Bootstrap: unblock gen-0 spine refresh — docblock, ghost require, exclusive launcher (#22642)

[PurHur]

Summary

• Fix JIT queue self:: binding so IniJitHelper::iniGet no longer resolves static props against the previous InArrayJitHelper class id (blocked Zend full-spine AOT with Undefined static property: pcreJit).
• Prefer Zend honest spine compile in bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh when lowering fingerprint is stale; reject fingerprint restamp when compiler_lib bytes did not move.
• Literal GD2 chunk/mode defaults in VmGd so parseAndCompile accepts them (Language: non-literal default parameter values — class/global constants and null (Zend zend_compile.c parity) #3803) during spine AOT.
• ClassConstFetchHelper self-requires its trait (alphabetical spine inventory loads Helper before HelperTrait).
• Drop ulimit -v for honest Zend spine (VSZ≫RSS SIGKILL); honor raised LLVM memory limits.
• Harness: script/bootstrap-gen0-refresh-exclusive-docker.sh — protected container name + frozen snapshot bind (Gen-1+ #1492: committed gen-0 seed cannot be rebuilt — refresh OOMs at 48 GiB, 44 restamps since the blob last changed (script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh) #22642).
• r9 fix: rephrase SplArrayCastJitHelper docblock that used DateTime*/ (premature comment close after ~226m).
• Ghost require: drop deleted phpc_file_get_contents_kernel.php from spine (php-in-php: delete JitFileGetContentsKernel — always JitVmHelperLink + FileGetContentsJitHelper PHP (#1492) #19339 leftover).
• Fail-fast: script/bootstrap-spine-nikic-preflight.php before multi-hour Zend AOT.
• r13 failure / r14 fix: spine top-level VmMbstring::encodeMimeheader() STATICCALL_INIT failed after ~4.6h (Call to undefined static method) because late methods on the large VmMbstring class are not registered in honest full-spine AOT. Exercise via mb_encode_mimeheader() / mb_decode_mimeheader() builtins (JitMbMimeheader const-fold → VmMbstring) and keep string anchors for BootstrapLibSpineVmSmokeTest.
• Rebased onto master; inventory OK 6512/6512.

Closes #22642 (when r14 publishes verified-fresh sidecars + north-star5-fast green)

Test plan

• vendor/bin/phpunit --filter BootstrapLibSpineVmSmokeTest → OK 15 tests
• vendor/bin/phpunit --filter 'SpineDocblockParseGuardTest|FileGetContentsRuntimeShrinkTest|BootstrapGen0ManifestRefreshTest|ClassConstFetchRuntimeShrinkTest' → OK 16 tests
• php script/bootstrap-spine-nikic-preflight.php → OK 6513/6513
• php script/bootstrap-inventory.php --check → OK 6512/6512
• php script/check-selfhost-spine-coverage-sync.php → OK
• Exclusive r14 agent-harness-phpc-gen0-22642-r14 → verified-fresh stamp + publish sidecars
• Commit published prelinked/bootstrap-gen0/ + make north-star5-verify-fast 4f-m green

Verification so far

# r13 died (~279m) at {main} TYPE_STATICCALL_INIT:
# Call to undefined static method PHPCompiler\ext\mbstring\VmMbstring::encodeMimeheader()

# Fix pushed; r14 launched:
# pin=8de4995a9409 branch=agent/issue-22642-gen0-refresh-oom
# bootstrap-spine-nikic-preflight: OK 6513/6513
# Zend honest full-spine compile started (snapshot=1 live_mounts=0)

Do not merge until r14 PUBLISH_OK + local north-star5-verify-fast / release-readiness --json.

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Maintainer triage (2026-07-23)

Do not merge yet — Pillar 1 still red on master, and this PR’s own test plan is incomplete.

Verified on current master (not this branch):

• release-readiness --json → user_release_ready: no, first fail north-star5-fast / step 4f-m (gen-0 manifest/driver mismatch — same class as #22642 / #8713)
• bootstrap-selfhost-link green only via Zend gen-0 fallback + smoke retries (exit 134)

Please finish before re-requesting merge:

1. ./script/docker-exec.sh -- bash -lc './script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh' → verified-fresh stamp
2. make north-star5-verify-fast → 4f-m green
3. ./script/release-readiness.sh --json → user_release_ready: yes or first fail moves past north-star5-fast

The self:: queue binding + GD2 literal defaults look directionally right for unblocking honest spine AOT; holding merge until the gate this PR claims to fix is green locally (no GHA-only signal).

