8 = a patch-identical replay of #9895's perf(gc): prune the per-object layout tables from a young-entry log on a minor (19a6cd2) onto the current tree (its other commits were superseded: 390796a is already on main, and the closure-log removal contradicts MP's measurement that the closure log pays); 97b5500 = a diag-only residue histogram (PERRY_LAYOUT_DIAG: per prune, the surviving LAYOUT_SLOT_MASKS entries by owner kind × slot bucket × pointer share × space, insert sites since the last prune, and a price line).

Why

MP's phase table priced a steady cc minor at 46 ms, of which the dead-owner prune of LAYOUT_SLOT_MASKS + TYPED_LAYOUTS was 8.5 ms: the prune walked the whole standing table (≈ 156 k keys on cc) on every copying minor, ≈ 57 ns per key (LD: 8.7–9.3 ms at 155–161 k keys, 3.7–5.2 ms at 71–86 k). #9895's young-entry log makes that walk O(young entries) — on cc the per-minor churn is +3…+10 keys.

Measured (perrymaster LP, 2026-09-08; control = #9957's tree on the same bundle cache)

  • LAYOUT_SLOT_MASKS + TYPED_LAYOUTS pruning per steady minor: 3,762–4,548 µs → 278–304 µs (series: control 3.5–9.0 ms every steady minor, this 0.2–1.0 ms); total dead-owner pruning 8.1/7.6 → 4.2/3.8 ms.
  • Steady minor pause medians 45.3/41.2 → 43.6/38.0 ms (−4 ms is the layout share; the rest is regex-finalization cadence variance).
  • 4-turn 3300 CPU, two rounds alternating: 9.60 → 8.93 s (−7.0 %) and 9.57 → 9.72 s (+1.6 %); mean −2.7 % with round-to-round spread larger than the effect. Peak RSS 663 → 669 (+0.9 %) / 650 → 649; settled after idle 520 → 540 (+3.8 %) / 542 → 539 — the log's memory is ≤ +20 MB in the worse round.
  • Runtime lib suite on the box 3,248 passed / 0 failed (137 layout + 56 young_log/prune tests); archives ok.

What the histogram says (one diag run, steady minor 5)

residue keys=155,924 closure=37,936 object=145 array=117,843; ptr_share q4=136,987 (≥ 75 % pointers); slots 4–7: 45.8 k, 8–15: 31.7 k, 16–31: 43.1 k, 32–63: 32.5 k, 64–255: 2.8 k, 256+: 18; space old=155,924 nursery=0 malloc=0; inserts_since birth=0 rebuild=0 store=5,974; per_key_prune_ns 1–4 on steady minors; est_tag_checks_saved_per_trace ≈ 160 k. The residue is old-generation pointer-dense arrays and closures whose masks are minted by field stores (layout_note_slot), not by births; the array masks save ≈ 160 k tag checks per full trace. Any change to which objects earn a mask is a separate design; this PR only makes their pruning cheap and their population visible.

Named tests: dead_young_masked_owner_is_pruned_through_the_layout_log, surviving_young_masked_owner_is_rekeyed_and_stays_logged, old_layout_records_are_skipped_by_a_minor (the replay), layout_residue_histogram_counts_by_kind_and_bucket, layout_residue_histogram_is_silent_when_unarmed (sabotage stated in the campaign report). Supersedes #9895.

GC-adjacent: needs the run-extended-tests label.

Settled RSS, resolved (perrymaster LP3, 2026-09-08)

The +20 MB after idle in one round was noise: on a dedicated idle row (one 3300-char reply, 120 s idle) the arm settles 16 MB lower and peaks 35 MB lower than the control (498 → 482 MB after idle; 640 → 605 peak); at 400 chars +4 MB after idle. Three 4-turn rounds: −7.0 %, +1.6 %, +0.8 % CPU (mean −1.5 %, consistent with ≈ 4 ms × 26 minors inside round-to-round spread); peak RSS −1.7 … +0.9 %. The young log holds no measurable memory.

https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Improved minor garbage-collection efficiency by limiting scans and cleanup work to entries that may still require processing.
    • Reduced unnecessary visits to layout, shape, closure metadata, and boxed-value records.
  • Diagnostics

    • Added optional garbage-collection timing details, including pause duration, scan time, phase breakdowns, and layout-residue statistics.
    • Added validation coverage for young-generation tracking and diagnostic accuracy.
  • Documentation

    • Added reports describing performance measurements, diagnostics, validation results, and follow-up benchmarking guidance.

