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fix(launcher): scope an inherited transpiler cache to the Bun version it starts - #7362

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On hosted Windows, the published Node launcher's Bun child loaded its whole CLI graph cold in CI. One run hit a 15 s spawnSync timeout: Codex CLI updater zero-effect boundary > published Node launcher attest observes explicit files without executing targets or changing state (run 38697651428, job 116298023775). #7151 raised that one budget to COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS without a cause.

Root cause. scripts/ci/run-bun-test-batches.sh gives each shard one shared BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH so children start warm; its comment records that cold loads pushed first Windows spawns to 15–40 s. The launcher starts the bundled runtime (dependencies.bun 1.4.2), but the tests run on testRunnerBun 1.4.3, and both inherit the same directory. Bun names .pile entries by source hash alone and stamps them with a format version (1.4.2 writes 28, 1.4.3 writes 34). A reader that finds the other format deletes the entry and rewrites it. So the two runtimes evict each other: every launcher child after any runner activity re-transpiles about 380 CLI modules and rewrites them, and the next runner child does the same in reverse. On Windows each rewrite is also a new file for Defender to scan.

Measured on this Mac with one shared explicit cache (file headers):

Step Before After
launcher (1.4.2) 714 × format 28 bun-1.4.2/: 714 × 28
runner (1.4.3) loads the same graph 337 × 28, 378 rewritten to 34 714 × 28 kept, 378 × 34 beside them
launcher again all 714 back to 28 unchanged
runner again (rewrites again) unchanged

Change. When the launcher inherits an explicit cache, it passes its Bun child <cache>/bun-<version>. The version comes from the bundled bun package's installed version, or from the probed version of a validated PATH Bun. Bun creates the subdirectory itself, under the protected parent. A disabled (0 or empty) or unset cache, an explicit OPENCODEX_BUN_PATH override (version unknown) and a malformed version are all left exactly as given. The helper is src/lib/bun-transpiler-cache-scope.mjs. Outside CI this only matters to someone who sets BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH and runs another Bun version against it, and they get the same fix.

Because the cause is gone, the attest test drops the special COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS and uses SPAWN_BUDGET_MS like its sibling, with the comment corrected.

Other tight spawnSync callers. Every test that spawns bin/ocx.mjs (about 27 files) shared this eviction, and this one launcher change covers all of them. Fresh-Bun spawns from the runner were also re-transpiling entries the launcher had just rewritten; they now stay warm too. tests/cli/cli-version-skew.test.ts disables the cache under a 5 s budget, but across every downloaded Windows log it peaks at 1.5 s, so I left it unchanged. The other spawns in the review list have no failure evidence either.

Not changed: the ~20 s Windows modelAliases sync writes unique slugs (#4730) > real sync dedups duplicate rows… timeout. It appears once in the last ~25 failed scheduled and dispatched ci.yml runs (run 38076321584, job 114283955397, head 848ec37, 2026-10-10). That run predates #7107 (494c50d, 10-14), which introduced the shared shard cache precisely because Windows first spawns were timing out on cold module loads. On 10-10 every batch started with an empty transpiler cache, and this file was the first file of batch 15. Its bun --eval child had to transpile the whole catalog-sync graph cold before running, and the log shows no child output before the 20 s deadline (killed 1 dangling process, [spawn signal] SIGTERM). Passing Windows runs take 0.58–2.0 s. The product path itself is bounded: 8 s --version and 10 s debug models deadlines that kill the child and destroy its stdout, plus a 45 s overall race. #7107 removed that cold load, and this PR removes the remaining eviction by the launcher's runtime. The failure hasn't recurred since and passed 50/50 locally under load, so I left the test unchanged. One caveat: the log has no phase timing, so the cold-load attribution is the best supported explanation, not a measurement. Upstream oven-sh/bun#44581 says the Bun 1.4.0 spawnSync exit-loss bug fixed in #6986 does not affect Windows, so that is not the cause.

