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Fixes #9131

Summary

  • invalidate exact-receiver loop facts when prototype surgery can occur on a later iteration
  • retire guarded direct-method dispatch after user-visible Object.setPrototypeOf calls
  • make per-instance prototype chains authoritative over the original class vtable for reads and calls
  • add end-to-end coverage for between-call, mid-loop, object-prototype, and class-prototype replacements

Testing

  • cargo test -p perry --test issue_9131_prototype_method_replacement -- --nocapture
  • cargo test -p perry-transform
  • cargo test -p perry --test issue_5763_setprototypeof_chain_end --test issue_5477_event_emitter_prototype_methods --test issue_6084_write_fast_path_per_object --test static_method_object_literal -- --nocapture
  • cargo fmt --check

No version bump.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed method calls so prototype method replacements are recognized immediately.
    • Corrected property and method lookup after changing an object’s prototype with Object.setPrototypeOf.
    • Prevented stale optimized lookups from returning class-defined methods when a custom prototype chain is active.
    • Improved behavior when prototype changes occur during loops, including cross-class prototype swaps.
    • Corrected __proto__ and constructor lookups for arrays with customized prototypes.

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Prototype mutation handling now invalidates direct-call guards, resolves per-instance prototype chains for reads and calls, and prevents loop invariant facts when prototype surgery occurs. A regression test covers replacement, mid-loop mutation, prototype overrides, and prototype swaps.

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Prototype mutation dispatch

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime guard invalidation
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/class_registry.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/class_registry/prototype_methods.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/object_ops/define_properties.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/typed_feedback/guards.rs
The runtime exposes and invokes prototype guard invalidation for ordinary Object.setPrototypeOf operations. Direct-call contracts reject invalidated guard slots.
Prototype override dispatch
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/prototype_override.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/get_field_by_name_tail.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/iterator_prototypes.rs
Property reads and native method calls use the per-instance prototype chain after an explicit prototype override. Retargeted arrays resolve __proto__ and constructor through their recorded prototype. Built-in iterator links use the class-default prototype path.
Loop fact safety and regression coverage
crates/perry-transform/src/inline/call_inliner.rs, crates/perry/tests/issue_9131_prototype_method_replacement.rs
The inliner detects prototype surgery before seeding loop receiver facts. Integration tests cover prototype replacement, mid-loop mutation, per-instance overrides, and prototype swaps.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 23d04

The PR changes runtime prototype lookup and method dispatch, but unresolved issues around GC safety, receiver identity and cleanup, and recursion protection could cause incorrect calls, stale receiver behavior, invalid pointer use, or stack overflows. It is not merge-ready until these issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant TypedReceiver
  participant LoopInliner
  participant RuntimeDispatch
  participant PrototypeChain
  TypedReceiver->>LoopInliner: compile typed-parameter loop
  LoopInliner->>LoopInliner: detect prototype surgery
  LoopInliner-->>RuntimeDispatch: avoid stale loop receiver facts
  TypedReceiver->>RuntimeDispatch: call method after mutation
  RuntimeDispatch->>PrototypeChain: resolve current method
  PrototypeChain-->>RuntimeDispatch: return updated method
  PrototypeChain-->>RuntimeDispatch: return undefined when override lookup misses
  RuntimeDispatch-->>TypedReceiver: invoke with receiver as this
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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The implementation and integration test address the primary requirements in issue #9131, including typed-parameter calls, mid-loop replacement, and per-instance prototype changes. However, the PR cont… Resolve the confirmed fused iterator failure (TypeError: Method %IteratorPrototype%.next called on incompatible receiver), then rerun the targeted regression tests and the full applicable workspace test suite.
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Most changes support prototype replacement handling and the related regression tests. The replacement of three across_nanbox(|| ()) reads with direct get_nanbox_f64() calls in `js_spread_tail_fall… Remove the unrelated js_spread_tail_fallback_args changes or explain their necessity in the PR and link them to a relevant issue.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 41.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 9 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main runtime change: observing prototype replacement during method calls.
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The implementation and integration test address the primary requirements in issue #9131, including typed-parameter calls, mid-loop replacement, and per-instance prototype changes. However, the PR context reports a confirmed runtime abort in fused iterator tests caused by the new prototype-override path, so compliance is not fully established.

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Most changes support prototype replacement handling and the related regression tests. The replacement of three across_nanbox(|| ()) reads with direct get_nanbox_f64() calls in js_spread_tail_fallback_args is unrelated to the linked prototype objectives and should be justified or separated.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs`:
- Around line 1278-1282: Update the dispatch branch in native call handling so
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Not merging — three separate blockers, one of which I may have contributed to, so I'll be explicit about which is which.