Ralph Küpper and others added 11 commits September 7, 2026 14:33
Keep minor remembered sets for boxed roots and the shape table's carrier
mutations. Compact both sets after each minor while retaining authoritative
full-table walks for major collection.

Report whole copied-minor pause time and its scanner share together.
Record the scanner map, sabotage-able test coverage, disk-gated validation,
predictions, and the exact perrymaster follow-up request.
Account for the successful copying-minor path with diagnostic-only wall-time
buckets that partition the same interval as pause_us. Include per-table
from-space finalization and dead-owner prune detail so the remaining fixed
minor cost can be localized from one complete ran line.
Make descriptor, closure metadata, template, array named-property, and
symbol side-table minor scans proportional to entries that can still move,
die, or expose a young strong edge. Keep full scans authoritative and use
test-only re-derivation sabotage checks to enforce every write funnel.

Narrow descriptor and closure owner retention to collectible metadata keys;
long-lived values remain logged only where their transitive edges require it.
Record the phase instrument, young-log mappings and sabotage coverage,
shape residual analysis, validation results, performance predictions, and
the exact perrymaster relink and measurement request.
Restore the dense full-table walkers for template roots and symbol side
tables after MP measurements showed that their keyed young paths cost more.
Remove the associated publication upkeep and rederivation tests while
leaving the three measured wins and descriptor narrowing intact.

Move the built-in closure young log onto hot TLS and update the thread-local
and rekey policy inventories for the callable-exports module split.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
…minor

A minor can only remove nursery owners, so walk the per-object layout
tables' young-entry log rather than every standing key. Full collections
retain the whole-table prune and rebuild the log from survivors.

Replay 19a6cd2 on the PerryTS#9957 phase-instrument tree. Its runtime hunks are
unchanged; the young-log test file keeps both the newer fixed-cost scanner
tests and the replayed layout-prune tests.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
Under PERRY_LAYOUT_DIAG, time each existing death-prune walk and emit
marginal histograms for surviving mask owners, slot counts, pointer share,
and heap space. Price the standing residue as per-key prune nanoseconds and
the maximum tag checks masks can save in one full trace.

Keep insert provenance in diagnostic-only counters so LayoutSlotMask and the
unarmed trace/store representation do not change. Cover kind/bucket routing
and prove the unarmed histogram loop stays dark with sabotage-capable tests.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
Record the replay evidence, field derivations, sabotage-capable tests,
follow-up rule candidates, and exact Stage LP measurement request. Preserve
the binding disk-floor result for the release gates that could not start.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
Document the required target cleanup after the final Cargo gates were blocked
by the campaign's 12 GB free-space floor.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
Distinguish the two replay tests covered by the focused layout filter from
the remaining named test whose full-suite gate was blocked by disk capacity.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011dhBmdn4vGgNibjo3oZqTo
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The runtime adds collectible young-entry logs for minor-GC scanners and per-object layout pruning. It adds layout residue reporting, copying-minor phase timing, finalization counters, completeness tests, changelog entries, and campaign reports.

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GC young-generation scanner logs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Young-entry scanner flow
crates/perry-runtime/src/box.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/object/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/young_log.rs
Shape, box, descriptor, closure, and built-in closure metadata scans now use collectible young-entry logs for minor walks. Full walks remain authoritative.
Scanner validation and telemetry
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/young_log_tests.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes_test_support.rs, scripts/..., changelog.d/minor-scanner-young-logs.md, cc-perf-campaign/codex/REPORT_minor_scanner_young_logs.md, cc-perf-campaign/codex/REPORT_minor_phases_and_logs.md
Tests cover exact visits, mutation re-arming, promotion, and suppressed logging. Reports document measurements, validation, and scanner decisions.

Per-object layout pruning and diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Layout young-log pruning
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout_tables.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/dead_owner.rs
Per-object layout records are armed before insertion and pruned from a young-key log during minor collections. Full pruning rebuilds the log.
Layout residue instrumentation
crates/perry-runtime/src/hot_diag.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/layout_residue_histogram.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/mod.rs
Layout diagnostics now report residue by kind, slot bucket, pointer share, space, insert site, and pruning cost. Tests validate output and silent operation.
Layout documentation and campaign evidence
changelog.d/9841-layout-prune-young-log.md, cc-perf-campaign/codex/REPORT_layout_residue.md, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/young_log_tests.rs
The changelog, report, and young-log tests document pruning behavior, survivor re-keying, old-record skipping, and measured validation.