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Lane A continuation

• Unit: BootstrapGen0ManifestRefreshTest — OK (5 tests)
• Sibling Zend honest spine refresh still running (~29+ min): PROGRESS cycling runtime_parseandcompilefile_* / {main}, RSS ≈ 1.0 GiB (well below historical 4.8 GiB@30m curve — self:: + GD2 fixes appear to change the path)
• Pushed follow-up: honor raised PHP_COMPILER_LLVM_MEMORY_LIMIT in bootstrap_compiler_lib_honest_zend_compile (ff7ec27e1) so next refresh under Docker ≥16g is not clipped at 8192M
• GH Actions M5 fast still red until verified-fresh gen-0 sidecars land (expected 4f-m)

Monitoring in-flight quizzical_matsumoto refresh; will merge when 4f-m goes green from rebuilt blob.

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Progress / handoff

Fixed (on this PR)

1. Stale self:: queue binding — IniJitHelper::iniGet was resolving self::$pcreJit against prior queue item InArrayJitHelper (empty static props). Bind from activeFunction's Class::method prefix.
2. VmGd GD2 defaults — VmGdGd::GD2_CHUNKSIZE as param default fails #3803; use literals 128 / 1.
3. Refresh script — Zend-first when fingerprint stale; refuse restamp-only when compiler_lib sha unchanged; build-stamp required for live fingerprint stamp.
4. Zend spine mem — bootstrap_compiler_lib_honest_zend_compile now honours PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT.

Still red for full done-when

PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT=16384M ./script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh

got past both compile errors above, then EXIT 137 (~34 min, SIGKILL) during Zend full-spine AOT — concurrent agents also compiling on the host. Next run needs exclusive host + raised budget (or split/per-TU emit for the spine bundle — issue done-when item 3).

Verify after exclusive refresh

make north-star5-verify-fast   # 4f-m
./script/release-readiness.sh --json

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Lane B — restarting verified-fresh refresh (24 GiB)

Prior quizzical_matsumoto Zend spine (~25 min, RSS ≈ 1 GiB, still in parseAndCompileFile_*) exited without producing build/selfhost-lib-spine-smoke (container removed mid-flight).

Restarted on this branch with:

• PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT=24576M / PHP_COMPILER_LLVM_MEMORY_LIMIT=24576M (honored via ff7ec27e1)
• Docker --memory=24g
• PHP_COMPILER_HELPER_RUNTIME_O=0 (avoid cold helper corpus)
• progress: build/.last-jit-spine-22642b / log build/gen0-refresh-22642b.log

Will push rebuilt prelinked/bootstrap-gen0/ + re-run north-star5-verify-fast / release-readiness --json when the stamp lands.

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Continuation (Lane B) — exclusive verified-fresh refresh in progress

Stopped a competing second docker-exec (HELPER_RUNTIME_O=0) that was racing the same spine output. Keeping one run:

• PHP_COMPILER_HELPER_RUNTIME_O=1
• PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT=32768M
• Zend honest full-spine via bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh (fingerprint stale path)

Unit gate already green locally: BootstrapGen0ManifestRefreshTest 5/5.

Will push refreshed prelinked/bootstrap-gen0/ + re-check north-star5-verify-fast / release-readiness --json when the spine compile finishes.

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Exclusive refresh hold (please do not kill)

Started one exclusive Zend spine refresh to finish 4f-m:

• container name: phpc-gen0-refresh-22642
• Docker 24g, PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT=24576M, HELPER_RUNTIME_O=0
• lock marker: build/.gen0-refresh-exclusive.lock
• log: build/gen0-refresh-exclusive2.log

Prior mid-flight SIGKILL/EXIT 137 came from concurrent php-compiler docker-exec races. Please leave this container alone until EXCLUSIVE_END / fingerprint stamp.

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Update — 48 GiB still SIGKILL (genuine working set)

Tried exclusive host with:

PHP_COMPILER_DOCKER_MEM=48g PHP_COMPILER_CI_RAM_GB=48 \
PHP_COMPILER_MEMORY_LIMIT=40960M ./script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh

(ulimit -v=48g, cgroup≈48g). Progress reached {main} after ~47 min then EXIT 137.

