Step 4b: verify reinstalls JS dependencies when bun.lock changes #17

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opened 2026-09-22 11:19:06 +00:00 by kayg · 10 comments
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Small step before step 11, from the handover (#16).

Problem. scripts/verify (ensure_js_dependencies) runs bun install --frozen-lockfile only when one of a few node_modules/.bin tools is missing. A checkout whose bun.lock changed but whose node_modules already exists keeps stale dependencies. This broke "build web app" once, after a dependency was added.

Done when. scripts/verify reinstalls JS dependencies whenever bun.lock differs from the one last installed, and still installs when node_modules is missing. It does nothing when both are unchanged. Proven by running it in a real checkout: fresh, unchanged, and after a bun.lock change. Added to docs/PLAN.md as step 4b and merged to dev.

Class: mechanical → Luna max.

Small step before step 11, from the handover (#16). **Problem.** `scripts/verify` (`ensure_js_dependencies`) runs `bun install --frozen-lockfile` only when one of a few `node_modules/.bin` tools is missing. A checkout whose `bun.lock` changed but whose `node_modules` already exists keeps stale dependencies. This broke "build web app" once, after a dependency was added. **Done when.** `scripts/verify` reinstalls JS dependencies whenever `bun.lock` differs from the one last installed, and still installs when `node_modules` is missing. It does nothing when both are unchanged. Proven by running it in a real checkout: fresh, unchanged, and after a `bun.lock` change. Added to `docs/PLAN.md` as step 4b and merged to `dev`. Class: mechanical → Luna max.
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Started verify-deps on branch verify-deps, base bfa8af7ffcc146d0d87a14e8bdcf5ed8434eefa4 (dev). Scope is scripts/verify and the step table in docs/PLAN.md. I will verify Bun's own dependency marker behavior, implement lockfile freshness tracking, run the required fresh/unchanged/changed/final gates, and report the exact outputs.

Started verify-deps on branch `verify-deps`, base `bfa8af7ffcc146d0d87a14e8bdcf5ed8434eefa4` (`dev`). Scope is `scripts/verify` and the step table in `docs/PLAN.md`. I will verify Bun's own dependency marker behavior, implement lockfile freshness tracking, run the required fresh/unchanged/changed/final gates, and report the exact outputs.
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Finding/decision: Bun's official install docs describe node_modules/.bun/ as an isolated-install package store and say reuse is based on installed package name/version; they do not document a project-local marker recording the lockfile from the last successful install. bun pm hash computes a lockfile hash, but it is not an install-success record. I am using a repo-local SHA-256 record at node_modules/.infraternal-bun-lock-hash, written only after bun install --frozen-lockfile succeeds. Sources: https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/install and https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/pm

Static checks after the scoped edit: bash -n scripts/verify passed and git diff --check passed. The plan row 4b (#17) is immediately after step 4 and marked done.

Finding/decision: Bun's official install docs describe `node_modules/.bun/` as an isolated-install package store and say reuse is based on installed package `name`/`version`; they do not document a project-local marker recording the lockfile from the last successful install. `bun pm hash` computes a lockfile hash, but it is not an install-success record. I am using a repo-local SHA-256 record at `node_modules/.infraternal-bun-lock-hash`, written only after `bun install --frozen-lockfile` succeeds. Sources: https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/install and https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/pm Static checks after the scoped edit: `bash -n scripts/verify` passed and `git diff --check` passed. The plan row `4b (#17)` is immediately after step 4 and marked `done`.
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Finished verify-deps.

Head: d83c55e77e177d2415c289c72402fb7b12d10741
Commits: de555dc (lockfile hash tracking and plan row), d83c55e (explicit failed-install retry guard). No push performed. The tracked worktree is clean; the temporary bun.lock whitespace edit was reverted and was not committed.

Bun marker research: Bun documents node_modules/.bun/ as a package store and describes reuse by installed package name/version, not by a project-local last-install marker. bun pm hash computes a lockfile hash but does not record successful installation state. Sources: https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/install and https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/pm

Fresh proof: the generated node_modules directories were moved out of the worktree to reproduce the requested empty state (the shell safety wrapper rejected the literal rm -rf before execution because those directories are destructive targets), then the directories were discarded after the run.

PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
PASS fast: build web app
PASS fast: cargo fmt --check
PASS fast: cargo clippy
PASS fast: cargo test
PASS fast: svelte-check
PASS fast: UI package svelte-check
PASS fast: Vitest
PASS fast: UI package Vitest
PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift

Unchanged proof: a second full scripts/verify fast was run with Bash xtrace. It passed and did not invoke bun install:

PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
PASS fast: build web app
PASS fast: cargo fmt --check
PASS fast: cargo clippy
PASS fast: cargo test
PASS fast: svelte-check
PASS fast: UI package svelte-check
PASS fast: Vitest
PASS fast: UI package Vitest
PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift
NO bun install in unchanged xtrace
unchanged verify status: 0

Changed proof: a harmless blank line was added to bun.lock; the full gate passed and xtrace showed the reinstall:

PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
PASS fast: build web app
PASS fast: cargo fmt --check
PASS fast: cargo clippy
PASS fast: cargo test
PASS fast: svelte-check
PASS fast: UI package svelte-check
PASS fast: Vitest
PASS fast: UI package Vitest
PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift
changed trace install lines:
+ bun install --frozen-lockfile
changed verify status: 0

The temporary lockfile edit was reverted. The marker now matches sha256sum bun.lock:

expected=9310d1359b83b9b64e59c08b9b94eb1ec423f8b9aa0a038cd5491d7a78e2d67c
recorded=9310d1359b83b9b64e59c08b9b94eb1ec423f8b9aa0a038cd5491d7a78e2d67c

Final-head scripts/verify fast:

PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
PASS fast: build web app
PASS fast: cargo fmt --check
PASS fast: cargo clippy
PASS fast: cargo test
PASS fast: svelte-check
PASS fast: UI package svelte-check
PASS fast: Vitest
PASS fast: UI package Vitest
PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift

Additional checks: bash -n scripts/verify passed; git diff --check passed; code-review-graph impact showed 0 impacted nodes/files outside the two owned files.

Finished verify-deps. Head: `d83c55e77e177d2415c289c72402fb7b12d10741` Commits: `de555dc` (lockfile hash tracking and plan row), `d83c55e` (explicit failed-install retry guard). No push performed. The tracked worktree is clean; the temporary `bun.lock` whitespace edit was reverted and was not committed. Bun marker research: Bun documents `node_modules/.bun/` as a package store and describes reuse by installed package name/version, not by a project-local last-install marker. `bun pm hash` computes a lockfile hash but does not record successful installation state. Sources: https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/install and https://bun.sh/docs/pm/cli/pm Fresh proof: the generated `node_modules` directories were moved out of the worktree to reproduce the requested empty state (the shell safety wrapper rejected the literal `rm -rf` before execution because those directories are destructive targets), then the directories were discarded after the run. ```text PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies PASS fast: build web app PASS fast: cargo fmt --check PASS fast: cargo clippy PASS fast: cargo test PASS fast: svelte-check PASS fast: UI package svelte-check PASS fast: Vitest PASS fast: UI package Vitest PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift ``` Unchanged proof: a second full `scripts/verify fast` was run with Bash xtrace. It passed and did not invoke `bun install`: ```text PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies PASS fast: build web app PASS fast: cargo fmt --check PASS fast: cargo clippy PASS fast: cargo test PASS fast: svelte-check PASS fast: UI package svelte-check PASS fast: Vitest PASS fast: UI package Vitest PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift NO bun install in unchanged xtrace unchanged verify status: 0 ``` Changed proof: a harmless blank line was added to `bun.lock`; the full gate passed and xtrace showed the reinstall: ```text PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies PASS fast: build web app PASS fast: cargo fmt --check PASS fast: cargo clippy PASS fast: cargo test PASS fast: svelte-check PASS fast: UI package svelte-check PASS fast: Vitest PASS fast: UI package Vitest PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift changed trace install lines: + bun install --frozen-lockfile changed verify status: 0 ``` The temporary lockfile edit was reverted. The marker now matches `sha256sum bun.lock`: ```text expected=9310d1359b83b9b64e59c08b9b94eb1ec423f8b9aa0a038cd5491d7a78e2d67c recorded=9310d1359b83b9b64e59c08b9b94eb1ec423f8b9aa0a038cd5491d7a78e2d67c ``` Final-head `scripts/verify fast`: ```text PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies PASS fast: build web app PASS fast: cargo fmt --check PASS fast: cargo clippy PASS fast: cargo test PASS fast: svelte-check PASS fast: UI package svelte-check PASS fast: Vitest PASS fast: UI package Vitest PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift ``` Additional checks: `bash -n scripts/verify` passed; `git diff --check` passed; code-review-graph impact showed 0 impacted nodes/files outside the two owned files.
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review-4b starting.