Copying-minor phase diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Phase accounting and finalization
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/copying_phase.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/copying.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/dead_owner.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics_gc.rs
Copying-minor collection records named phase spans, remembered-set counts, finalization timings, dead-owner details, scanner time, and the residual pause interval.
Diagnostic integration and validation
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/scanner_profile.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/mod.rs, cc-perf-campaign/codex/REPORT_minor_phases_and_logs.md, changelog.d/minor-scanner-young-logs.md
The GC module registers phase accounting, scanner profiling returns microseconds, and reports document validation and measurement requests.

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

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 32416

Current GC paths can omit live young references, risking incorrect relocation or collection in production. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Mutator
  participant YoungLog
  participant MinorGC
  participant Diagnostics
  Mutator->>YoungLog: record collectible metadata
  MinorGC->>YoungLog: scan or prune logged entries
  YoungLog-->>MinorGC: return surviving relocated entries
  MinorGC->>Diagnostics: emit phase and residue metrics
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/box.rs`:
- Around line 1000-1005: Update the full-trace rebuild in scan_box_roots_mut so
boxes drained from BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS are retained in the rebuilt log when they
remain relevant to minor collection. Ensure drained boxes are added to the
resulting young-root list even when skipped by the full-trace scan, while
preserving existing handling for boxes already added to kept.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout_tables.rs`:
- Line 399: Update the cfg gate on the caller of YoungLog::debug_assert_logged
to #[cfg(any(debug_assertions, test))], matching the method’s availability so
the completeness assertion also runs in release test builds.

In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes.rs`:
- Around line 807-815: Update try_update_stable_tombstone_shape so in-place
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  • cc-perf-campaign/codex/REPORT_layout_residue.md
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  • changelog.d/9841-layout-prune-young-log.md
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  • crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout_tables.rs
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  • crates/perry-runtime/src/hot_diag.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/node_submodules/diagnostics_gc.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/descriptor_state.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/descriptor_state/gc_scan.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/descriptor_state/young.rs
  • crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module/callable_exports.rs
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Comment on lines +1000 to +1005
let kept_len = kept.len() as u64;
BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS.with(|log| {
let mut log = log.borrow_mut();
let _ = log.take_sorted();
log.extend(kept);
});

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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#!/bin/bash
# Description: Trace the drained-box lifetime against full traces and the box young log.
set -euo pipefail

echo "== ASYNC_RELEASE_DRAINED producers and consumers =="
rg -n -C 6 'ASYNC_RELEASE_DRAINED' --type=rust

echo "== where pending releases are cleared / published =="
rg -n -C 4 'ASYNC_PENDING_RELEASES' --type=rust

echo "== full_trace_active definition and callers =="
ast-grep run --pattern 'pub(crate) fn full_trace_active() { $$$ }' --lang rust crates || true
rg -n -C 4 '\bfull_trace_active\s*\(' --type=rust

echo "== every writer of BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS =="
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The requested identifiers relate to the internal implementation of the Perry runtime (a native TypeScript compiler written in Rust) [1][2]. BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS and ASYNC_RELEASE_DRAINED are constants or flags associated with the memory management and asynchronous runtime systems within the crates/perry-runtime crate [1][3]. 1. BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS: This is part of the runtime's generational garbage collection (GC) architecture [4]. In the Perry runtime, memory management includes a generational GC that distinguishes between young and old objects [4]. BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS specifically refers to the handling of roots (pointers) located in the young generation ("nursery") or roots that point to the young generation during the GC mark and sweep phases [4]. 2. ASYNC_RELEASE_DRAINED: This identifier is associated with the runtime's asynchronous task management and stream handling [5]. The Perry runtime includes logic to handle asynchronous iterators and stream consumption [5]. The "drained" suffix typically refers to states where buffers or queues (such as those for Node.js-style Readable streams) have been fully processed or emptied, and "ASYNC_RELEASE" likely pertains to the teardown or cleanup procedures for these asynchronous handles [5]. These components are internal implementation details used for maintaining memory safety in the generational GC [4] and ensuring spec-compliant, non-blocking behavior for asynchronous operations and event-loop liveness [5][6]. They are not intended for end-user interaction.

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Keep drained boxes in BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS during a full-trace rebuild.

scan_box_roots_mut skips drained boxes before kept.push, then replaces BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS with kept. relevant_box_roots still includes registered boxes with minor-relevant payloads. scan_box_young_roots_mut visits only addresses taken from that log, so a subsequent minor can omit the payload. In debug or test builds, debug_assert_logged panics when the relevant entry is missing.

