chore: remove Tier A native bindings (fetch alias, tursodb, iroh)

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Summary

Removes the three Tier A native bindings identified as safe to delete with
no compiler work needed: the bare-name fetch alias for node-fetch, and
the leftover in-tree accounting for tursodb/iroh (whose actual
implementations already moved to @perryts/tursodb / @perryts/iroh in
v0.5.557). This is a remove-only change — no behavior changes to anything
that was actually working, no refactors.

What was deleted

fetch bare-name alias (import "fetch" as a synonym for "node-fetch",
both routed to the perry-ext-fetch crate):

• [bindings.fetch] block in crates/perry/well_known_bindings.toml
  ([bindings."node-fetch"] and the perry-ext-fetch crate are untouched —
  node-fetch stays a fully supported explicit import)
• "fetch" entry in NATIVE_MODULES (crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries.rs)
• the now-dead | "fetch" match arm in
  crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/freshness.rs's
  shared-tokio classifier (unreachable once "fetch" can no longer resolve
  as a native module import)

tursodb / iroh (their perry-ext-tursodb / perry-ext-iroh crates and
well_known_bindings.toml entries were already removed in v0.5.557; this PR
finishes the job by removing what was left pointing at them):

• "tursodb" / "iroh" entries in NATIVE_MODULES
  (crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries.rs)
• their manifest method entries in
  crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries/part_1.rs (19 method() rows)
• "tursodb" => &[] / "iroh" => &[] arms in
  crates/perry/src/commands/stdlib_features.rs
• their skip-list entries (and the doc comment explaining them) in the two
  NATIVE_MODULES coverage sweeps in
  crates/perry-hir/tests/unimplemented_api_check.rs

Why this is safe: tursodb/iroh being in NATIVE_MODULES made
import * as tursodb from "tursodb" (bare specifier) short-circuit past file
resolution entirely (perry_hir::is_native_module in
crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve.rs), with no crate left to back
it — a dangling reference, not a working feature. The real external packages
are consumed via the scoped specifier (@perryts/tursodb, @perryts/iroh),
which was never in NATIVE_MODULES and resolves normally through
node_modules's perry.nativeLibrary mechanism, untouched by this PR.
Verified directly: import * as tursodb from "tursodb" now fails at compile
time with a clear "Perry has no stdlib bindings for this module path" error
instead of silently claiming nativeness with nothing behind it.

What was deliberately kept

• crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries/part_4.rs's "fetch" manifest
  entries (method("fetch", "default", …), class("fetch", "Headers"), …)
  — not dead weight. They back the built-in Web Fetch API's internal
  value-dispatch tag (Response/Headers/Request/Blob/FormData +
  the bare global fetch() call), which is a completely separate mechanism
  from the removed import-specifier alias and stays on perry-stdlib
  (confirmed by the pre-existing
  builtin_fetch_usage_does_not_synthesize_well_known_fetch test). Since
  "fetch" is no longer a NATIVE_MODULES import specifier, it's now
  listed in the test-only INTERNAL_MODULE_KEYS allowlist
  (crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries.rs) alongside the existing
  inspector.Network / punycode.ucs2 internal dispatch keys — this is
  what known_modules_consistent_with_manifest requires and it caught the
  omission on the first test run.
• node-fetch binding, crate, and manifest coverage — fully intact.
• docs/src/native-libraries/overview.md, docs/src/stdlib/overview.md /
  other.md, and the tursodb/iroh sections of
  docs/src/native-libraries/authoring-guide.md — these document the
  external @perryts/tursodb / @perryts/iroh packages, which still exist
  and still work; nothing about them changed.

Regenerated (not hand-edited)

• docs/src/api/reference.md / docs/api/perry.d.ts via
  --print-api-manifest=markdown / =dts (same command
  scripts/regen_api_docs.sh runs) — drops the tursodb/iroh sections,
  keeps ## fetch (see above).
• docs/src/native-libraries/governance.md's generated table via
  python3 scripts/binding_governance.py --table — perry-ext-fetch's
  package-mapping column drops fetch, keeps node-fetch.

