docs: design Node-API host - #8838
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a Node-API host design document covering runtime behavior, native execution, addon loading, distribution, API coverage, and acceptance gates. Adds the document to the Internals navigation. ChangesNode-API host design
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The documentation currently misstates several Node-API behaviors and the typed-array inventory, which could lead to an incorrect host implementation or incomplete integration coverage. These bounded correctness issues should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@docs/src/internals/node-api-host.md`:
- Around line 283-284: Update the bounded-queue documentation to remove
napi_would_deadlock as a Node-API result; describe the full-queue owner-thread
behavior as Perry-specific, or document that the owner-thread call is prevented
instead.
- Around line 307-312: Update the documented foreign-thread allowlist to permit
napi_get_threadsafe_function_context from TSFN worker threads using func, while
keeping TSFN ref/unref owner-thread-only and preserving the existing failure
behavior for other disallowed entry points.
- Around line 109-119: Update the documented behavior for napi_reference_ref so
a collected weak target returns the appropriate error instead of napi_ok with
count zero. Also clarify the supported Node-API version behavior for primitive
references: either reject them when targeting version 8 or explicitly document
their strong retention at refcount zero as a Perry-specific extension, while
accounting for the non-weak reference behavior defined by version 10.
- Around line 505-507: Update the typed-array inventory entry to say “All twelve
declared typed-array kinds” and add Float16Array coverage to the real-addon
gate; if that coverage is not implemented, explicitly state that Float16Array
support is deferred.
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| 2. `napi_reference_ref` reads the weak target. If it has been collected it | ||
| returns `napi_ok` with count zero without resurrecting it; otherwise the | ||
| target moves into the strong slot before the weak holder is released. | ||
| 3. `napi_reference_unref` changing `1 -> 0` creates a weak holder before | ||
| clearing the strong slot. | ||
| 4. `napi_get_reference_value` returns a null C pointer when a weak target has | ||
| been collected, matching Node-API; that is distinct from a handle for the | ||
| JavaScript value `null`. | ||
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| Values that cannot be held weakly (for example, number primitives) remain | ||
| strongly retained even at refcount zero, matching Node's reference behavior. |
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Align weak-reference behavior with Node-API.
When the weak target was collected, napi_reference_ref must return an error, not napi_ok with count zero.
If this host targets Node-API version 8, reject primitive references or document their strong retention at count zero as a Perry-specific extension. Node-API version 10 defines non-weak behavior for references to additional value types.
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In `@docs/src/internals/node-api-host.md` around lines 109 - 119, Update the
documented behavior for napi_reference_ref so a collected weak target returns
the appropriate error instead of napi_ok with count zero. Also clarify the
supported Node-API version behavior for primitive references: either reject them
when targeting version 8 or explicitly document their strong retention at
refcount zero as a Perry-specific extension, while accounting for the non-weak
reference behavior defined by version 10.
Source: MCP tools
| waits for capacity; a blocking call from the owner thread with a full bounded | ||
| queue returns `napi_would_deadlock`. |
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Do not document napi_would_deadlock as a Node-API result.
Node-API v26.5.1 marks napi_would_deadlock as unused and states that support was reverted. Change this sentence to describe Perry-specific behavior, or prevent the owner-thread call when the bounded queue is full.
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In `@docs/src/internals/node-api-host.md` around lines 283 - 284, Update the
bounded-queue documentation to remove napi_would_deadlock as a Node-API result;
describe the full-queue owner-thread behavior as Perry-specific, or document
that the owner-thread call is prevented instead.
Source: MCP tools
| All other entry points require the environment's owner thread, including | ||
| `napi_get_threadsafe_function_context`, TSFN ref/unref, reference operations, | ||
| and cleanup-hook registration. Entry points without an explicit `napi_env` | ||
| recover the owner from their validated opaque record. Misuse returns | ||
| `napi_generic_failure`, records a diagnostic when an environment is available, | ||
| and never reads or writes Perry heap state. |
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Allow napi_get_threadsafe_function_context from TSFN worker threads.
Node-API states that this API may be called from any thread that uses func. Add it to the foreign-thread allowlist. Keep TSFN ref/unref owner-thread-only. The current rules incorrectly document valid worker-thread calls as napi_generic_failure.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@docs/src/internals/node-api-host.md` around lines 307 - 312, Update the
documented foreign-thread allowlist to permit
napi_get_threadsafe_function_context from TSFN worker threads using func, while
keeping TSFN ref/unref owner-thread-only and preserving the existing failure
behavior for other disallowed entry points.
Source: MCP tools
| | v1 | `napi_is_arraybuffer`, `napi_create_arraybuffer`, `napi_create_external_arraybuffer`, `napi_get_arraybuffer_info` | Stable backing pointers | | ||
| | v1 | `napi_is_typedarray`, `napi_create_typedarray`, `napi_get_typedarray_info` | All eleven declared typed-array kinds | | ||
| | v1 | `napi_create_dataview`, `napi_is_dataview`, `napi_get_dataview_info` | Backing identity and offsets preserved | |
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Correct the typed-array inventory count.
Node-API v26.5.1 declares twelve typed-array kinds, including napi_float16_array. Change “All eleven declared typed-array kinds” to “All twelve declared typed-array kinds.” Add Float16Array coverage to the real-addon gate, or state that Float16Array support is deferred.
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In `@docs/src/internals/node-api-host.md` around lines 505 - 507, Update the
typed-array inventory entry to say “All twelve declared typed-array kinds” and
add Float16Array coverage to the real-addon gate; if that coverage is not
implemented, explicitly state that Float16Array support is deferred.
Source: MCP tools
* docs: design Node-API host * perf: reuse guarded ECS entity indices * fix(runtime): reject oversized generic slice results * perf: specialize guarded ECS typed columns * chore: batch-landing fixes (per-arm GC store markers, index_set packed-loop split) --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Kuepper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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