fix(typedarray): dispatch, not just validate, when the element-read receiver is not a typed array

[proggeramlug]

Closes #8100.

js_typed_array_get and js_typed_array_index_get_dynamic are what codegen
emits for a local whose DECLARED type is a typed array but whose binding was
reassigned. is_width_tracked_typed_array_receiver (expr/index_get.rs,
#7494) keeps that hint on purpose — dropping it sends a REAL typed array on to
is_array_expr's plain-array layout, a type-confused write — and pays for it
with an explicit promise in its own comment: the runtime helper "re-validates
the object's actual GC kind before touching memory".

It did not.

The root cause is a type confusion, not a 0.0 return

The issue reads clean_ta_ptr as rejecting the plain array. It does not — it
rejects nothing but an address below 0x1000:

pub fn clean_ta_ptr(ptr: *const TypedArrayHeader) -> *const TypedArrayHeader {
    let addr = strip_nanbox(ptr as u64);
    if addr < 0x1000 { return ptr::null(); }
    addr as *const TypedArrayHeader
}

So a plain array was read as a TypedArrayHeader:

• TypedArrayHeader::length and ArrayHeader::length are both u32 at offset
  0, so the bounds check passed against the plain array's real length;
• kind (offset 8) and elem_size (offset 9) came from the low two bytes of
  element 0's NaN box — for 99.0 both are 0, i.e. KIND_INT8 with a zero
  stride;
• data_ptr(ta) is ta + size_of::<TypedArrayHeader>() = ta+16, which is
  element 1 of a plain array (whose slots start at ta+8).

The uniform 0 is a memory read, not a constant. Proof, from the probe below:
a plain object receiver returned 8, and a string receiver returned 0 0
where node prints h i.

The fix

New classify_element_read_receiver (typedarray/mod.rs) — the READ-side
mirror of #8090's array/header.rs typed_array_receiver. It answers from the
raw, tag-masked argument before anything dereferences it:

• a registered %TypedArray% keeps the typed element path, byte-for-byte
  unchanged. A GC_TYPE_TYPED_ARRAY / GC_TYPE_NATIVE_TYPED_VIEW managed
  header also wins, so a registry miss can only cost the diversion, never the
  element read;
• anything else takes the ordinary [[Get]] (js_dyn_index_get). Codegen
  masks the NaN-box tag off (and i64 %bits, POINTER_MASK), so the tag is
  RECONSTRUCTED from the managed header — which matters for exactly one case: a
  heap string must be re-boxed STRING_TAG, or js_dyn_index_get walks a
  StringHeader as an ObjectHeader instead of taking its string arm.
  (Symbols share GC_TYPE_STRING and stay POINTER-tagged; js_is_symbol
  separates them.)
• a masked-away non-pointer (P = 42 as any) answers undefined — node's
  answer — instead of the old 0.0.

Applied to both READ helpers. js_typed_array_index_get_dynamic generalizes
the #5989 buffer-only fallback already sitting in that arm. No recursion:
js_dyn_index_get re-enters the dynamic helper only when
lookup_typed_array_kind succeeds, which is exactly the case the classifier
keeps on the typed path.

The classifier uses no hand-rolled address floor — every probe is a side-table
lookup (safe for any bit pattern) or try_read_gc_header, which
magnitude-classifies (handle band included) before it dereferences. The first
draft had if addr < 0x1000 and scripts/addr_class_inventory.py correctly
failed it 6-vs-5; the check was removed, not ceiling-raised.

Why not the codegen side

Invalidating local_type_hint on reassignment is the alternative the issue
names. It is worse:

• native_proof / typed_shape_descriptors: four lowering-independent failures (numeric-coerce on a proven read, missing typed-array fallback record, negative-divisor frem, missing layout-note marker) #7494 documents the regression it produces: with the hint gone the access
  falls THROUGH to is_array_expr, which still answers true for a
  typed-array-named receiver, and lowers a REAL typed array with the
  plain-array layout (element 0 at byte 8 instead of the data region at byte
  16). That is a type-confused unboxed access — strictly worse than a
  wrong-answer read;
• is_width_tracked_typed_array_receiver has a second consumer in
  expr/index_set.rs, so the change would have to be re-argued for stores;
• the runtime fix covers every emitter of these helpers at once
  (index_get.rs x2, arrays_finds.rs, and the inline / proven-view fallback
  tiers).