Verification

  • New tests/cli/bun-transpiler-cache-scope.test.ts: two helper cases plus one end-to-end run of the real launcher with an explicit cache, asserting the bundled runtime writes only into bun-<bundled version>/. It fails on dev (709 entries land in the shared root) and passes with the fix.
  • Windows env-name casing: on win32 the helper matches every spelling of the variable (Bun's lookup is case-insensitive) and leaves one scoped entry; covered by a unit case. POSIX keeps exact matching.
  • Focused suites: bun-transpiler-cache-scope, ocx-launcher-runtime, codex-cli-update-zero-effect, install-scripts, test-runner, structure-ssot: 211 pass, 0 fail (7 platform skips).
  • bun run typecheck, bun run structure:check, the test-layout guards and scripts/file-size-ratchet.ts pass.
  • Full suite not run locally; this changes one launcher env value, and the focused suites cover the launcher and runner. The Windows timing effect is left to the lane=all run.

Checklist

  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed. (structure/runtime.md and structure/ops/cross-platform-ci.md.)
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. (The cache subdirectory stays under the operator's protected path, and the version component is validated against a strict semver pattern before use.)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • The launcher now keeps transpiler caches separate by Bun runtime version, reducing cache conflicts when different Bun versions run.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for runtime-specific cache behavior and launcher operation.

… it starts

The CI shard cache is shared by the test-runner Bun (1.4.3) and the bundled
runtime the launcher starts (1.4.2). Bun keys .pile entries by source hash and
deletes entries written in another release's format, so each version evicted
the other's on every start and launcher children loaded the CLI graph cold
(15 s Windows spawnSync timeout, run 38697651428). Pass the child
<cache>/bun-<version>; leave disabled/unset caches and overrides untouched.
Drop the attest test's cold budget now that the cause is gone.
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The launcher detects the selected Bun runtime version and scopes an enabled, inherited transpiler cache path to that version before starting the Bun child process. Tests and documentation cover the cache scoping behavior.

Changes: Runtime cache scoping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Select runtime and scope cache
src/lib/bun-transpiler-cache-scope.mjs, bin/ocx.mjs
The helper scopes enabled cache paths to valid runtime versions. The launcher adds versions to bundled and PATH Bun runtime details, then applies the scoped environment to the child process.
Validate and document cache scoping
tests/cli/bun-transpiler-cache-scope.test.ts, tests/codex-integration/codex-cli-update-zero-effect.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, structure/ops/cross-platform-ci.md, structure/runtime.md
Tests cover valid, disabled, and invalid cache settings, platform-specific environment names, and the published launcher. The Codex CLI test uses the shared spawn budget. Documentation describes runtime-specific cache paths and cache eviction across runtimes.

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Change: Bug fix

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The Windows attestation test may time out on a cold launch. Restore its cold-spawn budget to avoid intermittent qualification failures.

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export function scopeTranspilerCacheToRuntime(env, runtimeVersion, join) {
const cache = env[TRANSPILER_CACHE_ENV];
if (typeof cache !== "string" || cache === "" || cache === "0") return env;
if (typeof runtimeVersion !== "string" || !VERSION.test(runtimeVersion)) return env;

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P2 Badge Accept versions the PATH resolver already validates

When the bundled runtime is unavailable and an accepted PATH Bun reports a version with build metadata such as 1.4.0+build.1, findPathBun returns that version (and tests/cli/ocx-launcher-runtime.test.ts explicitly requires it), but this regex rejects it. The launcher consequently leaves the shared cache unscoped, recreating the cross-version eviction and Windows timeout behavior this change is intended to fix; align this validation with the PATH resolver's accepted stable-version grammar.