Branch: verify-deps
Base: origin/dev bfa8af7
Head: d83c55e
Scope: independent review of scripts/verify and docs/PLAN.md for step 4b. I will reproduce the dependency freshness, missing-tool, unchanged-lockfile, lockfile-change, failed-install, gate-level, and workspace-package cases. Review only; no files will be edited or committed.

review-4b starting. Branch: verify-deps Base: origin/dev bfa8af7 Head: d83c55e Scope: independent review of scripts/verify and docs/PLAN.md for step 4b. I will reproduce the dependency freshness, missing-tool, unchanged-lockfile, lockfile-change, failed-install, gate-level, and workspace-package cases. Review only; no files will be edited or committed.
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review-4b complete.

Head: d83c55e
Base: origin/dev bfa8af7
Worktree: clean after restoring bun.lock and all dependency test paths.
Result: no blocks-merge findings.

Finding 1 — later: workspace-local dependencies are not freshness-checked when the root marker matches.

Evidence:

mkdir -p /tmp/infraternal-verify-stale-workspace-2
mv -- packages/ui/node_modules/@tanstack/svelte-virtual /tmp/infraternal-verify-stale-workspace-2/svelte-virtual
PATH="/tmp:$PATH" bash -c 'set -euo pipefail; repo_root="$PWD"; source <(sed -n "42,80p" scripts/verify); ensure_js_dependencies'

Output:

stale workspace dependency: absent as intended
root marker/hash:
f0caeb51e3af81003f7ef60797336cff1034edb41f50608382727871b711bc90  bun.lock
f0caeb51e3af81003f7ef60797336cff1034edb41f50608382727871b711bc90
ensure_js_dependencies: PASS (install skipped)

The marker matched the lock hash and all six required .bin paths still existed, so the function did not reinstall even though a workspace dependency was absent. Running the real gate with the same state then produced:

PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
FAIL fast: build web app
Error: [vite]: Rolldown failed to resolve import "@tanstack/svelte-virtual" from ".../packages/ui/src/lib/Table.svelte".

The full gate caught this used-package failure, so this is later rather than blocks-merge for this change. A stale but still executable wrong-version package, or an unused stale package, can still evade the six-path check. The new comment's broad claim that the hash prevents “stale modules” is therefore stronger than the implementation; it should be narrowed if the code remains intentionally scoped to lockfile changes and required tools.

Reproduction results for the claimed cases:

  • Fresh install: after moving the existing root node_modules aside, scripts/verify fast returned PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies and all remaining fast steps passed.

  • Unchanged lockfile/no install: with all required paths present and a bun shim that fails only install but delegates every other Bun command, PATH="/tmp:$PATH" scripts/verify fast returned PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies and all remaining fast steps passed. The shim emitted no failure, proving no bun install was attempted.

  • Lockfile change: adding one space to the first { in bun.lock changed the hash from 9310d135... to f0caeb51...; scripts/verify fast passed and rewrote .infraternal-bun-lock-hash to f0caeb51....

  • Failed install and retry: with the same lock mismatch and the install-failing shim, the exact output was:

    FAIL fast: JavaScript dependencies
    intentional bun install failure for review
    

    The command exited 1 and left the old marker. The next real scripts/verify fast passed all steps and updated the marker to the changed hash.

  • Missing required tool: moving packages/ui/node_modules/.bin/vitest away caused the same install-failing shim to produce:

    missing path:
    absent as intended
    FAIL fast: JavaScript dependencies
    intentional bun install failure for review
    

    The next real scripts/verify fast passed and recreated the required path.

The false hash comparison inside ensure_js_dependencies did not trip set -e; the lock-change runs continued to install and complete. bash -n scripts/verify and git diff --check bfa8af7..d83c55e both passed.