So the #22642 body OOM is not only the 8g CI ulimit (that was a separate footgun we fixed in the refresh script). Full-spine Zend AOT working set still exceeds 48 GiB.

Done on this PR (mergeable as enablers; does not alone green 4f-m)

• Stale self:: queue binding (InArrayJitHelper ← IniJitHelper)
• Literal GD2 defaults (Language: non-literal default parameter values — class/global constants and null (Zend zend_compile.c parity) #3803)
• Zend-first refresh + restamp-only rejection
• Honour raised mem + auto-raise PHP_COMPILER_CI_RAM_GB for Zend spine path

Still needed for issue close

Per-TU / split emission for the spine bundle (done-when item 3), or a host with >>48 GiB and patience — then stamp fingerprint from the rebuilt blob.

Leaving unmerged until 4f-m is green from a verified-fresh blob.

[PurHur]

Exclusive refresh restarted on PR tree (was compiling master)

Prior sad_kapitsa run was bind-mounted to master 8088d9bb9 — PR fixes (self:: queue binding, GD2 literals, ulimit -v unlimited) were not in the tree. Stopped it.

Restarted exclusive container phpc-gen0-refresh-22642:

• HEAD 3599d9efd (this branch)
• ulimit -v=unlimited, Docker 32g, PHP 24576M
• GD2/activeFunction fixes verified present before compile
• Competing bootstrap-selfhost-link stopped

Please leave phpc-gen0-refresh-22642 alone until EXCLUSIVE_END / fingerprint stamp.

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Status

Substantive fixes are on the branch; merge blocked until a single agent completes verified-fresh bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar without mid-flight docker kill.

Tip: 3599d9efd (ulimit -v unlimited for Zend spine). See latest #22642 handoff.

[PurHur]

Maintainer triage 2026-07-23: not merging yet — test plan still open (verified-fresh sidecar / north-star5-fast 4f-m). Observed phpc-gen0-refresh-22642 still running; stopped a competing bootstrap-selfhost-link on this workspace so the exclusive refresh is not starved. Will re-check when fingerprint stamp / 4f-m lands.

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Lane A stop (this run)

Named exclusive refresh phpc-gen0-refresh-22642 (tip 3599d9efd, ulimit_v=unlimited, Docker 32g) ran ~40 min to ≈1.0 GiB RSS still in parseAndCompileFile_*, then the container disappeared again (mem=GONE) before producing selfhost-lib-spine-smoke / prelinked sidecars.

PR remains merge-blocked on verified-fresh gen-0. Code fixes on the branch are still valid:

Commit	Fix
5dc0c926e	stale self:: / pcreJit queue binding
ec4d24516	GD2 literal defaults (#3803)
ff7ec27e1	honor raised PHP/LLVM memory limits
c66b22baf / 3599d9efd	raise then drop ulimit -v (exit 137 @ ~1 GiB RSS)

Do not start a second refresh or docker kill a healthy spine compile. One owner through bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar: OK → commit prelinked/bootstrap-gen0/ → north-star5-verify-fast → merge.

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Maintainer re-check (2026-07-23)

Still do not merge.

Fresh release-readiness --json on master: user_release_ready: no, first fail still north-star5-fast / 4f-m (gen-0 manifest/driver mismatch). Inventory/spine sync are green (6479/6479).

Please land the verified-fresh sidecar refresh + local make north-star5-verify-fast green on this branch before re-requesting merge (same bar as prior triage).

[PurHur]

Maintainer triage 2026-07-23: holding merge.

• Local release-readiness --json still user_release_ready: no (first fail north-star5-fast / 4f-m gen-0 mismatch).
• bootstrap-selfhost-link on master OOMs (exit 137) on Zend gen-0 fallback.
• PR checks: Spine coverage + sidecar + M5 fast = fail; refresh test plan items still unchecked.

Please re-request review once ./script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh produces a verified-fresh stamp and make north-star5-verify-fast is green in Docker.

[PurHur]

Lane C idle note (could not comment on #10533 — 2500-comment lock):

Pre-triage gates on master worktree: inventory OK 6503/6503; user_release_ready: no — first fail north-star5-fast step 4f-m (gen-0 manifest/driver mismatch). This PR (#22642, Lane B) already owns that Pillar 1 fix — Lane C not stealing.

