cultcache-ts: single-file store runs every write under the <path>.lock cross-process lock

#enqueue takes withStoreWriteLock; the legacy heal moves out of pullAll's read into a
queued, locked operation that re-reads; push and delete read through #readDisk so they
never enqueue from inside the locked queue (a self-deadlock). Builds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/cultcache-ts/src/single-file-messagepack-backing-store.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 
 import { documentPayloadBytes, documentPayloadFromBytes } from "./document";
 import { checkPayloadDepth } from "./payload-depth";
-import { commitStoreFile } from "./store-file";
+import { commitStoreFile, withStoreWriteLock } from "./store-file";
 import { STORE_FORMAT_VERSION, isV1Snapshot, requireV1RecordSlots } from "./store-format";
 import type {
   CacheBackingStore,
@@ -44,17 +44,32 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
   }
 
   async pullAll(): Promise<CultCacheEnvelope[]> {
+    const { envelopes, healLegacy } = await this.#readDisk();
+    if (healLegacy) {
+      // The heal decides from its own read, taken under the store lock.
+      await this.#enqueue(async () => {
+        const again = await this.#readDisk();
+        if (again.healLegacy) {
+          await this.#writeAll(again.envelopes);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    return envelopes;
+  }
+
+  async #readDisk(): Promise<{ envelopes: CultCacheEnvelope[]; healLegacy: boolean }> {
     // An empty file is not a store, since no CultCache writer leaves one, so it is
     // decoded and refused. Only a read that finds nothing at the path is an empty store.
     const data = await readStore(this.filePath);
     if (data === undefined) {
-      return [];
+      return { envelopes: [], healLegacy: false };
     }
 
     const decoded = decode(data);
     const snapshot = decodeSnapshot(decoded);
     if (snapshot) {
-      return snapshot.records.map((record) => {
+      const envelopes = snapshot.records.map((record) => {
         const catalogEntry = resolveCatalogEntryForRecord(record, snapshot.catalogBySchemaId);
         if (!catalogEntry) {
           throw new Error(`CultCache persisted record "${record.key}" references missing schema id "${record.schemaId}".`);
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
           storedAt: record.storedAt,
         };
       });
+      return { envelopes, healLegacy: false };
     }
 
     const legacy = decodeLegacyEnvelopeArray(decoded);
@@ -90,11 +106,7 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
         payload: documentPayloadFromBytes(entry.payload),
       }));
 
-      if (repairedLegacyPayload) {
+      return { envelopes: parsed, healLegacy: repairedLegacyPayload };
-        await this.#writeAll(parsed);
-      }
-
-      return parsed;
     }
 
     throw new Error(`CultCache file ${this.filePath} is not a recognized CultCache MessagePack store.`);
@@ -102,7 +114,7 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
 
   async push(entry: CultCacheEnvelope): Promise<void> {
     await this.#enqueue(async () => {
-      const existing = await this.pullAll();
+      const existing = (await this.#readDisk()).envelopes;
       const filtered = existing.filter(
         (candidate) => !(candidate.type === entry.type && candidate.key === entry.key),
       );
@@ -113,7 +125,7 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
 
   async delete(entry: CultCacheEnvelope): Promise<void> {
     await this.#enqueue(async () => {
-      const existing = await this.pullAll();
+      const existing = (await this.#readDisk()).envelopes;
       const filtered = existing.filter(
         (candidate) => !(candidate.type === entry.type && candidate.key === entry.key),
       );
@@ -134,9 +146,11 @@ export class SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore implements CacheBackingStore {
   async #enqueue<T>(operation: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
     let result!: T;
 
-    const next = this.#writeQueue.then(async () => {
+    const next = this.#writeQueue.then(() =>
-      result = await operation();
+      withStoreWriteLock(this.filePath, async () => {
-    });
+        result = await operation();
+      }),
+    );
 
     this.#writeQueue = next.then(
       () => undefined,

packages/cultcache-ts/test/store-file.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdtemp, readFile, readdir, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import test from "node:test";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
+import { decode, encode } from "@msgpack/msgpack";
+
+import { documentPayloadFromBytes } from "../src/document";
+import { SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore } from "../src/single-file-messagepack-backing-store";
+import type { CultCacheEnvelope } from "../src/types";
 
 import {
   MOVEFILE_REPLACE_WRITE_THROUGH,
@@ -11,9 +19,12 @@ import {
   nodeStoreFileOps,
   replaceStoreFile,
   replaceStoreFileWindows,
+  withStoreWriteLock,
 } from "../src/store-file";
 import type { ReplaceKernel, StoreFileOps } from "../src/store-file";
 
