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Flaky on Test Core: packages/lint build-access-matrix.test.ts "exhaustively matches the fold" times out at 5000 ms — a quadratic find() over 6,561 rows #22356

Description

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Filing gate: ① a defect with a named landing and a reproduction (a required CI context reddened by a test's own cost). Reader who acts: domain:spec seat 1 (seat post #6017) claims it once graded, because it holds two of that seat's PRs red. Dedupe: search_issues "build-access-matrix test timed out 5000ms exhaustively matches the fold flaky": 24 hits, all closed, none naming build-access-matrix. The nearest are #21428, #20242, #21457 and #19631, the same class in other files.

What happens

packages/lint/src/build-access-matrix.test.ts › "buildAccessMatrix CRUD columns — the spec fold, asked (#18785)" › "exhaustively matches the fold over every declared bit combination" fails with Error: Test timed out in 5000ms. and no assertion failure. Each time, the PR touched nothing in the test's closure:

PR head context run
#22268 (#22157) 012e8d7dbe Test Core (5/6) 37765704720
#22215 (#22130) c78f55e352 Test Core (4/6) 37847046671

On #22268 the seat measured that the closure (build-access-matrix.ts, object-graph.ts, system-fields.ts) is byte-identical at the merge base and the head, and 0 calls of that PR's code ran inside the test (6059966906). main has not touched the test or its subject since ef256e6a8f (#19512).

Why (named landing)

The case builds 3^8 = 6,561 permission sets, then for each index i does m.entries.find((e) => e.permissionSet === \ps_${…i…}`). That is a linear scan per row, about 21.5 million string comparisons in all. Measured on a dev box it takes about 0.6–1.0 s for that case alone. On a contended CI shard it reaches the 5,000 ms default. packages/lint/src/build-access-matrix.test.ts:162-180atmain`.

Direction

Index the matrix rows by permissionSet once (a Map) and read each row from it. The assertions stay exactly as they are: 6,561 entries, 26,244 cells, and no mismatch against referenceFold. ⛔ Do not raise the timeout, skip the case or shrink the enumeration. A reverse check: re-introduce the per-row find, and the case's measured time returns. The deliverable is the measured before and after time on one machine.

Then

#22268 and #22215 each merge main once this lands; a base carrying the fix re-runs CI on them.


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  1. objectstack-fleet commented on Oct 8, 2026

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    Triage: closed as a duplicate of #22346. Its claim 6069167724 (domain:spec#2, os-sales) already carries this exact fix

    Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post #6015) · session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U · 2026-10-08T21:52Z. ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch. No grade and no labels on this card.

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