perf(json): validate DirectParser in one pass

[proggeramlug]

Closes #9184

Summary

• make DirectParser validate structure, literals, number grammar, escapes, control bytes, and complete input while it materializes Perry values
• remove the serde_json validation scans from both JSON parse entry points and enforce the same completion check in the typed-array fast path
• preserve valid lone-surrogate JSON strings by keeping WTF-8 values out of the UTF-8-only short-string representation
• add parser-level coverage plus a Node-parity integration battery with 43 malformed inputs, 28 valid value cases, and typed-array parsing

Testing

• cargo test -p perry-runtime json::tests --lib (34 passed)
• cargo build --release -p perry-runtime-static
• cargo test -p perry --test issue_9184_json_parse_strict -- --nocapture
• globals Node differential: 115/122 versus checked-in 111/115 baseline; all three JSON.parse/reviver fixtures pass individually
• full perry-runtime library sweep: 2,831 passed, 4 ignored; two unrelated host/global-state-sensitive failures both passed when rerun individually
• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• git diff --check

No version bump.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • JSON.parse now enforces strict JSON syntax, including valid numbers, escapes, control characters, nesting, and trailing content.
  • Malformed JSON consistently raises a SyntaxError instead of being partially accepted or converted to an incorrect value.
  • Unicode surrogate pairs and lone surrogates are handled correctly.

• Tests

  • Added comprehensive regression coverage for valid, invalid, nested, duplicate-key, numeric, and whitespace inputs.

• Documentation

  • Added a changelog entry for single-pass JSON parsing and validation.

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• scripts/string_payload_access_baseline.txt

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Strict JSON parsing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
DirectParser grammar validation crates/perry-runtime/src/json/parser.rs	DirectParser records syntax failures, rejects malformed literals and numbers, stops invalid container parsing, and validates complete input with finish().
String escape and terminator validation crates/perry-runtime/src/json/parser.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/json/simd.rs	String parsing validates control bytes and escapes, handles surrogate pairs and lone surrogates, and updates scalar, NEON, and SSE2 scans.
Parser completion in JSON APIs crates/perry-runtime/src/json/parse_api.rs	JSON APIs remove the serde validation pass, preserve source roots across collection points, call finish(), and report malformed-input SyntaxError values.
Strict parsing regression coverage crates/perry-runtime/src/json/mod.rs, crates/perry/tests/issue_9184_json_parse_strict.rs, test-files/test_issue_9184_json_parse_strict.ts, changelog.d/9224-json-parse-single-pass.md, scripts/string_payload_access_baseline.txt	Tests cover malformed and valid JSON, numbers, strings, nesting, duplicate keys, trailing input, and typed arrays. The changelog records single-pass validation and value construction. The string payload baseline is updated.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7e3c2

Typed JSON parsing may retain invalid source data after an allocation during shape construction, which could cause incorrect results or runtime failures. The PR should not merge until this bounded runtime risk is fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant JSONParse
  participant DirectParser
  participant JSValue
  JSONParse->>DirectParser: parse input and construct values
  DirectParser->>JSValue: build parsed value
  JSONParse->>DirectParser: finish()
  DirectParser-->>JSONParse: valid and fully consumed result
  JSONParse-->>JSONParse: throw malformed-input SyntaxError when finish() is false

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 56.76% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 37 functions across 6 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #9184 by making DirectParser reject malformed and incomplete JSON, validating complete input, removing redundant serde_json validation scans, and adding parser and Node-parit…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed parser logic, SIMD scanning, tests, integration coverage, and changelog entry all support the strict JSON parsing and single-pass objectives in issue #9184. No unrelated code changes are i…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: validating DirectParser in a single pass. It is concise and specific.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is mostly complete. It explains the implementation, links issue #9184, lists concrete changes, and provides detailed test commands and results. It does not use the template's separate …

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The changes satisfy issue #9184 by making DirectParser reject malformed and incomplete JSON, validating complete input, removing redundant serde_json validation scans, and adding parser and Node-parity tests.

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The changed parser logic, SIMD scanning, tests, integration coverage, and changelog entry all support the strict JSON parsing and single-pass objectives in issue #9184. No unrelated code changes are identified.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/json/parse_api.rs`:
- Line 570: Root the source string before calling build_shape_hint, then reload
the current pointer from the rooted JSValue before parsing or falling back to
js_json_parse. Ensure str_bytes_from_jsvalue views and movable text_ptr values
are not reused across allocations or GC, while preserving the existing
shape-hint and fallback behavior.

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Root text_ptr before build_shape_hint.

A parse-key-cache miss in build_shape_hint can allocate before this root is pushed. For a source string longer than SHORT_STRING_MAX_LEN, that allocation can move the StringHeader. This line can then root the stale address, and lines 575-580 dereference it.

Push the source root before shape construction. Reload the moved pointer before parsing or falling back to js_json_parse.

Based on learnings: treat str_bytes_from_jsvalue views and movable source-string pointers as invalid across allocation or GC unless the source is rooted and reloaded.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/json/parse_api.rs` at line 570, Root the source
string before calling build_shape_hint, then reload the current pointer from the
rooted JSValue before parsing or falling back to js_json_parse. Ensure
str_bytes_from_jsvalue views and movable text_ptr values are not reused across
allocations or GC, while preserving the existing shape-hint and fallback
behavior.

Source: Learnings

[proggeramlug]

Merged, with one gate fix pushed onto the branch.

The design question here is the one #9184 raises: the second scan can't just be deleted, because DirectParser accepts {, [1,], [01], [1e] and several more that are not valid JSON. Folding validation into the single pass is the right answer to that — it removes the duplicate walk without removing the rejection. I checked the rejections survive rather than assuming: {, [1,], [01], [1e], {"a":} and tru all still throw SyntaxError, matching node 26.5.1 exactly, and a round-trip over an object with nested arrays, null, true, a large float and a non-ASCII string ("sürf") is byte-identical.

What I fixed: the post-collection re-derivation open-coded the StringHeader payload offset, which raised string_payload_access_inventory from its 363 baseline to 364. That ratchet is decrease-only, so it would have gone red on main.

Rather than neutralise the increase I converted all four sites in parse_api.rs to crate::string::string_data — 364 → 360 — and lowered the baseline in the same change, which is what the ratchet's own contract asks for ("a decrease must lower the baseline in the same change"). Net effect is that the file pays down three sites of pre-existing debt instead of adding one.

Worth saying the re-derivation itself is right: reading the payload again after gc_check_trigger rather than holding a slice across it is exactly the discipline a copying collector needs — a borrowed heap slice is the one shape rooting cannot fix. The only issue was spelling it by hand.

Validation: perry-runtime 2867 passed / 0 failed at RUST_TEST_THREADS=1; perry-codegen 31 suites / 0 failures; all 60 lint gates green.

Validated alongside #9213, #9214, #9216, #9219 and #9230 on one branch.