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
 async function scratch(): Promise<string> {
   return mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "cultcache-store-file-"));
 }
@@ -286,3 +297,142 @@ test(
     }
   },
 );
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The cross-process write lock (TypeScript against TypeScript; C# and Rust are in cult-cache.test.ts).
+
+const entryOf = (key: string): CultCacheEnvelope => ({
+  key,
+  type: "t",
+  payload: documentPayloadFromBytes(Uint8Array.of(0x90)),
+  storedAt: "2026-10-20T00:00:00Z",
+});
+
+function sleepFor(milliseconds: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolveSleep) => setTimeout(resolveSleep, milliseconds));
+}
+
+function within<T>(promise: Promise<T>, milliseconds: number, what: string): Promise<T> {
+  let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+  const expired = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`${what} did not finish within ${milliseconds} ms (deadlock)`)), milliseconds);
+  });
+  return Promise.race([promise, expired]).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
+}
+
+test("a second writer in this process waits for the store lock and runs after release", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const store = join(directory, "store.cc");
+    const order: string[] = [];
+    let second: Promise<void> | undefined;
+    await withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => {
+      second = withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => {
+        order.push("second");
+      });
+      await sleepFor(150);
+      order.push("first-done");
+    });
+    await second;
+    assert.deepEqual(order, ["first-done", "second"]);
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("the store lock gives up after its wait bound and names the lock path", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const store = join(directory, "store.cc");
+    await withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => {
+      await assert.rejects(
+        withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => undefined, { timeoutMs: 200 }),
+        (error: Error) => error.message.includes(`${store}.lock`) && /200 ms/.test(error.message),
+      );
+    });
+    // The failed waiter released nothing it did not hold: the lock is free again.
+    assert.equal(await withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => "free", { timeoutMs: 200 }), "free");
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("the store lock is released when the operation throws", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const store = join(directory, "store.cc");
+    await assert.rejects(withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => Promise.reject(new Error("boom"))), /boom/);
+    assert.equal(await withStoreWriteLock(store, async () => "free", { timeoutMs: 200 }), "free");
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+const legacyObjectPayload = (): Uint8Array =>
+  encode([{ key: "note:hello", type: "note", payload: { title: "Hello" }, storedAt: "2026-10-20T00:00:00Z" }]);
+
+test("an open that heals a legacy store waits for the store lock and heals from its own read", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const path = join(directory, "legacy.cc");
+    const legacy = legacyObjectPayload();
+    await writeFile(path, legacy);
+    const store = new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(path);
+    let healed: Promise<unknown> | undefined;
+    let settled = false;
+    await withStoreWriteLock(path, async () => {
+      healed = store.pullAll().then(() => {
+        settled = true;
+      });
+      await sleepFor(300);
+      assert.equal(settled, false, "the heal must wait for the lock");
+      assert.deepEqual([...(await readFile(path))], [...legacy], "the file keeps its legacy bytes while the lock is held elsewhere");
+    });
+    await within(healed!, 5000, "the heal");
+    assert.equal((decode(await readFile(path)) as unknown[])[0], "cultcache.store.v1");
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("push and delete over a legacy store that needs healing finish instead of waiting on their own lock", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const path = join(directory, "legacy.cc");
+    await writeFile(path, legacyObjectPayload());
+    const store = new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(path);
+    await within(store.push(entryOf("a")), 5000, "push");
+    await writeFile(path, legacyObjectPayload());
+    await within(store.delete(entryOf("a")), 5000, "delete");
+    const keys = (await store.pullAll()).map((entry) => entry.key);
+    assert.deepEqual(keys, ["note:hello"]);
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("two TypeScript processes pushing distinct keys to one store lose none", async () => {
+  const directory = await scratch();
+  try {
+    const path = join(directory, "store.cc");
+    const dist = resolve(__dirname, "..", "..", "dist");
+    const script = `
+      const { SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore } = require(${JSON.stringify(join(dist, "single-file-messagepack-backing-store.js"))});
+      const { documentPayloadFromBytes } = require(${JSON.stringify(join(dist, "document.js"))});
+      (async () => {
+        const store = new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(${JSON.stringify(path)});
+        for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+          await store.push({ key: process.argv[1] + "-" + i, type: "t", payload: documentPayloadFromBytes(Uint8Array.of(0x90)), storedAt: "2026-10-20T00:00:00Z" });
+        }
+      })().catch((error) => { console.error(error); process.exit(1); });
+    `;
+    await Promise.all(
+      ["p", "q"].map((name) => execFileAsync(process.execPath, ["-e", script, name], { timeout: 120_000 })),
+    );
+    const keys = (await new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(path).pullAll()).map((entry) => entry.key).sort();
+    assert.equal(keys.length, 80);
+    assert.equal(new Set(keys).size, 80);
+  } finally {
+    await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});