Verification

Oracle: node --experimental-strip-types at the .node-version pin, v26.5.1
(verified with node --version). Perry: --profile perry-dev,
PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR pinned to the freshly built archive pair,
--no-auto-optimize --no-cache. Every exit code checked; all three sides
exit 0.

The issue's reducer:

node        ta: 123 1     plain: 99 101 2
perry pre   ta: 123 1     plain: 0 0 2
perry post  ta: 123 1     plain: 99 101 2      <- byte-identical to node

An 11-section probe (constant-index reads, variable-key reads, canonical
string keys, constant and dynamic stores, and receivers that are a plain array
/ plain object / string / number / a real typed array) diverged from node on 9
lines before and is byte-identical after. A second probe covering .at(),
for…of, a loop-counter index, and reassignment inside a function is
byte-identical too.

test-files/test_gap_specabi_reassign.ts — the test that has been red on every
main nightly since 2026-08-10, and the only remaining reason gc-stress is
red — is now byte-identical to node.

10 unit tests in crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/element_read_receiver_tests.rs.
They assert element VALUES, and the typed-array controls store 70000 into a
Uint16Array and require 4464 back, so a fallback that hijacked the typed
path into boxed-f64 slots fails them.

Sabotage-verified twice, each with a real rebuild confirmed by
grep -c "Compiling perry-runtime v" == 1 and a moved libperry_runtime.a
mtime:

• revert the two dispatch call sites, keep the classifier and the tests — 4 of
  10 unit tests go red, and the reducer and gap test both return to
  plain: 0 0 2;
• restore, then sabotage ONLY the GC_TYPE_STRING re-tag arm — exactly 1 test
  goes red, and it is the one that claims to guard it.

Representation arms

test_gap_specabi_reassign.ts compiled AND run under each kill switch the
issue reports as failing, diffed against node v26.5.1, all exit codes 0:

arm	before (#8100)	after
shipped default	FAIL	PASS
PERRY_SPECIALIZED_ABI=0	FAIL	PASS
PERRY_PTR_NUMARRAY_LOCALS=0	FAIL	PASS
PERRY_PTR_SHAPE_LOCALS=0	FAIL	PASS
PERRY_INT_VALUED_LOCALS=0	FAIL	PASS
PERRY_CANONICAL_I32_LOCALS=0	FAIL	PASS

I did not complete a full scripts/gc_repsel_matrix.sh --arms all run, and
am not claiming one. --no-build skips the cargo build but line 437 then
invokes the compiler without --no-auto-optimize, so the warm-up triggers a
full auto-optimize rebuild of perry-runtime and its dependency tree — into the
worktree's default target/, not CARGO_TARGET_DIR. On a host with 18 GiB
free shared with three other agents that is an ENOSPC risk, so I stopped it
after ~12 min and cleaned up. The table above is the substance of that row; the
remaining arms are GC-mode arms orthogonal to a receiver-classification change,
and CI's gc-stress runs the real matrix on this PR.

No regressions

cargo test --profile perry-dev -p perry-runtime --lib (the whole lib, not a
filter): 2361 passed, 0 failed, 4 ignored, plus 6 serialized single-test
runs. 167 typedarray::* / array::* tests green, including the 8
array::typed_array_receiver_tests #8090 added yesterday.

Static gates, real exit codes at this HEAD: scripts/check_file_size.sh OK,
gc_store_site_inventory.py passed, raw_handle_debt.py 992 == baseline 992,
addr_class_inventory.py exit 0, cargo fmt --all -- --check exit 0.

Two notes for the reviewer

1. test_gap_specabi_reassign must stay ABSENT from test-parity/gap_snapshot.json.
#8006 (closed as superseded) recorded its absence as a blind spot, and #8100
carries that forward. The inference is inverted: the snapshot's own schema says
"Lists every gap test that is NOT passing; a test absent from tests is
expected to pass. CI fails on any divergence in EITHER direction." Absence IS
the tracking state. Measured at 0d7fe21b0 with no edits:

$ python3 scripts/gap_snapshot.py check --report <report with the test failing> \
      --snapshot test-parity/gap_snapshot.json
REGRESSIONS — these were expected to pass:
  - test_gap_specabi_reassign: pass -> parity_fail
EXIT=1

Adding an entry would (a) disarm that and (b) fail gap_snapshot.py check the
moment this fix lands, as "in snapshot, now passing". So this PR adds no
snapshot entry — deliberately.

