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Closes #9500 — all three findings, one PR. Two are settled by measurement, one by code.

1. The MCP debug logger — already unblocked by #9491, now pinned

The bundle's logger writes through a using-downlevel fs wrapper (the error is stashed by var O=A,w=1 in the CATCH block and re-thrown from FINALLY by esbuild's dispose helper) into a buffered writer flushed by a 1 s timer, a size cap, or dispose() — which the graceful-shutdown path awaits (raced against a 2 s timer) before process.exit. The flush's write function is

try { V8().appendFileSync(q, z) } catch { V8().mkdirSync(dirname(q)); V8().appendFileSync(q, z) }   // mkdirSync is recursive in the wrapper

— the only code that ever creates ~/.cache/claude-cli-nodejs/<key>/mcp-logs-*/. So it relies on the first append THROWING.

strace on the layer-1 binary from #9498's verification (built from 9484463d8, which predates #9491) shows exactly where it died: both engines reach the same openat(…/mcp-logs-alpha/….jsonl, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND) = ENOENT; node follows it with the recursive mkdir chain and a successful retry, perry follows it with nothing — the append returned success, the catch never ran. That is #9421's swallowed status, fixed for this surface by #9491 (appendFileSync now throws the node-shaped error). The flush itself was never the problem: node's write lands ~1.16 s after launch, i.e. the 1 s timer, and perry's pre-#9491 trace shows the same openat — the record reached the file system on both engines.

Verification on current main (0b24670dd9, post-#9491):

2. exec/execFile callback order — a same-turn artefact, not a scheduling rule

Measured, not inferred. With two instant children (exec("echo ex"), execFile("/bin/echo", ["ef"])), node on Linux fires execFile→exec — and with the two calls swapped it fires exec→execFile: whichever was submitted second calls back first, both callbacks 0.1 ms apart, both children long exited before the loop's first poll (node's exec() call alone takes ~4 ms on the main thread). That is libuv's batch-delivery order for completions that land in one turn, not a property of the API. Perry's reactor drains its completion queue FIFO, so it fires the first-submitted callback first in the same situation.

What node actually guarantees — a child that finishes first calls back first, whichever API launched it and whichever call came first — perry already matches (exec("sleep 0.3; echo") vs an instant execFile fires execFile first on both engines, and vice versa). test-files/test_gap_9500_exec_callback_completion_order.ts pins that property with real completion gaps, including a three-child stagger. I did not make the reactor imitate libuv's same-turn LIFO: it would be a heuristic against an accident, and no consumer can rely on it in node either.

Measured on the build host (Linux, node 26.5.1, both engines):

shape node perry
exec("echo ex") then execFile("/bin/echo",["ef"]) execFile→exec (15/15) exec→execFile (10/11, flips under load)
same two calls, submitted in the other order exec→execFile (submitted 2nd first) execFile→exec (submitted 1st first)
exec("sleep 0.3; echo") vs instant execFile execFile first execFile first
3 instant execFiles A,B,C — twice in one process C B A, then B A C completion order, varies
4 instant execFiles A,B,C,D C B A D completion order, varies

Node's same-turn order is deterministic but not a rule — the same three-child batch comes out C B A and then B A C within one process — so there is nothing perry could implement short of libuv's poll-phase bookkeeping. The only order node guarantees, completion order, perry matches.

3. The five copies of the CJS-default module set become one table

Not four copies but five: the runtime's cjs_default_base_module and cjs_default_namespace_name, the cjs_default_export_value wildcard arm, the router's list (#9498 already folded that onto the canonical table), and the HIR's is_cjs_style_native_default_import — which existed twice in the HIR, and the two had already drifted: lower_expr/helpers.rs's copy lacked ffi, inspector, inspector/promises and wasi.

The table now lives once, in perry-dispatch (the crate perry-hir and perry-runtime already share), as CJS_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_MODULES, built by a macro from one literal per module so base and "<base>.default" cannot disagree. Every consumer derives from it:

  • runtime: the two lookup fns are views over the table; the cjs_default_export_value wildcard is a guard on has_cjs_default_namespace (the explicit arms before it — callable and plain-namespace defaults — keep winning, so resolution is unchanged);
  • HIR: one predicate, table plus its spelled-out differences (events and the sys / path/posix / path/win32 aliases are CJS-style; node-pty / process / repl / sea stay on the namespace-object default — flipping those is a lowering change, left as a follow-up), used by both former call sites;
  • tests: the table's shape (round-trip, sorted, canonical spellings), the HIR's classification of every row, and the router test's spelled-out list against the table in both directions.

perry-runtime gains perry-dispatch as a regular dependency (it was build-only); the crate has no dependencies of its own. A default-import probe (inspector, inspector/promises, child_process, util, sys, path/posix, bare binding identity) is byte-identical to node before and after.

Follow-ups filed from the now-readable logs

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On the build host (Linux x86_64, node 26.5.1 pin), fix branch built from 0b24670dd9:

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved compatibility when importing Node.js built-in modules through CommonJS default imports.
    • Corrected exec and execFile callback behavior to follow completion order.
    • Improved MCP debug logging reliability, including buffered writes, directory creation, cleanup, and graceful shutdown handling.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for Node.js module imports, child-process callback ordering, and MCP logger output compatibility.

