fix(runtime): never evict a scheduled timer's ref state (#10447) - #10538
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The bounded id->ref-state registry (#6084) evicted the oldest ids by insertion order whether or not they were still scheduled, so 65,536 later timers undid a live timer's unref() (the missing id read as ref'd and kept the process alive until the timer fired) and dropped the id from is_known_timer_id (.hasRef()/.ref()/.unref()/.constructor stopped dispatching). The kind table had the same cap with an O(n) min() scan per insert once full. Merge both tables into one registry keyed by id. A scheduled id is pinned by a ScheduledTimerId token stored in its queue entry; dropping the entry on any path (fire, clear, agent purge, mock reset) retires the id, and only retired ids are eviction candidates, so the map stays bounded by live timers + 65,536.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe timer runtime now uses one registry for timer reference state, timer kind, and scheduling status. Scheduled IDs remain registered until their queue entries retire. Retired entries are evicted within the registry cap, with coverage for timer churn and liveness. ChangesTimer reference-state retention
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Mock timer callbacks can lose 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@changelog.d/10538-timer-ref-state-eviction.md`:
- Line 3: Update the changelog sentence describing the evicted timer in the
“What broke” section: replace the claim that the program detached the callback
with wording that accurately states the callback remained unref’d and was
allowed to run while the process stayed alive.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/timer.rs`:
- Line 752: Update mock_timers_advance_to so the action tuple retains the
one-shot timer’s _scheduled guard until call_timer_callback returns; use None
for the interval branch so both branches share the same tuple shape, and
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| **What broke.** #6084 bounded the id→ref-state registry at 65,536 entries. It evicted by insertion order and never checked whether an id was still scheduled. A live, long-delay `unref()`'d timer was evicted once 65,536 newer timers had been created. The lookup then read the missing id as ref'd, so the process stayed alive until that timer fired and ran a callback the program had detached. rate-limiter-flexible, which creates one timer per key, lingered 12–15 s after a 1M-operation run. The evicted id also dropped out of `is_known_timer_id`, so `.hasRef()`, `.ref()`, `.unref()`, `.constructor` and `+t` stopped resolving on the handle. The id→kind table (`Timeout`/`Immediate`) had the same cap. Once full, it scanned all 65,536 keys for the minimum on every `setTimeout`, so 200k `clearTimeout(setTimeout(f, 1000))` cost 126 billion instructions. | |||
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Describe unref() accurately.
Line 3 says that the program detached the callback. unref() does not detach or cancel a callback. It only permits process exit when no referenced work remains. State that eviction kept the process alive and therefore allowed the unref'd callback to run.
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- The lookup then read the missing id as ref'd, so the process stayed alive until that timer fired and ran a callback the program had detached.
+ The lookup then read the missing id as ref'd, so the process stayed alive until that timer fired and ran an unref'd callback.📝 Committable suggestion
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| **What broke.** #6084 bounded the id→ref-state registry at 65,536 entries. It evicted by insertion order and never checked whether an id was still scheduled. A live, long-delay `unref()`'d timer was evicted once 65,536 newer timers had been created. The lookup then read the missing id as ref'd, so the process stayed alive until that timer fired and ran a callback the program had detached. rate-limiter-flexible, which creates one timer per key, lingered 12–15 s after a 1M-operation run. The evicted id also dropped out of `is_known_timer_id`, so `.hasRef()`, `.ref()`, `.unref()`, `.constructor` and `+t` stopped resolving on the handle. The id→kind table (`Timeout`/`Immediate`) had the same cap. Once full, it scanned all 65,536 keys for the minimum on every `setTimeout`, so 200k `clearTimeout(setTimeout(f, 1000))` cost 126 billion instructions. | |
| **What broke.** #6084 bounded the id→ref-state registry at 65,536 entries. It evicted by insertion order and never checked whether an id was still scheduled. A live, long-delay `unref()`'d timer was evicted once 65,536 newer timers had been created. The lookup then read the missing id as ref'd, so the process stayed alive until that timer fired and ran an unref'd callback. rate-limiter-flexible, which creates one timer per key, lingered 12–15 s after a 1M-operation run. The evicted id also dropped out of `is_known_timer_id`, so `.hasRef()`, `.ref()`, `.unref()`, `.constructor` and `+t` stopped resolving on the handle. The id→kind table (`Timeout`/`Immediate`) had the same cap. Once full, it scanned all 65,536 keys for the minimum on every `setTimeout`, so 200k `clearTimeout(setTimeout(f, 1000))` cost 126 billion instructions. |
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In `@changelog.d/10538-timer-ref-state-eviction.md` at line 3, Update the
changelog sentence describing the evicted timer in the “What broke” section:
replace the claim that the program detached the callback with wording that
accurately states the callback remained unref’d and was allowed to run while the
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| args: crate::gc::RuntimeHandleScope::refreshed_nanbox_f64_slice(&arg_handles), | ||
| context: crate::async_context::capture_context(), | ||
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🔎 Supported by static analysis
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Keep the mock callback registration alive during callback execution.