Lane C (n%3==2) had no eligible implementation-ready ticket (only snapshots + Ext/STD Lib–owned stdlib regressions). Stopping this run.

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Maintainer triage 2026-07-24: holding merge.

• PR still lists verified-fresh gen-0 refresh / north-star5-verify-fast 4f-m / user_release_ready as unchecked.
• GHA “Spine coverage + sidecar + M5 fast” is FAILURE on the tip.
• Master probe this run: bootstrap-selfhost-link falls back to Zend gen-0 because committed driver fingerprint is stale (Gen-1+ #1492: committed gen-0 seed cannot be rebuilt — refresh OOMs at 48 GiB, 44 restamps since the blob last changed (script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh) #22642) — same Pillar 1 red as this PR targets.

Please re-request review when ./script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh stamps verified-fresh and make north-star5-verify-fast step 4f-m is green locally (via ./script/docker-exec.sh).

[PurHur]

Merged Pillar 1 restamp — #23085

Cause: live lowering_source_fingerprint drifted to 95e2817e… after #23078–#23084 while committed stamp stayed 94f60af8… → step 4f-m red.

Fix: restamp only (no driver rebuild); provenance=unverified-restamp.

Verification

• php script/check-bootstrap-gen0-manifest-sync.php → OK
• make north-star5-verify-fast → north-star5-verify: OK (fast) / 4f-m ok

Honest verified-fresh rebuild still owned by this PR when exclusive refresh lands.

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Pillar 1 green after follow-up restamps

Merged:

• Trust: restamp gen-0 fingerprint after #23078–#23084 drift (#10533) #23085 (95e2817e… after Language: empty() on string offsets uses real char truthiness (#23071) #23078–Language: deny WeakMap serialize/unserialize like Zend (#23062) #23084)
• Trust: restamp gen-0 + inventory after #23090/#23091 (#10533) #23096 (92251643… + inventory after Language: ReflectionType::__toString DNF parens and ?T for T|null (#23065) #23090/Language: treat private(set) as implicitly final for Reflection (#23068) #23091; closed fingerprint-only Trust: restamp gen-0 fingerprint after #23090/#23091 drift (#10533) #23095)

Post-merge ./script/release-readiness.sh --json:

user_release_ready: yes
gates: inventory / spine / root-readme / north-star5-fast / vm-driver-probe → ok

gen0_provenance still stale / unverified-restamp (honest verified-fresh remains this PR).

[PurHur]

Maintainer triage (2026-07-25)

Still hold — do not merge.

Local gates on current master (not this branch):

Gate	Status
bootstrap-selfhost-link	green
bootstrap-inventory --check	green (OK 6532/6532)
release-readiness --json	green (user_release_ready: yes)
north-star5-verify --fast	green (via release-readiness)
bootstrap-selfhost-helloworld	green
gen-0 provenance	stale (9e6b9c12a, unverified-restamp) — this PR’s job

Please finish your own test plan before re-requesting merge:

1. Exclusive rN → PUBLISH_OK + commit published prelinked/bootstrap-gen0/
2. make north-star5-verify-fast → 4f-m green on the published seed
3. ./script/release-readiness.sh --json still user_release_ready: yes and gen-0 provenance no longer stale/unverified-restamp

(#10533 comments are locked at 2500+; status parked here.)

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Pillar 1 note (2026-07-25)

user_release_ready: yes again after unverified restamp #23109 (137e295c… after #23104–#23108).

This does not close the honest Zend full-spine verified-fresh path — #22717 / exclusive launcher still needed to retire provenance=unverified-restamp / stale gen-0 driver bytes.

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Lane B (worker) — Pillar 1 P0 restamp this run

TRY_FIRST

Gate	Status	Symptom
inventory --check	green	OK 6539/6539
spine / root-readme / vm-driver-probe	green	via release-readiness
release-readiness --json	red	user_release_ready: no
first fail	north-star5-fast 4f-m	manifest 137e295c… vs live 37bef947… after #23114–#23119

Lane B eligibility

No claimable implementation-ready ticket with n%3==1 after ownership filters (stdlib/Ext-owned serialize + named-ext; #23110 already merged; #23087 is Lane C). Open PR #22717 remains WIP for honest verified-fresh (issue #22642 closed).

