Foundation: helper-runtime UniqidJitHelper stale — release-readiness red (re-#26921/#24302)

[PurHur]

Category

bug · Pillar 1 trust · helper-runtime prelink freshness (#24302 gate)

Problem

After #26933 (Stdlib: fix AOT uniqid NestedJIT segfault / #26931) merged without refreshing the committed helper-runtime object, ./script/release-readiness.sh --json → user_release_ready: no.

First failing gate (master @ 2538d0148, 2026-08-02):

helper-runtime-prelink: STALE ext_standard_UniqidJitHelper_php (/ext/standard/UniqidJitHelper.php)
— 364 fresh, 1 stale, 0 broken

north-star5-fast, cold-build, spine-coverage, and vm-driver-probe remain green. Committed docs/bootstrap-inventory.md is also behind live Phase A paths (6792 → 6798) after recent iterator AOT merges (#26922).

Gate	Status
bootstrap-inventory --check	FAIL — file-list drift 6792→6798 (release-readiness may auto-rewrite during run)
helper-runtime-prelink --strict	FAIL — 1 stale (UniqidJitHelper)
cold-build-check	ok (~3s)
north-star5-fast	ok
vm-driver-probe	ok

PHP implementation target

• Re-emit ext/standard/UniqidJitHelper.php in pinned Docker (PHP_COMPILER_EMIT_JOBS=1) then --prelink
• Commit updated prelinked/helper-runtime/x86_64-linux/ bytes — no fingerprint restamp without emit
• Regenerate and commit docs/bootstrap-inventory.md so --check matches live 6798 paths

Repro

./script/docker-exec.sh -- bash -lc 'source script/php-env.sh && php script/check-helper-runtime-prelink.php --strict'
# 364 fresh, 1 stale, 0 broken
./script/docker-exec.sh -- bash -lc './script/release-readiness.sh --json'
# user_release_ready: no

Refresh

./script/docker-exec.sh -- bash -lc 'PHP_COMPILER_EMIT_JOBS=1 php script/emit-helper-runtime-object.php --unit=/ext/standard/UniqidJitHelper.php --prelink'
php script/bootstrap-inventory.php
php script/check-helper-runtime-prelink.php --strict
./script/release-readiness.sh --json

Done when

• php script/check-helper-runtime-prelink.php --strict → 0 stale / 0 broken
• php script/bootstrap-inventory.php --check green (6798/6798)
• ./script/release-readiness.sh --json → user_release_ready: yes (or only warn-only gen0_provenance remaining)
• No restamp without emit — committed blobs match re-emitted unit

[PurHur]

claim: compile/link trust-gate automation — starting this run

TRY_FIRST on master @ 2538d01:

• bootstrap-inventory --check: FAIL file-list drift 6792→6798
• helper-runtime-prelink --strict: FAIL — STALE ext_standard_UniqidJitHelper_php (364 fresh, 1 stale)
• north-star5-fast: ok (via release-readiness)
• cold-build / spine / vm-driver-probe: ok
• user_release_ready: no

Fixing: re-emit UniqidJitHelper --prelink + regenerate bootstrap-inventory.md.

[PurHur]

Merged #26945

Verification (on branch before merge):

• check-helper-runtime-prelink.php --strict → 366 fresh, 0 stale, 0 broken
• bootstrap-inventory.php --check → OK 6798/6798
• release-readiness.sh --json → user_release_ready: yes (north-star5-fast / cold-build / spine / vm-driver-probe ok)
• Also refreshed QuotPrint unit (php-in-php: fix AOT quoted_printable NestedJIT segfault (#26899) #26934) + published RegexIteratorFilter unit (Stdlib: AOT LimitIterator/AppendIterator/RegexIterator ITA (#26825) #26922)

gen0_provenance remains warn-only stale (seed 9e6b9c12a) — tracked by #26756 / PR #26778.