🐛 Proposed fix: log the drained box even though the full trace does not visit it
                 if full_trace
                     && pending
                         .get(&addr)
                         .is_some_and(|tag| *tag == (ASYNC_RELEASE_JS | ASYNC_RELEASE_DRAINED))
                 {
+                    // The full trace reaches this payload through each live
+                    // closure instead, but a minor still roots it strongly,
+                    // and `relevant_box_roots` names it. Keep the key.
+                    let ptr = addr as *mut Box;
+                    if is_plausible_box_ptr(ptr)
+                        && unsafe { crate::gc::young_log::bits_are_minor_relevant((*ptr).value) }
+                    {
+                        kept.push(addr);
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/box.rs` around lines 1000 - 1005, Update the
full-trace rebuild in scan_box_roots_mut so boxes drained from BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS
are retained in the rebuilt log when they remain relevant to minor collection.
Ensure drained boxes are added to the resulting young-root list even when
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// authoritative maps and refuse to run a partial walk that would miss one.
// A miss is a writer that published a young-keyed record without arming
// the log, which in release would silently keep a dead owner's record.
#[cfg(debug_assertions)]

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant cfg attributes ---'
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Run the young-log completeness assertion in release test builds.

YoungLog::debug_assert_logged is available under #[cfg(any(debug_assertions, test))], but its caller is gated by #[cfg(debug_assertions)]. Therefore, cargo test --release omits the assertion, so a missing arm_young_layout_key call is not detected. Use #[cfg(any(debug_assertions, test))] at the caller.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout_tables.rs` at line 399, Update the cfg
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Comment on lines +807 to +815
let descriptor = shape_descriptor_by_id(id);
note_old_generation_carrier(descriptor);
// This stamp is the structural-mutation publication funnel. Re-arm
// even when the descriptor was already an old carrier: an owned
// Longlived keys array may have just gained a nursery key at the same
// address, and its carrier flag alone cannot express that transition.
if let Some(descriptor) = descriptor {
note_shape_carrier_candidate(descriptor.keys);
}

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Route stable-tombstone updates through the carrier-note funnel. set_object_keys_array can send an in-place append to try_update_stable_tombstone_shape, which updates the existing descriptor and returns before stamp_object_shape_id_with_carrier_note runs. If an old receiver’s carried Longlived keys array gains a nursery key, the carrier log can miss that leaf; debug builds may panic in debug_assert_logged, while release builds may miss its rekey.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/shapes.rs` around lines 807 - 815, Update
try_update_stable_tombstone_shape so in-place descriptor updates route the
affected keys array through note_shape_carrier_candidate before returning,
preserving the carrier-note behavior that
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proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 7, 2026
- copying.rs reached 2066 lines. The remembered-set scan and pinned-young
  preflight move to copying/remembered_scan.rs. Their `pub(super)` meant
  `gc` in the parent and means `copying` in the child, so both are widened
  to `pub(in crate::gc)` to keep the original reach.

- regex_census.rs: `rows` is extended only under `regex-engine`, so the
  binding is unused-mut without that feature and REQUIRES mut with it.
  Scoped the allow to the feature-off build rather than dropping `mut`,
  which breaks the feature-on build. (My first attempt dropped it.)

- shapes.rs: #9976 deliberately removed `family_push_back`'s production
  rekey caller — the scanner-internal rekey note explains why re-entering
  the writer funnel mid-walk is wrong — leaving shapes_test_support as its
  only consumer. Gated `#[cfg(test)]` to match.

- Five new holders classified: BOX_YOUNG_ROOTS is covered_elsewhere, since
  every address in that minor remembered set is also in the box registry
  that scan_box_roots_mut walks; the four test seams and the histogram
  counter are not_a_gc_pointer.

- PASS1_MARKED re-audited: gc/mod.rs gains two module declarations and one
  reg_scanner! registration, gc/census.rs widens side_tables() and adds
  census rows plus a test. A scanner registration adds a root SOURCE and
  runs nowhere between the census boundaries; census reporting runs from
  the diagnostic dump, not inside a cycle. LAYOUT_DIAG's entry is deleted:
  the holder became covered, which the gate calls the receipt.
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Landed on main via merge train #9981. Validated as a tree: 77 of 80 lint gates pass, and perry-runtime/codegen/hir/stdlib all green (5,999 tests, 0 failures).

The three non-passing gates are accounted for: public-baseline is pre-existing on main (verified on a pristine worktree; red since 2026-07-29), and the two API docs gates are an artifact of this session's CARGO_TARGET_DIR override — with the binary where regen_api_docs.sh expects it, regeneration succeeds and the drift check is clean. Thanks!

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