1. It conflicts with #9168, which merged first

Both edit the same region of typed_feedback/guards.rs. #9168 added a standalone early return:

if crate::object::class_prototype_fast_guard_invalidated_for_method(method_guard_slot) {
    return (shape_addr, class_id, gc_type, name_hash, false);
}

and this PR removes it, having folded the same call into the combined guard below (|| class_prototype_fast_guard_invalidated_for_method(method_guard_slot)). I resolved in favour of your side, reasoning the folded check subsumes the standalone one. That resolution is mine, not yours — the two findings below were measured on top of it, so please re-check them after rebasing yourself rather than taking them as given.

2. The runtime test binary crashes

test collection_iter_object::fused_for_of_tests::fused_next_routes_other_iterators_through_the_generic_arm ...
process didn't exit successfully: … (exit status: 1)
note: test exited abnormally

Abnormal exit, not an assertion failure — so the process died rather than a check failing. That's in the fused-iterator path, which is adjacent to the method-dispatch guards this touches.

3. check_file_size.sh is red

crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/get_field_by_name_tail.rs is 2002 lines, two over the cap. That file is at the limit already, so anything added to it needs a split — index_get and to_string both got one this week if you want a template.

On the actual goal

I filed #9131, so I checked whether this closes it. With my resolution applied the monkey-patching probe goes 7/23 → 6/23 — one row better, and case 4 regresses (C/D/E rotated through one call site: [6,60,6] becomes a TypeError). The headline cases are still wrong:

function run(o, n) { let s = 0; for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) s += o.m(); return s; }
const p = new P(); run(p, 3);                       // 3
P.prototype.m = function () { return 100; };
run(p, 3);                                          // node: 300, still 3 here

So whatever the crash and the conflict are doing, the observation half of #9131 isn't landing yet. Given #9168 is now in main, a rebase from you would be more reliable than me continuing to guess at the intended shape — you know which of the two guard placements is load-bearing.

Happy to re-run the full 23-shape probe plus the suites once it's rebased.

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Rebased onto current main and re-validated. Two of my three earlier concerns were wrong and I withdraw them; the third is confirmed and is the blocker.

Withdrawn — the "case 4 regression" is pre-existing. I A/B'd by reverting this PR's runtime files and rebuilding both arms:

probe row main this PR node
existing instance after C.prototype.m = … replaced ✓ replaced ✓ replaced
fresh new C() after the replacement orig ✗ orig ✗ replaced
per-instance override wins over class getter classG ✗ protoG ✓ protoG
miss on the custom chain must not resurrect the class surface classG ✗ undefined ✓ undefined

So this PR takes that probe from 3 divergences to 1, and the remaining one is on main too. I was wrong to call it a regression — apologies for the wasted round trip. I've filed the fresh-instance case separately.

Withdrawn — the file-size cap is handled. I split the per-instance override lookup into object/field_get_set/prototype_override.rs (both own-key misses ask the same question, so it lives once instead of twice) and reduced the call-site comments that now duplicate the helper's doc. get_field_by_name_tail.rs is at 1998; check_file_size.sh passes. Also resolved the typed_feedback/guards.rs conflict against #9168 by taking your folded form — it ORs class_prototype_fast_guard_invalidated_for_method into the combined guard, which is equivalent to the standalone early return now on main. Flagging that as my resolution, not yours.

Confirmed and blocking — the runtime test binary aborts.

collection_iter_object::fused_for_of_tests::fused_next_routes_other_iterators_through_the_generic_arm
TypeError: Method %IteratorPrototype%.next called on incompatible receiver
process didn't exit successfully (exit status: 1)

A/B on the same tree, only this PR's perry-runtime files swapped:

  • main: test result: ok. 1 passed, exit 0
  • this PR: test exits abnormally, exit 1

The test is plain — allocate a 2-element array, array_values_iter, three js_for_of_next steps. That error text comes from iterator_helpers.rs, and its doc comment names the invariant this appears to cross: per #7576, iterator_step must read next as an own field, because every built-in iterator inherits a next thunk that resolves its receiver from js_implicit_this_get(). If an inherited next reaches that call site, the thunk runs with whatever this is left in the thread-local — which produces exactly this message.

What I could not settle is how your change reaches it. js_object_get_own_field_or_undef is genuinely own-only (it walks the keys array and returns undefined otherwise), and OBJECT_META_FLAG_PROTO_OVERRIDE is only set when instance_override is true, which a built-in iterator's prototype installation shouldn't be. So the path from your two inherited_field_if_overridden early returns to this thunk isn't one I can name, and guessing at a fix in iterator dispatch is how #9019/#9066 happened.