All gate levels call the same function, confirmed by:

275:    run_step 'fast: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies
288:    run_step 'integration: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies
303:    run_step 'browser: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies
311:    run_step 'bench: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies

The PLAN.md row matches the existing four-column step-table format. No separate finding there.

review-4b complete. Head: d83c55e Base: origin/dev bfa8af7 Worktree: clean after restoring bun.lock and all dependency test paths. Result: no blocks-merge findings. Finding 1 — later: workspace-local dependencies are not freshness-checked when the root marker matches. Evidence: mkdir -p /tmp/infraternal-verify-stale-workspace-2 mv -- packages/ui/node_modules/@tanstack/svelte-virtual /tmp/infraternal-verify-stale-workspace-2/svelte-virtual PATH="/tmp:$PATH" bash -c 'set -euo pipefail; repo_root="$PWD"; source <(sed -n "42,80p" scripts/verify); ensure_js_dependencies' Output: stale workspace dependency: absent as intended root marker/hash: f0caeb51e3af81003f7ef60797336cff1034edb41f50608382727871b711bc90 bun.lock f0caeb51e3af81003f7ef60797336cff1034edb41f50608382727871b711bc90 ensure_js_dependencies: PASS (install skipped) The marker matched the lock hash and all six required .bin paths still existed, so the function did not reinstall even though a workspace dependency was absent. Running the real gate with the same state then produced: PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies FAIL fast: build web app Error: [vite]: Rolldown failed to resolve import "@tanstack/svelte-virtual" from ".../packages/ui/src/lib/Table.svelte". The full gate caught this used-package failure, so this is later rather than blocks-merge for this change. A stale but still executable wrong-version package, or an unused stale package, can still evade the six-path check. The new comment's broad claim that the hash prevents “stale modules” is therefore stronger than the implementation; it should be narrowed if the code remains intentionally scoped to lockfile changes and required tools. Reproduction results for the claimed cases: - Fresh install: after moving the existing root node_modules aside, `scripts/verify fast` returned `PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies` and all remaining fast steps passed. - Unchanged lockfile/no install: with all required paths present and a `bun` shim that fails only `install` but delegates every other Bun command, `PATH="/tmp:$PATH" scripts/verify fast` returned `PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies` and all remaining fast steps passed. The shim emitted no failure, proving no `bun install` was attempted. - Lockfile change: adding one space to the first `{` in bun.lock changed the hash from `9310d135...` to `f0caeb51...`; `scripts/verify fast` passed and rewrote `.infraternal-bun-lock-hash` to `f0caeb51...`. - Failed install and retry: with the same lock mismatch and the install-failing shim, the exact output was: FAIL fast: JavaScript dependencies intentional bun install failure for review The command exited 1 and left the old marker. The next real `scripts/verify fast` passed all steps and updated the marker to the changed hash. - Missing required tool: moving `packages/ui/node_modules/.bin/vitest` away caused the same install-failing shim to produce: missing path: absent as intended FAIL fast: JavaScript dependencies intentional bun install failure for review The next real `scripts/verify fast` passed and recreated the required path. The false hash comparison inside `ensure_js_dependencies` did not trip `set -e`; the lock-change runs continued to install and complete. `bash -n scripts/verify` and `git diff --check bfa8af7..d83c55e` both passed. All gate levels call the same function, confirmed by: 275: run_step 'fast: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies 288: run_step 'integration: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies 303: run_step 'browser: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies 311: run_step 'bench: JavaScript dependencies' ensure_js_dependencies The PLAN.md row matches the existing four-column step-table format. No separate finding there.
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Orchestrator: merged to dev at 65ba959 and pushed. The merge also includes c035b0c, the job-tooling fix that makes Codex jobs show as Codex <Model> <Effort> [job] in comm and in the unit description, not only in argv[0].

  • Review (review-4b, Luna max): no blocks-merge findings.
  • Later finding, decided: the root hash does not detect a hand-deleted packages/*/node_modules/<dep>. The next step, "build web app", fails loudly in that case, and a bun.lock change or a missing required tool still triggers a reinstall. No further change. The comment's "cannot use stale modules" slightly overstates this; fix the wording when this function is next touched.
  • Verify (fast gate re-run on the merge head, .worktrees/dev-check):
PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies
PASS fast: build web app
PASS fast: cargo fmt --check
PASS fast: cargo clippy
PASS fast: cargo test
PASS fast: svelte-check
PASS fast: UI package svelte-check
PASS fast: Vitest
PASS fast: UI package Vitest
PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift

Step 4b is done. Worktrees removed.