mock_timers_advance_to removes a one-shot MockCallbackTimer before calling call_timer_callback. Dropping _scheduled retires the ID. If the callback creates and clears at least TIMER_REF_STATES_CAP timers, registry eviction can remove its ID before dispatch completes. The callback's this value can then stop using timer dispatch, so this.hasRef() and the timer kind used by this.constructor are no longer preserved.
Keep _scheduled in the action until call_timer_callback returns. Include None for the interval branch so both action branches retain the same tuple shape.
Proposed fix
- Some((
+ Some((
timer.id,
timer.callback,
timer.args.clone(),
timer.context.clone(),
+ None,
))
} else {
let timer = state.callbacks.remove(idx);
- Some((timer.id, timer.callback, timer.args, timer.context))
+ Some((
+ timer.id,
+ timer.callback,
+ timer.args,
+ timer.context,
+ Some(timer._scheduled),
+ ))
}
};
- if let Some((id, callback, args, context)) = action {
+ if let Some((id, callback, args, context, _scheduled)) = action {
call_timer_callback(id, callback, &args, &context);
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/timer.rs` at line 752, Update mock_timers_advance_to
so the action tuple retains the one-shot timer’s _scheduled guard until
call_timer_callback returns; use None for the interval branch so both branches
share the same tuple shape, and destructure the guard alongside id, callback,
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Summary
After more than 65,536 later timers, a still-scheduled timer lost its
unref(): the process stayed alive until the timer fired and ran a callback the program had detached. The same handle also stopped answering.hasRef(),.ref(),.unref(),.constructorand+t. This PR keeps every scheduled timer's registry entry until the timer fires or is cleared. Memory stays bounded the way #6084 intended, and the fix also removes the O(65,536) scan thatsetTimeoutdid on every call once the kind table was full.Root cause
crates/perry-runtime/src/timer/ref_states.rs:28(insert_bounded,TIMER_REF_STATES_CAP = 65_536) evicted the oldest ids by insertion order. It never checked whether an id was still scheduled.timer_has_ref_state(timer.rs:124) reads a missing id as ref'd. So an evicted live timer that had beenunref()'d looked ref'd to every loop-liveness reader: the drain attimer.rs:1266, the next-deadline filters at1447and1791, the interval tick at1703, andhas_refed_callback_timer/has_refed_interval_timerinownership.rs. The loop then waited for the timer to fire.is_known_timer_idanswers from the same map. For an evicted id, the small-handle dispatch no longer treated the value as a timer..hasRefcame back asundefined, and.ref()/.unref()did nothing.record_timer_handle_kind(timer.rs:617) had the same cap with its own eviction. Once full, it ran a linearkeys().min()scan on every insert. That is the performance cliff: 200kclearTimeout(setTimeout(f, 1000))took 126 billion instructions.Fix
TimerRefStates). Each entry holdshas_ref,kindand ascheduledflag.ScheduledTimerIdtoken, which is stored in the queue entry itself (CallbackTimer,IntervalTimer, and the mock-timer entries). When the entry is dropped, the token retires the id.clearTimeout/clearInterval/clearImmediate,purge_agent_timers, and mock-timer clear/reset. No removal site can forget to retire.Clone; the one whole-entry clone now copies only the fields it needs..hasRef()on a recent handle still works.min()scan is gone.timer.rsfilters now testallow_unref || has_ref(id), so the lookup is skipped whenever the loop is alive anyway. The logic is the same.has_refed_callback_timer/has_refed_interval_timertake the registry lock once per scan instead of once per entry.timer.ref_statesrow to thePERRY_GC_CENSUSside-table output.scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json: I deleted theTIMER_HANDLE_KINDSentry because that static no longer exists. The gate reports a stale entry as a failure. The new registry holds no heap pointers.Promise timers (
TIMER_QUEUE) already storedhas_refon the entry and are unchanged.Tests