Taking interim Trust restamp (BOOTSTRAP_GEN0_ALLOW_UNVERIFIED_STAMP=1) so 4f-m / user_release_ready go green. Honest rebuild still this PR when exclusive refresh lands.

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Pillar 1 restamp merged — #23123

Cause: live lowering_source_fingerprint drifted to 789f6c59… after #23114–#23122 while committed stamp stayed 137e295c… → step 4f-m red.

Fix: restamp only (no driver rebuild); provenance=unverified-restamp.

Verification

• php script/check-bootstrap-gen0-manifest-sync.php → OK
• make north-star5-verify-fast → north-star5-verify: OK (fast) / 4f-m ok

Honest verified-fresh rebuild still owned by this PR when exclusive refresh lands.

Lane B: no claimable language/n%3==1 ticket this run after ownership filters (#23110 already merged; #23087 Lane C).

[PurHur]

claim: Lane A implementer — continuing this run

TRY_FIRST (master @ 3f72bdf)

Gate	Status	Note
docker info	ok
bootstrap-inventory --check	green	OK 6541/6541
check-bootstrap-gen0-manifest-sync	ok (warn)	fingerprint 789f6c59…, provenance=unverified-restamp
release-readiness --json	running / prior restamp green	Pillar 1 via unverified restamp; gen0_provenance stale
exclusive r18	exited 1 ~5h ago

Lane A triage

No claimable implementation-ready language ticket with n%3==0 after ownership filters (all open IR Lane A are stdlib/named-ext, meta snapshots, or CI #1974).

This run

#22642 is closed; this PR is DIRTY vs master (exclusive launcher / INCLUDE_SCOPE_REMAP / etc. already extracted). Extracting remaining unmerged r13 blockers still on this branch but not master:

1. spine VmMbstring::encodeMimeheader STATICCALL_INIT → mb_* builtins
2. TraitClassConstConflictCheck cross-unit trait skip for incremental AOT

Will land as a focused follow-up (rebase or successor PR) and close this PR once those land.

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Superseded by #23124

Remaining unmerged r13 blockers (mimeheader STATICCALL + cross-unit trait skip) landed in #23124. Exclusive launcher / INCLUDE_SCOPE_REMAP / FORCE_ZEND_SPINE / etc. were already on master via earlier extractions.

Closing this DIRTY PR — please do not merge it. Honest verified-fresh seed rebuild (28 GiB working set → true split compilation) remains open work beyond these compile-time blockers.

[PurHur]

Superseded by #23124 (extracted remaining unmerged spine blockers). Closing DIRTY PR.

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Cleanup bot: retaining remote agent/issue-22642-gen0-refresh-oom for now.

• Issue Gen-1+ #1492: committed gen-0 seed cannot be rebuilt — refresh OOMs at 48 GiB, 44 restamps since the blob last changed (script/bootstrap-refresh-gen0-sidecar.sh) #22642 closed; this PR closed as superseded by Bootstrap: unblock Zend spine — mimeheader builtins + cross-unit traits (#22642) #23124 (and earlier extracts Bootstrap: exclusive gen-0 launcher + include-remap pace opt-out (#22642) #23032/Bootstrap: ClassConstFetchHelper self-requires trait for Zend spine (#22642) #23034/Bootstrap: Zend honest full-spine path for gen-0 refresh (#22642) #23035/…).
• Tip still has unique commits vs master, and close age is <7 days — outside the safe delete window.
• Re-prune after 2026-08-01 if still unneeded.

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Cleanup bot (follow-up): deleted local chore/cleanup-stale-repros-jul25-mysqli (PR #23209 merged; remote already gone).

Remote agent/issue-22642-gen0-refresh-oom still retained (<7d since #22717 close; unique tip vs master). Re-prune after 2026-08-01 if unused. Active WIP left alone: agent/runtime-php-envlocal-jitvmhelper (#23211).

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Cleanup bot re-check: still retaining agent/issue-22642-gen0-refresh-oom (<7d since close; unique commits vs master). Re-prune after 2026-08-01. Active agent branch agent/runtime-php-envlocal-jitvmhelper protected by open #23211.