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Adds a regression-catcher golden for Sylpheed boot at -n 50M lockstep,
covering the first VdSwap pair (the n2m oracle is swap-blind because
the first VdSwap fires at ~18M instructions). The new --stable-digest
flag emits/compares only fields that are deterministic in lockstep:
instructions, imports, unimpl, draws, swaps,
unique_render_targets, shader_blobs_live, texture_cache_entries
Excluded:
packets — empirically ±2-8% lockstep variance (GPU thread race per
audit M11)
resolves, interrupts_delivered, interrupts_dropped, texture_decodes —
scheduling-sensitive under --parallel
path — cwd-dependent
Empirical determinism: 3 consecutive lockstep -n 50M runs produce
byte-identical stable-digest output.
The n4b canonical-invocation golden the audit's recommended next sprint
also called for is deferred. Per audit memory `--parallel
--reservations-table` is pathologically slow (>32 min for -n 100M), so
-n 4B in that mode would be many hours per run, not the 5-15 min the
plan estimated. n4b will be captured one-shot post-renderer-unblock as
a manual artifact under audit-runs/post-fix/, not as a test golden. See
crates/xenia-app/tests/golden/README.md.
Test infrastructure:
- crates/xenia-app/tests/sylpheed_oracles.rs — invokes
CARGO_BIN_EXE_xenia-rs against the ISO. Path resolved via SYLPHEED_ISO
env var (skips gracefully if missing).
- #[ignore]-gated; run via:
cargo test --release -p xenia-app --test sylpheed_oracles \\
-- --ignored --nocapture
Closes ORACBUG-004 (P0). Partial: ORACBUG-006 (P1 deferred).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Sylpheed regression goldens
These JSON files anchor xenia-rs check digest output for Project Sylpheed.
Files
| File | -n | Mode | Captures |
|---|---|---|---|
sylpheed_n2m.json |
2_000_000 | full digest | early boot (swaps=0, no rendering) |
sylpheed_n50m.json |
50_000_000 | stable-digest | first VdSwap pair (swaps=2 post-Phase-A) |
Stable-digest mode
sylpheed_n50m.json is captured with --stable-digest, which omits
timing-sensitive counters: packets (±2–8% lockstep noise from a GPU thread
race), resolves, interrupts_delivered, interrupts_dropped,
texture_decodes. The remaining fields are byte-identical across repeated
lockstep runs at a fixed -n.
sylpheed_n2m.json predates the stable-digest flag and uses full-digest
compare. It still works because at -n 2M the GPU pipeline has not produced any
packets yet — packets=0 is trivially deterministic.
Circularity hazard
Per ORACBUG-001/002/003, these goldens were captured by running the same code
they validate. They detect regression from a known-good snapshot, not
correctness. When a planned fix intentionally moves the digest (e.g. a
shader fix landing draws > 0 for the first time), re-baseline the golden as
a separate commit and reference the audit ID in the message.
Re-baselining
cargo build --release -p xenia-app
target/release/xenia-rs check \
"$SYLPHEED_ISO" \
-n 50000000 \
--stable-digest \
--out crates/xenia-app/tests/golden/sylpheed_n50m.json
Running the goldens
cargo test --release -p xenia-app --test sylpheed_oracles -- --ignored --nocapture
The tests are #[ignore]-gated because each run takes a few seconds, which is
unacceptable in the default cargo test cycle. The ISO path defaults to the
contributor's local ~/RE Project Sylpheed/Project Sylpheed*.iso and can be
overridden via SYLPHEED_ISO=/path/to/sylpheed.iso.
n4b canonical-invocation regression anchor (deferred)
The audit's recommended next sprint also called for a sylpheed_n4b.json
golden capturing the canonical reference invocation
xenia-rs check sylpheed.iso -n 4_000_000_000 --parallel --reservations-table.
This is deferred because:
- The
--parallel --reservations-tablecombination is empirically pathologically slow at -n 100M (>32 min per run per the audit memory). At -n 4B the run cost is many hours, not the single-session-friendly 5–15 min the original plan estimated. - Each phase that intentionally moves rendering counters (C, D, E, F) would need a re-baseline of n4b — a significant time cost compounding over the sprint.
Once the renderer-unblock phases (C+D+E) land and draws > 0 is confirmed at
-n 100M lockstep, an n4b artifact may be captured one-shot and stored under
audit-runs/post-fix/ (not as a test golden) as a manual regression anchor for
the canonical invocation.