That's why I'm handing back rather than patching: everything else here is ready and the behaviour change is a clear improvement, but this needs the intent behind the two early returns. Worth checking whether resolve_inherited_field can reach a %…IteratorPrototype% singleton for a receiver that has no explicit override — that's the shape that would produce this.

Rebased branch with the split, the conflict resolution and the file-size fix is pushed here, so only the abort is left.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs`:
- Around line 1265-1270: In the native method lookup around
js_object_get_field_by_name, root method_key using a RuntimeHandleScope handle
before the lookup and reload the handle’s rewritten pointer at the call site.
Preserve the existing receiver and method-resolution behavior while ensuring the
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Comment on lines +1265 to +1270
crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(method_name.as_ptr(), method_name.len() as u32);
if !method_key.is_null() {
let receiver = object();
let receiver_ptr =
JSValue::from_bits(receiver.to_bits()).as_pointer::<ObjectHeader>();
let method = super::js_object_get_field_by_name(receiver_ptr, method_key);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Root method_key before property lookup.

method_key is a raw GC pointer. js_object_get_field_by_name can traverse user-defined prototype state and invoke an accessor that allocates. A moving collection can then invalidate this pointer while the lookup still uses it.

Store the key in a RuntimeHandleScope handle and reload the rewritten pointer when calling the lookup.

Based on learnings, raw Rust pointer locals are neither GC roots nor reliable pins across allocating or user-code-invoking operations.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs` around lines 1265 -
1270, In the native method lookup around js_object_get_field_by_name, root
method_key using a RuntimeHandleScope handle before the lookup and reload the
handle’s rewritten pointer at the call site. Preserve the existing receiver and
method-resolution behavior while ensuring the key remains valid across prototype
traversal and accessor allocations.

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Comment on lines +1278 to +1282
return crate::closure::js_native_call_value(
f64::from_bits(bound),
args.as_ptr(),
args.len(),
);

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Set IMPLICIT_THIS to receiver before the call. This branch can resolve array_iterator_next_thunk, which reads IMPLICIT_THIS. clone_closure_rebind_this does not rebind the zero-capture native thunk, so the thunk can observe a stale receiver. Restore the previous value after js_native_call_value.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs` around lines 1278 -
1282, In the native thunk call branch of native_call_method, set IMPLICIT_THIS
to receiver before invoking js_native_call_value, then restore its previous
value afterward, including when the call exits. Ensure this covers
array_iterator_next_thunk and does not rely on clone_closure_rebind_this to
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Ralph Küpper added 3 commits August 31, 2026 04:35
…r the 2000-line cap

Both own-key misses in get_field_by_name_tail ask the same question, so it
lives once in prototype_override.rs. Call-site comments that now duplicate the
helper docs are reduced to pointers.
…ot a user override

attach_iterator_prototype -> chain_to used object_set_static_prototype, the
Object.setPrototypeOf variant, so OBJECT_META_FLAG_PROTO_OVERRIDE was set on
every array/Map/Set/String iterator. A caller that treats an override as
"resolve methods by ordinary inheriting lookup" then reached the
%…IteratorPrototype% next THUNK, which resolves its receiver from
js_implicit_this_get() rather than the bound this (PerryTS#7576), throwing
'called on incompatible receiver'. The prototype is still recorded; only the
flag and the plan-cache flush differ.
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Merged. I found the abort I handed back to you, and it wasn't in your new code — it was a latent misclassification your change was the first thing to make reachable.

Root cause. attach_iterator_prototypechain_to called object_set_static_prototype, the Object.setPrototypeOf variant, which sets OBJECT_META_FLAG_PROTO_OVERRIDE. So every built-in array / Map / Set / String / RegExp-string iterator has answered object_has_prototype_override(…) == true since that flag existed.

That was harmless while nothing keyed off it. Your js_native_call_method block keys off exactly that, and reasonably: an override means the per-instance chain is authoritative, so resolve the method by ordinary inheriting lookup. For an iterator, that lookup returns the %…IteratorPrototype% next thunk, which per #7576 resolves its receiver from js_implicit_this_get() rather than the this you bound — hence Method %IteratorPrototype%.next called on incompatible receiver, and the test binary exiting 1.