Why no CI artifact shows the failure, then: the test is index 484 of the sorted
test_gap_*.ts set, so 483 % 8 == 3 puts it in shard 4, and every recent
conformance-smoke run cancelled shard 4 early — the journal from run
31838286790 stops after 56 results.

2. An adjacent, PRE-EXISTING bug this PR deliberately does NOT fix.
The Uint8Array-specialized helpers have the same disease and are not touched
here:

let Q: Uint8Array = new Uint8Array(2);
Q = [9, 10] as any;
Q[0] = 5;
console.log(JSON.stringify(Q), Q[0], Q[1]);
// node   [5,10] 5 10
// perry  [9,10] undefined undefined

js_uint8array_index_get_value / js_uint8array_set
(typedarray/access.rs) fall off the end into undefined / a dropped store
for a receiver that is neither a registered typed array nor a registered
buffer. Measured pre-fix and post-fix on the same probe: byte-identical, so
this PR neither causes nor fixes it. It is out of #8100's stated scope (the
issue scopes to the two READ helpers and explicitly excludes stores), and the
store half needs its own semantics review, so it is filed separately as
#8111.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed indexed reads after a typed-array reference is reassigned to a regular array.
  • Regular arrays and other ordinary values now use standard property access.
  • Invalid or out-of-bounds reads correctly return undefined.
  • Preserved expected behavior for valid typed arrays, strings, dynamic indexes, and different typed-array kinds.
  • Added regression coverage for receiver handling, including invalid and garbage values.

[coderabbitai]

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Typed-array element-read helpers now classify raw receivers before dereferencing. Valid typed arrays retain bounds-checked access. Ordinary receivers use dynamic indexed lookup, while absent or invalid values return undefined. Regression tests cover constant, dynamic, string, and invalid receivers.

Changes

Typed-array read receiver handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Receiver classification crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/mod.rs	Adds ElementReadReceiver and safely classifies typed arrays, ordinary values, and absent receivers before dereferencing.
Element-read dispatch crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/access.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray_props.rs	Preserves typed-array reads, routes ordinary receivers through dynamic indexed lookup, and returns undefined for absent receivers.
Regression coverage and changelog crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/element_read_receiver_tests.rs, changelog.d/8109-typed-array-read-receiver.md	Adds tests for plain arrays, typed arrays, dynamic keys, strings, out-of-bounds access, and invalid pointers. Documents the fix and verification coverage.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c7add

A valid typed-array receiver can still return undefined when its runtime registration is missing, causing incorrect element reads. The PR is not merge-ready until this dispatch path is corrected and covered by a regression test.

Possibly related PRs

• PerryTS/perry#8090: Both changes classify typed-array receivers before selecting the runtime access path.
• PerryTS/perry#8061: Both changes validate indexed-read receivers before array or typed-array dereferencing.
• PerryTS/perry#7904: Both changes handle stale array receiver information and indexed access for strings and non-array values.

Suggested reviewers: thehypnoo

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation addresses issue #8100 by classifying receivers before dereferencing and dispatching non-typed-array reads through ordinary property access.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain focused on typed-array read dispatch, regression tests, and documentation for issue #8100; no unrelated code changes are evident.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: dispatching non-typed-array element-read receivers.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the cause, fix, scope, related issue, verification results, tests, and deliberate exclusions in sufficient detail.

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray_props.rs`:
- Around line 666-671: Update the element-read handling around
classify_element_read_receiver so the TypedArray(addr) result resolves to owner
and uses the existing common typed-array key logic instead of returning
undefined. Preserve the Ordinary(receiver) behavior and fallback for other
receiver types. Add a regression test covering a header-recognized typed array
when typed_array_addr_from_value returns None due to a registry miss.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep header-recognized typed arrays on the dynamic typed path.