Validation

• Build: cargo build --profile perry-dev -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static clean.
• Cargo tests (crates touched): perry-api-manifest (39/39),
  perry-hir --tests (447/447 in the relevant suite, incl.
  every_supported_module_rejects_bogus_member/_call,
  known_modules_consistent_with_manifest), perry-codegen --test manifest_consistency (5/5, incl. every_native_module_has_at_least_one_manifest_entry
  and every_well_known_binding_has_manifest_entry), perry --bin perry
  filtered to stdlib_features/optimized_libs (52/52, incl. the two
  fetch-specific tests builtin_fetch_usage_does_not_synthesize_well_known_fetch
  and explicit_node_fetch_import_still_routes_to_well_known_fetch). All
  green; known_modules_consistent_with_manifest caught the missing
  INTERNAL_MODULE_KEYS entry on the first pass (fixed in this PR).
• Lint (SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1 ./scripts/run_lint_gates.sh): 76/77
  passed. The one red, "Public benchmark evidence freshness", is
  pre-existing and unrelated (known red on every PR in this repo — not
  chased, per repo convention).
• Gap suite (targeted, PERRY_SKIP_BUILD=1 PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1 --filter, every existing gap/issue fixture that imports node-fetch or
  uses the built-in fetch): test_gap_10430_stream_module_constructor
  (the one fixture using explicit node-fetch), test_gap_9536_fetch_url_error,
  test_issue_5432_fetch_headers_foreach,
  test_gap_9552_cross_thread_promise_survives_gc,
  test_http_createserver_v8, test_issue_4728_async_handler_res_end,
  test_issue_921_throw_across_await — all 100% parity.
  test_fastify_in_process reported a compile failure under this exact flag
  combination, but it's a pre-existing, unrelated limitation: its own
  compile error names it directly — import 'fastify' needs the
  external-fastify-pump stdlib feature that PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE
  skips, nothing to do with this change. Confirmed by compiling it directly
  without that flag: it builds (13.3 MB) and runs correctly
  (Server listening on … / ok=true).
• Removed-surface sanity checks (hand-written probes, not part of the
  gap suite): import fetch from "fetch" now falls through to Perry's
  existing unresolvable-default-import handling and still resolves to the
  global fetch function (typeof fetch === "function") — no crash, no
  regression, it just no longer goes through the alias binding.
  import * as tursodb from "tursodb" and import * as iroh from "iroh"
  now fail at compile time with a clear, actionable error instead of
  silently compiling to a broken native dispatch. Built-in
  fetch/Response/Headers (no import at all) still resolve to
  "function".
• Real external package (@perryts/tursodb/@perryts/iroh): not
  exercised — installing them requires network access to their standalone
  GitHub repos, which wasn't part of this validation pass. Stated plainly
  rather than skipped silently: the scoped-specifier resolution path
  (node_modules/<pkg>/package.json's perry.nativeLibrary block) that
  these packages depend on is untouched by this PR — nothing in the diff
  touches crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve/native_library.rs or
  collect_modules/native_addon.rs.

What was left in place, and why

All three of the assigned Tier A bindings (fetch alias, tursodb,
iroh) were fully removable — none needed to be left in place.

No perry/* or @perryts/* bindings were touched, per scope.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Breaking Changes

  • Removed support for bare tursodb and iroh module imports; use the scoped packages instead.
  • Bare fetch no longer aliases the node-fetch package.

• Bug Fixes

  • Preserved built-in Web Fetch API support, including the global fetch() function and related web types.

• Documentation

  • Updated API references and package documentation to reflect the supported modules and bindings.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change removes legacy tursodb and iroh manifest registrations and the bare fetch alias for node-fetch. It preserves built-in fetch dispatch, updates validation coverage, and regenerates API and governance documentation.

Changes

Native Binding Surface Cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Binding registration removal crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries.rs, crates/perry-api-manifest/src/entries/part_1.rs, crates/perry/well_known_bindings.toml, crates/perry/src/commands/...	tursodb and iroh are removed from native module and manifest registrations. The bare fetch alias is removed, while the internal Web Fetch API key remains. Related feature and freshness mappings are updated.
Validation coverage alignment crates/perry-hir/tests/unimplemented_api_check.rs	Strict-mode sweeps now cover tursodb and iroh for invalid member access and calls.
Published surface updates docs/api/perry.d.ts, docs/src/api/reference.md, docs/src/native-libraries/governance.md, changelog.d/10618-tier-a-native-binding-removal.md	Generated declarations and API references remove tursodb and iroh. The governance mapping lists only node-fetch for perry-ext-fetch. The changelog records the removals and validation results.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 25f50

The release note should clearly describe the removed bindings and preserved alternatives; this is a documentation-quality issue with no runtime impact.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the three removed Tier A native bindings: the fetch alias, tursodb, and iroh.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is detailed and covers the summary, concrete changes, rationale, preserved behavior, regenerated documentation, and validation results. It does not include explicit Related issue, Scre…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

changelog.d/10618-tier-a-native-binding-removal.md (1)

7-14: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rewrite this as one shipped-behavior entry.

Lines 7-39 split the release note into implementation details and validation logs. Describe the final compatibility change instead: the bare fetch alias and bundled tursodb/iroh bindings were removed, while node-fetch, built-in Web Fetch APIs, and scoped replacement packages remain supported.

Based on learnings: changelog fragments must describe final shipped behavior as one coherent release-note entry.

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In `@changelog.d/10618-tier-a-native-binding-removal.md` around lines 7 - 14,
Rewrite the changelog fragment as one coherent shipped-behavior entry: state
that the bare fetch alias and bundled tursodb/iroh bindings were removed, while
node-fetch, built-in Web Fetch APIs, and scoped replacement packages remain
supported. Remove implementation details, test names, validation logs, and
internal manifest references.

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In `@changelog.d/10618-tier-a-native-binding-removal.md`:
- Around line 7-14: Rewrite the changelog fragment as one coherent
shipped-behavior entry: state that the bare fetch alias and bundled tursodb/iroh
bindings were removed, while node-fetch, built-in Web Fetch APIs, and scoped
replacement packages remain supported. Remove implementation details, test
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• crates/perry-hir/tests/unimplemented_api_check.rs
• crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/freshness.rs
• crates/perry/src/commands/stdlib_features.rs
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Landed via merge train #10652 (v0.5.1596). All source commits preserve authorship; merged main matches the validated train exactly.