test-files/test_gap_10447_timer_ref_state_eviction.tschecks the following after 70,000 later timers:setTimeoutand an unref'dsetIntervalnever fire, and the process exits right away;.hasRef(),.constructor.nameand+tstill work on live handles (TimeoutandImmediate);.unref()still works on a ref'd handle;.ref()re-arms an unref'd handle, and it fires;.hasRef()works on a recent handle;hasRef=missing ctor=undefined primitive=false, and all four unref'd callbacks fire (BUG: ...), so the run takes 1.5 s. On this branch the output matches Node byte for byte and the run takes 0.04 s. Harness:run_parity_tests.sh --filter test_gap_10447is PASS on this branch and "Output Mismatch" on the baseline.ref_states.rs:a_scheduled_id_survives_any_number_of_later_timerslive_timers_beyond_the_cap_are_all_keptretired_ids_evict_oldest_and_cap_size(the [perf] Quadratic async/promise/timer structures + object-keyed Map O(n) + permanent TIMER_REF_STATES leak #6084 test, adapted)a_million_set_clear_cycles_stay_bounded: 1M schedule+retire cycles leave exactly 65,536 entries, and so do 196kunref()calls on unknown idsref_unref_and_repeated_retire_do_not_grow_the_queuelive_timers_keep_ref_state_across_timer_churn, end to end through the real queues: 67,536setTimeout+clearTimeoutcycles, then it checksis_known_timer_id,js_timer_has_ref, the kinds, and thatjs_callback_timer_has_pending/js_interval_timer_has_pendingstay 0 for unref'd timers and become 1 afterref().Validation
Everything below ran on Linux x64 at base
7661bc05fe.Cargo tests
RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --tests --no-fail-fast: lib 3970 passed, 1 failed;android_tls_poolpassed.gc::tests::heap_generation::a_free_or_move_outside_every_scope_is_caught_in_debug_builds. It checks adebug_assert!, which a release build compiles out. It passes in a debug build (cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib), and it does not touch timers.timer::unit tests also pass in a debug build, which is what CI'scargo-testuses. They take 2.7 s in total.Lint (
run_lint_gates.sh, full run including the compile tier)benchmarks/ci_public_baseline_check.py("public artifact benchmark inputs changed") fails the same way in a clean7661bc05feworktree.-D warningscheck, clippy, file-size (timer.rs went from 1952 to 1929 lines),gc_runtime_root_holdersandcheck_test_registrationare all green.Gap suite (
PERRY_SKIP_BUILD=1 ./scripts/run_gap_tests.sh)GAP_EXIT=0("Gap snapshot OK — 820 tests match").2159_defineproperty_class_prototype,2514_settracesigint,json_lazy_defineproperty_index,perfhooks_3088_3008_3010_3011,prop_plan_cache_invalidation,v8_2_3680plus. There are no new failures.Performance. Instructions are
instructions:ufromperf stat, median of 3 runs per arm. Both arms were built the same way (cgu=16,PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1), one at the base commit and one with the fix.clearTimeout(setTimeout(f,1000))t.unref()+t.hasRef()per timersetImmediatesetTimeout(f,0)firedsetImmediatesetTimeout(f,0)benchmarks/tls-budget/asyncpipe.tsAlso measured:
setTimeout(f, i % 20)scheduled and fired: 139M/138M/143M instructions on the baseline and 138M/112M/120M with the fix. These counts are noisy because the loop spins while it waits for deadlines. No regression.PERRY_GC_CENSUSrowtimer.ref_statesshows 65,537 entries (65,536 retired + 1 scheduled) and 5.5 MB after both 1M and 3M set+clear cycles run across loop turns. Max RSS was 118 MB at 1M and 118 MB at 3M. After 1M cycles in a single synchronous loop there are 65,536 entries.setImmediatewall time is dominated by an existing latency of about 0.5 ms per hop, separate from this change. 2,000 hops take 1.04 s on the baseline, and 50k hops take about 53 s on both arms.Package check (rate-limiter-flexible 11.2.0, 400k operations, informational). Baseline 33.0 s, fix 32.2 s, Node 0.7 s. The timer registry was not this package's main cost: 44 % of the time is in
js_put_value_set_dyn_ic_miss→ordinary_set_with_receiver(dynamic property sets), and 1.7 % is in theclearIntervalscan listed below.Not verified / deliberately left
clearTimeout/clearIntervalstill scan every live timer.find+retainover the queue is O(live) per call; 20k live timers take 0.33 s to clear, against 0.07 s in Node. It shows up as 1.7% self time in the rate-limiter-flexible profile. Fixing it needs an id-indexed queue, which is a structural change outside this issue.timeout.refresh()re-refs an unref'd timer.js_timer_refreshcallsset_timer_ref_state(id, true), but Node keeps the ref state. This happens on the baseline too, so I left it alone.Fixes #10447
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hasRef()now remain accurate for active timeouts, intervals, and immediates.Tests