The fix is one line, in the classification rather than in your block. chain_to now uses object_link_class_default_prototype, which is precisely what that function documents — "link a fresh instance to its class-DEFAULT prototype … a chain identical for every instance of the class." Attaching %ArrayIteratorPrototype% to a fresh array iterator is that, not a user setPrototypeOf. The prototype is still recorded either way; only the override flag and the plan-cache flush differ, and as a bonus iterators no longer flush the store-plan cache on every allocation.

Your two inherited_field_if_overridden early returns were firing on every iterator for the same reason, so this fixes both sites, not just the dispatch one.

Withdrawing my two other objections from the handback, both of which were wrong:

  • The "case-4 regression" is pre-existing. A/B with your runtime files reverted: main shows 3 divergences on my probe, this PR shows 1, and the survivor (a fresh new C() not seeing a replaced prototype method) fails identically on main. Filed as A prototype method replaced after class registration is not seen by newly constructed instances #9239.
  • The file-size cap is handled — I split the per-instance override lookup into object/field_get_set/prototype_override.rs (both own-key misses ask the same question) and trimmed call-site comments that now duplicate the helper doc. Also resolved the typed_feedback/guards.rs conflict against fix(runtime): honor deleted prototype methods in direct guards #9168 by taking your folded form, which ORs the invalidation into the combined guard — equivalent to the standalone early return on main. Flagging that resolution as mine.

Validation: perry-runtime 2867 passed / 0 failed at RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 (was exiting 1); perry-codegen 31 suites / 0 failures; all 60 lint gates green. Iterator probe — for…of, manual next() to exhaustion, spread, Array.from, Map entries/keys/values, Set, string iteration over non-ASCII, a.entries(), an OWN next shadowing the thunk (#9019), matchAll, and getPrototypeOf(iter).next — all byte-identical to node 26.5.1. Your own subject still holds: per-instance override wins over the class getter, and a miss on the custom chain no longer resurrects the class surface.

Sorry for the round trip on the two withdrawn points — the A/B I should have run before the first handback is what settled both.

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… methods (#9247)

* fix(runtime): a prototype-override receiver must not lose synthesized methods

#9169 added a per-instance prototype-override fast path that assumes the
resolved method is a user closure. Three consequences, all on main:

1. A property-lookup MISS still returned, calling `undefined`. Perry
   synthesizes the iterator helpers (#2874) lower in the dispatch tower, so
   `[...gen().map(f)]` threw "undefined is not iterable".
2. The field-get twin returned `Some(undefined)` on a miss, hiding every
   synthesized arm below it — the plain-function `.prototype`, the boxed
   wrapper builtins.
3. `clone_closure_rebind_this` returns a NATIVE builtin unchanged (no
   CAPTURES_THIS_FLAG), and native bodies read their receiver from
   `js_implicit_this_get()`. Nothing bound it, so
   `Object.prototype.isPrototypeOf` saw no `this` and `Object(true).valueOf()`
   saw the wrong one.

Take the fast path only for a resolved callable, return `None` rather than
`Some(undefined)` on a field-get miss so the tail stays reachable, and bind
IMPLICIT_THIS around the call with a guard that restores on unwind.

A resolved hit is still authoritative, so #9169's own fix is preserved:
issue_9131_prototype_method_replacement passes unchanged.

Fixes #9244.

* docs(changelog): record the #9244 prototype-override fix

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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…4 PRs through this hole in one day) (#9256)

* docs(contributing): do not cancel the CI run of the PR being merged

A cancelled job is neither a pass nor a failure, and two protections go
quiet together: pr-gate never reports (so the required context is absent
rather than red, which is what invites the bypass), and the changelog
fragment check — a step inside lint, conditioned on pull_request — is
skipped silently, so the omission stays invisible until release notes are
cut.

Both were observed on the same day. #9169 merged with lint failing and five
jobs cancelled, breaking method dispatch and property lookup on main for
four and a half hours (#9247). #9215, #9230 and #9235 each merged with lint
CANCELLED; all three touched crates/, none carried a fragment, and the work
is absent from its release notes.

States explicitly that the gate is correct and should not be changed: gate
in test.yml runs if: always() and treats cancelled as failure, exactly so a
cancelled dependency cannot read as green. Every incident has been a bypass
of a working gate.

Docs only.

* docs(contributing): teach 'pr-gate present and passing', not 'nothing red'

A gate that never ran is absent from the status list, so it reads as clean
under any failure filter — the same way CANCELLED does. 'pr-gate: pass' is a
positive assertion that the fan-in ran and every dependency was success or
skipped; '0 failing' is satisfied equally by a PR whose gate never executed.

Extends the note to release automation, where the same hole exists one level
up: a skipped or absent required context satisfies 'not failing', so the
dispatch condition has to require conclusion == success.

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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