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* @returns {Record<string, string | undefined>}
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export function scopeTranspilerCacheToRuntime(env, runtimeVersion, join) {
const cache = env[TRANSPILER_CACHE_ENV];

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P2 Badge Match the cache variable case-insensitively on Windows

On Windows, environment-variable names are case-insensitive, but inheritedEnv is a spread into an ordinary case-sensitive object. If the inherited environment spells this variable as Bun_Runtime_Transpiler_Cache_Path or another casing, this lookup misses it even though Bun receives and honors it, so the cache remains shared and the eviction/timeout issue persists. Locate the actual key case-insensitively on Windows and replace that entry rather than assuming the uppercase spelling.

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Comment on lines 50 to +54
const result = spawnSync("node", [
repoPath("bin", "ocx.mjs"), "system", "codex-cli-update", "attest",
"--candidate", candidate, "--npm-prefix", prefix, "--npm-cli", npmCli, "--node", node, "--json",
], {
cwd: repoRoot(), encoding: "utf8", timeout: COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS - 5_000, windowsHide: true,
cwd: repoRoot(), encoding: "utf8", timeout: SPAWN_BUDGET_MS - 5_000, windowsHide: true,

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '1,105p' tests/codex-integration/codex-cli-update-zero-effect.test.ts
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rg -n -F -- 'COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS' tests/helpers/test-budget.* tests | head -30
printf '%s\n' '--- launcher runtime selection ---'
sed -n '920,1105p' bin/ocx.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- attestation route and callers ---'
rg -n -F -- 'codex-cli-update' bin src tests/codex-integration tests/cli | head -100
printf '%s\n' '--- test diff against merge base ---'
git diff --unified=35 ee3ad33f9be911a445f8fb6046aca544dc96a878 bd03bd454d741e6bc616e7c0a3004707946c8f5c -- tests/codex-integration/codex-cli-update-zero-effect.test.ts

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rg -n -F -- 'BUN_RUNTIME_PATH_ENV' bin/ocx.mjs src tests/cli
rg -n -F -- 'BUN_RUNTIME_TRANSPILER_CACHE_PATH' bin/ocx.mjs src tests/cli
sed -n '1100,1265p' bin/ocx.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- attestation command implementation ---'
sed -n '1,235p' src/cli/codex-cli-update.ts
sed -n '235,430p' src/cli/codex-cli-update.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- cache-scope test and budget context ---'
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sed -n '1,180p' src/lib/bun-transpiler-cache-scope.mjs
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Restore the cold-spawn budget for this attestation.

The Windows qualification lane exports OPENCODEX_BUN_PATH, and this test inherits it. The launcher uses that override without a runtime version, so the new cache scoping does not apply. This test is the first Node-to-Bun spawn and covers the documented Windows cold-start path. Its 40-second child timeout can expire during the documented 15–40-second cold load, causing spawnSync to return an error before the attestation assertions run.

Suggested fix
-import { SPAWN_BUDGET_MS } from "../helpers/test-budget";
+import { COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS, SPAWN_BUDGET_MS } from "../helpers/test-budget";
...
-        cwd: repoRoot(), encoding: "utf8", timeout: SPAWN_BUDGET_MS - 5_000, windowsHide: true,
+        cwd: repoRoot(), encoding: "utf8", timeout: COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS - 5_000, windowsHide: true,
...
-    }, SPAWN_BUDGET_MS,
+    }, COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS,
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Review comment at @tests/codex-integration/codex-cli-update-zero-effect.test.ts
around lines 50 - 54:
Update the codex-cli-update attestation test to use COLD_SPAWN_BUDGET_MS for
both the spawnSync timeout and the surrounding test timeout, retaining the
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lidge-jun deleted the fix/windows-spawn-timeouts-2-89 branch October 19, 2026 08:04
lidge-jun added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 19, 2026
…n source oracles (#7365)

#7362 changed the bundled-runtime return and the spawn env line that two
source-invariant oracles pinned literally (dev test 4/4, run 39218333499).
Assert the new lines; the scoped inheritedEnv must sit inside the spawn call.
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