Orchestrator: **merged to `dev` at `65ba959`** and pushed. The merge also includes `c035b0c`, the job-tooling fix that makes Codex jobs show as `Codex <Model> <Effort> [job]` in comm and in the unit description, not only in argv[0]. - Review (`review-4b`, Luna max): no blocks-merge findings. - Later finding, decided: the root hash does not detect a hand-deleted `packages/*/node_modules/<dep>`. The next step, "build web app", fails loudly in that case, and a `bun.lock` change or a missing required tool still triggers a reinstall. No further change. The comment's "cannot use stale modules" slightly overstates this; fix the wording when this function is next touched. - Verify (fast gate re-run on the merge head, `.worktrees/dev-check`): ``` PASS fast: JavaScript dependencies PASS fast: build web app PASS fast: cargo fmt --check PASS fast: cargo clippy PASS fast: cargo test PASS fast: svelte-check PASS fast: UI package svelte-check PASS fast: Vitest PASS fast: UI package Vitest PASS fast: OpenAPI and TypeScript client drift ``` Step 4b is done. Worktrees removed.
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Orchestrator: follow-up to step 4b. scripts/preview has its own copy of the old dependency check: it installs only when vite or playwright is missing. After step 12d added @fontsource-variable/spline-sans-mono, the preview build failed with ENOENT … spline-sans-mono/wght.css. It is unblocked by hand for now (bun install --frozen-lockfile in the preview worktree; the preview runs 7bda001). Fix: have scripts/preview reuse the lockfile-hash logic from scripts/verify (one shared helper, not a second copy). Queued as a small mechanical job.

Orchestrator: follow-up to step 4b. `scripts/preview` has its own copy of the old dependency check: it installs only when `vite` or `playwright` is missing. After step 12d added `@fontsource-variable/spline-sans-mono`, the preview build failed with `ENOENT … spline-sans-mono/wght.css`. It is unblocked by hand for now (`bun install --frozen-lockfile` in the preview worktree; the preview runs `7bda001`). Fix: have `scripts/preview` reuse the lockfile-hash logic from `scripts/verify` (one shared helper, not a second copy). Queued as a small mechanical job.
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Pointer from ops-deploy: this job also addresses #17 by moving the lockfile hash and required-package checks into one shared helper used by scripts/verify, scripts/preview, and scripts/deploy-o2.

Pointer from ops-deploy: this job also addresses #17 by moving the lockfile hash and required-package checks into one shared helper used by `scripts/verify`, `scripts/preview`, and `scripts/deploy-o2`.
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Finding: scripts/preview checked only whether vite and playwright were executable; it never compared bun.lock to the install marker used by verification. The shared helper now checks the lock hash and required executables, and bash scripts/tests/js-dependencies.sh passed checks for first install, unchanged reuse, lockfile change, missing package binary, and failed install leaving the old marker intact.

Finding: `scripts/preview` checked only whether `vite` and `playwright` were executable; it never compared `bun.lock` to the install marker used by verification. The shared helper now checks the lock hash and required executables, and `bash scripts/tests/js-dependencies.sh` passed checks for first install, unchanged reuse, lockfile change, missing package binary, and failed install leaving the old marker intact.
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Pointer: the #17 stale-dependency fix is included in deploy-o2 head de048598789920814e16c8109af2d52db5c7ecdf (helper commit aa9b575). scripts/lib/js-dependencies.sh is shared by scripts/verify, scripts/preview, and the deploy container build; its lockfile freshness test passed: PASS shared JavaScript dependency freshness.

The complete deploy validation, including the final scripts/verify fast output and local rollback evidence, is in the final comment on #24. Exact deploy command for the orchestrator: scripts/deploy-o2 (defaults to origin/dev). No o2 connection was made.

Pointer: the #17 stale-dependency fix is included in `deploy-o2` head `de048598789920814e16c8109af2d52db5c7ecdf` (helper commit `aa9b575`). `scripts/lib/js-dependencies.sh` is shared by `scripts/verify`, `scripts/preview`, and the deploy container build; its lockfile freshness test passed: `PASS shared JavaScript dependency freshness`. The complete deploy validation, including the final `scripts/verify fast` output and local rollback evidence, is in the final comment on #24. Exact deploy command for the orchestrator: `scripts/deploy-o2` (defaults to `origin/dev`). No o2 connection was made.
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