Ralph Küpper added 3 commits September 2, 2026 14:20
…e set (PerryTS#9500)

The set of Node builtins whose CommonJS `module.exports` is a distinct
`<mod>.default` namespace was hand-maintained in five places: the runtime's
`cjs_default_base_module` and `cjs_default_namespace_name` tables, the
`cjs_default_export_value` match arm, the method-call router's list (which
drifted far enough to break `require('child_process').spawn` — PerryTS#9485/PerryTS#9498),
and the HIR's `is_cjs_style_native_default_import`, itself duplicated in
`module_decl/native_default_import.rs` and `lower_expr/helpers.rs` with the
two copies already disagreeing (`ffi`, `inspector`, `inspector/promises`,
`wasi` missing from the latter).

Move the table to `perry-dispatch` (the crate both perry-hir and
perry-runtime already depend on) as `CJS_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_MODULES`, built
by a macro from one literal per module so the two spellings cannot disagree,
and derive every consumer from it:

- runtime: `cjs_default_base_module` / `cjs_default_namespace_name` become
  views over the table; the `cjs_default_export_value` wildcard arm is a
  guard on `has_cjs_default_namespace` (the explicit arms before it — the
  callable/plain-namespace defaults — keep winning, so behaviour is
  unchanged);
- HIR: one predicate, derived from the table plus the spelled-out
  differences (`events` and the `sys`/`path/posix`/`path/win32` aliases are
  CJS-style; `node-pty`/`process`/`repl`/`sea` stay on the namespace-object
  default), used by both former call sites;
- tests pin the table's shape, the HIR classification of every row, and
  that the router test's spelled-out list equals the table in both
  directions.

perry-runtime gains perry-dispatch as a regular dependency (it was
build-only); the crate has no dependencies of its own.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0184JRgBs978K6X7qKJFB4Hp
De-minified from the cc bundle: the `using`-downlevel fs wrapper (error
stashed by a catch-block `var`, re-thrown from `finally`), the 1 s-timer /
size / dispose buffered writer, the cleanup set awaited by graceful
shutdown before `process.exit`, and the `try { appendFileSync } catch {
mkdirSync(recursive); appendFileSync }` recovery arm that is the only code
creating the log directory tree. Byte-compared to node.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0184JRgBs978K6X7qKJFB4Hp
…9500 part 2)

The issue's inverted exec→execFile order for two instant echos is a same-turn
batch-delivery artefact (node itself flips it with submission order); the
property both engines actually guarantee — a child that finishes first calls
back first, whichever API launched it — is what this pins.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0184JRgBs978K6X7qKJFB4Hp
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The change centralizes CommonJS default-module mappings across dispatch, HIR, and runtime code. It also adds fixtures for MCP logger output and exec/execFile callback completion order.

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CommonJS default-module dispatch

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared CJS default-module table
crates/perry-dispatch/src/cjs_default_modules.rs, crates/perry-dispatch/src/lib.rs
Adds the canonical module table, lookup helpers, crate exports, and tests for mappings, ordering, exclusions, and child_process.
HIR import classification
crates/perry-hir/src/lower/module_decl.rs, crates/perry-hir/src/lower/module_decl/native_default_import.rs, crates/perry-hir/src/lower/lower_expr/helpers.rs
Uses the shared table for native default-import classification while retaining HIR-specific aliases and exclusions.
Runtime CJS resolution
crates/perry-runtime/Cargo.toml, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_module_dispatch.rs, changelog.d/9531-cjs-default-table-mcp-logger-exec-order.md
Routes runtime namespace resolution through perry-dispatch and tests consistency with the existing dispatch list.

Node behavior fixtures

Layer / File(s) Summary
MCP debug logger write fixture
test-files/test_gap_9500_mcp_debug_logger_shape.ts, changelog.d/9531-cjs-default-table-mcp-logger-exec-order.md
Adds a fixture covering buffered writes, directory recovery, cleanup, graceful shutdown, and reported JSONL records.
Exec callback completion fixture
test-files/test_gap_9500_exec_callback_completion_order.ts
Adds asynchronous completion-order checks for exec and execFile.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1ac69

The PR centralizes CommonJS default-module handling and adjusts child-process completion behavior while adding logger coverage. It is mergeable with owner awareness because the logger fixture does not currently exercise the one-second scheduled flush path, and the release note misstates a restored HIR behavior; these are bounded test and documentation issues rather than demonstrated runtime or security defects.

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The PR addresses all three objectives in issue [#9500]: it pins MCP logger behavior after the post-#9491 fix, tests completion-order semantics for exec and execFile, and consolidates duplicated CJS default-module knowledge into a shared perry-dispatch table with consistency tests.

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`default`-export resolver and the HIR's import lowering all derive from it.
Adding a module is one line; tests pin the table's shape, the HIR's
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Remove the incorrect no-change statement.

The preceding text says that the HIR lists had drifted on ffi, inspector, inspector/promises, and wasi. This change restores their CJS-style classification. Replace “No behaviour change.” with the shipped behavior.

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Exercise the scheduled flush path.

Line 132 starts shutdown immediately after queuing the records. dispose() flushes the buffer before report(). The fixture can pass if the one-second setTimeout(flush, 1000) path never runs. Wait for and report a timer-triggered flush before shutdown, or add a separate timer-flush case.

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test around gracefulShutdown so it waits for the scheduled one-second flush
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Landed via merge train #9544 (rebase-merge preserving your authorship on each commit). #9532's version-bump hunks were stripped per the code-only convention; #9511 landed with its raw-handle reads converted to the rooting combinators.

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cc's MCP debug logger writes nothing under perry — even when its catch handler demonstrably runs; and exec/execFile callback order is inverted

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