When typed_array_addr_from_value returns None but classify_element_read_receiver returns TypedArray(addr), this match returns undefined. The classifier explicitly retains GC_TYPE_TYPED_ARRAY and GC_TYPE_NATIVE_TYPED_VIEW on a registry miss. Resolve TypedArray(addr) into owner and execute the common typed-array key logic. Add a regression test for this registry-miss path.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray_props.rs` around lines 666 - 671, Update
the element-read handling around classify_element_read_receiver so the
TypedArray(addr) result resolves to owner and uses the existing common
typed-array key logic instead of returning undefined. Preserve the
Ordinary(receiver) behavior and fallback for other receiver types. Add a
regression test covering a header-recognized typed array when
typed_array_addr_from_value returns None due to a registry miss.

[proggeramlug]

Audited at c7add2fb2. Merging.

The diagnosis is right, and worse than #8100 described

I confirmed the mechanism in source. clean_ta_ptr does not reject anything above 0x1000, so a plain array was read as a TypedArrayHeader — length is u32 at offset 0 in both headers so the bounds check "passed", kind/elem_size came off the low bytes of element 0's NaN box, and data_ptr landed 8 bytes past the real element region. The uniform 0 was a memory read, not a rejection constant. That is type confusion, and #8100 read it as a rejection.

The classifier is sound

The design decision that matters: only a positively identified receiver is diverted, and a GC_TYPE_TYPED_ARRAY/GC_TYPE_NATIVE_TYPED_VIEW header still wins on a registry miss — so a lookup failure can cost the diversion but never the element read. That is the safe direction. Every probe is a side-table lookup or try_read_gc_header, which magnitude-classifies before dereferencing, so there is no hand-rolled address floor to go stale.

Removing your first draft's if addr < 0x1000 when addr_class_inventory.py flagged it — rather than raising the ceiling — was the right call, and it is why the classifier reads as it does.

Validation I ran independently

I enumerated the lint job's steps from test.yml rather than from memory, because I broke main earlier today doing exactly that. It turns out to be 20 scripts, not the four I had been running:

34 checks: cargo fmt --all --check, check_file_size.sh, and --self-test + real runs of
addr_class_inventory, check_gc_doc_claims, check_gc_env_knobs, check_llvm_corpus_currency,
check_locale_independent_io, check_node_version_consistency, check_test_registration,
gc_gate_wiring_check, gc_pin_sites, gc_runtime_root_holders, gc_store_site_inventory,
global_sink_isolation, local_binding_type_audit, raw_handle_debt,
gc_matrix_liveness_check --check-registry, workspace_architecture --check,
raw_handle_debt --no-raise-vs
                                                              -> ALL GREEN
cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib   -> 2361 passed, 0 failed, 4 ignored (10 new)

No version bump, no manifest or lockfile change, PR based directly on current main.

On the open review thread — checked, not waived

The thread flags that TypedArray(addr) from a header match with a registry miss falls to _ and returns undefined. I checked whether that is a regression, and it is not — the pre-PR code for that entire branch was:

return f64::from_bits(crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED);

an unconditional undefined for every receiver that missed the registry and was not a registered buffer. This PR routes the Ordinary case to js_dyn_index_get and leaves _ exactly as it was. So it strictly improves the branch and touches nothing else.

It is still a real corner worth closing — the classifier is precisely what makes it nameable now — and typed_array_addr_from_value gates on typed_array_owner_kind while the classifier gates on lookup_typed_array_kind, so the two can in principle disagree. I have filed it as a follow-up rather than hold a fix for a live, shipped, silent miscompile behind a pre-existing corner it does not worsen.

Two things from your report I want on the record because they corrected me:

• You declined my instruction to add the test to gap_snapshot.json, and you were right. The schema says absence means expected-to-pass and CI fails on divergence in either direction; adding an entry would have disarmed the gate and then failed it once the fix landed. I have corrected that on Reassigning a new Int32Array binding to a plain array makes every element READ return 0 (silent miscompile; sole reason gc-stress is red) #8100.
• Your shard arithmetic explains the invisibility — index 484, 483 % 8 == 3 → shard 4, cancelled early. That is a much better answer than "nothing was tracking it", and it connects to conformance-smoke failing 8 of 8 shards (CI: required contexts lint and cargo-test are red for every PR (and lint on main itself), so every merge bypasses them #8092).

Merging with --admin, as every merge currently must (#8092).