ADFA-4128 (4/11): quickbuild:runtime — swapping code in the running app

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Part 4/11 of the stacked split of #1669 (requested by Akash). Base: feature/ADFA-4128-qb-03-protocol. Stack overview + review mechanics: PR 1 (#1713). Terms are defined in quickbuild/README.md (lands in PR 1).

Lets a running app take on new code, resources and assets without being reinstalled. This is what makes a save feel instant instead of costing a full rebuild.

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    host["CoGo deploy channel<br/>(core deploy slice, PR 6)"] -- "AIDL onPayload:<br/>dex/resources/assets as fds" --> client
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        client["QuickBuildClient<br/>binds out to CoGo by package<br/><i>QuickBuildClient.java</i>"] --> store["payload persistence<br/>all-or-nothing on disk, quarantine<br/><i>PayloadPersistence.java</i>"]
        store --> cl["classloader routing<br/>payload classes win<br/><i>LoaderRouter.java</i>"]
        store --> res["resource swap, 3 strategies:<br/>ResourcesLoader 30+, shim 28/29,<br/>unsupported below<br/><i>ResourceSwapStrategy.java</i>"]
        store --> assets["asset overlay<br/>DirectoryAssetsProvider, API 30+<br/><i>DirectoryAssetsProvider.java</i>"]
        keep["keep-alive service<br/>defeats the cached-app freezer<br/><i>QuickBuildKeepAliveService.java</i>"]
        conf["reload confirmation<br/>render-proof resumed /<br/>apply-time ack backgrounded<br/><i>QuickBuildRuntime.java</i>"]
    end
    client -- "reportReloaded / reportCrash" --> host
    user["user's classes, running process"] -. "loaded via" .-> cl
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    classDef inPr fill:#ffffff,stroke:#64748b,color:#000
    class rt thisPrBox
    class client,store,cl,res,assets,keep,conf inPr

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What to review

• PayloadPersistence.java — all-or-nothing deploy; quarantines a payload that fails partway. Correctness-critical.
• ResourceSwapStrategy.java — three swap paths by API level: 30+, 28/29, unsupported.
  • The 28/29 shim's success path is JVM-untestable [unverified on device].
• DirectoryAssetsProvider.java — asset overlay; cannot hide deletions, and needs API 30+.
• QuickBuildRuntime.java — reload confirmation: render-proof resumed, apply-time ack backgrounded. Skim QuickBuildClient.java, LoaderRouter.java, QuickBuildKeepAliveService.java.

How this PR Was Tested

• 43 test files, heavy on persistence atomicity, quarantine, the three resource strategies, the first-frame gate, the swap-ack gate, and (this round) the mixed-state decision and the boot-restore dispatch.
• [verified 2026-09-05] At this head (307e3d62e, rebased onto stage): :quickbuild:runtime:testV8DebugUnitTest green - 43 suites, 291 tests, 0 failures, 0 errors. No parameterized, repeated, nested or disabled tests, so 291 is the executed count per variant. Coverage 93.4% line / 95.3% branch (832 lines, 472 branches), 22 of 29 files measured, the same 7 device-only exclusions named with their reason in quickbuild/runtime/build.gradle.kts; measured the same day on these commits before the rebase, which touched nothing under quickbuild/runtime.
• Font scale: crash banner captured on an A56 at 1.0 (2 rendered lines) and 2.0 (4 lines) against the cap of 6, no truncation, flush below the status bar at both scales. The mixed-state banner added this round is measured against the same 25-character budget by CrashSummaryTest, and was captured on an A06 at 1.0 (two lines plus the hint) and 2.0 (full text, nothing clipped) on the pre-rebase build 2747561c9.
• End-to-end evidence: PR 11.

Coverage (JaCoCo, 2026-09-05, single run, on these commits before the rebase onto stage):

Package	Line	Branch	Note
com.itsaky.androidide.quickbuild.runtime	93.4%	95.3%	22 of 29 files; 7 device-only, excluded by design
NON-UI TOTAL	93.4%	95.3%	832 lines, 472 branches

The 7 exclusions are unchanged and are the device-only Android and binder glue — QuickBuildRuntime, QuickBuildClient, QuickBuildAppComponentFactory, PayloadStore, ResourceStore, StatusOverlay, ActivityTracker — each named with its reason in quickbuild/runtime/build.gradle.kts and covered by the device walks instead.

Of this review round's fixes, inside the measured set: AssetExtractor, BootProbation, PayloadPersistence, and the new FirstFrameGate and SwapAckGate. Outside it, by those exclusions: the changes in QuickBuildRuntime, QuickBuildClient and ResourceStore, which is where the first-frame hook and the swap ordering live; those are covered by the device pass recorded in PR 11, not by these percentages.

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• quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/LegacyResourceSwapSweepTest.java
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📝 Summary

• Adds the Java-only :quickbuild:runtime AAR for code, resource, and asset updates without app reinstallation.
• Persists payloads atomically and quarantines failed or invalid generations.
• Supports payload-first class loading, API 28/29 resource swaps, and API 30+ resource and asset overlays.
• Adds deploy communication for payload delivery, reload confirmation, and crash reporting.
• Adds activity tracking, first-frame confirmation, rollback, crash attribution, and a keep-alive service.
• Adds 43 test suites with 291 passing tests.
• Reports 93.4% line coverage and 95.3% branch coverage.
• Risk: API levels below 28 do not support resource payloads.
• Risk: API 28/29 resource swaps use hidden AssetManager.addAssetPath APIs.
• Risk: Application, provider, and service changes may require a process restart.
• Risk: End-to-end device validation is deferred to a later pull request.
• Best-practice concern: Custom JSON parsing and reflection-based resource handling increase maintenance and compatibility risk.
• Review concerns remain around service exposure, classloader parent resolution, JSON control characters, deferred inset-listener cleanup, diagnostic truncation, streaming resource writes, and per-process overtake markers.

Walkthrough

The PR adds the Quick Build runtime Android library. It defines Binder contracts, persists generation-based payloads, swaps code and resources, reloads activities, reports status, and adds JVM tests.

Changes

Quick Build runtime

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Module contracts and parsers quickbuild/runtime/build.gradle.kts, quickbuild/runtime/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml, quickbuild/runtime/src/main/aidl/*, quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/...	Adds the Android library configuration, manifest, Binder interfaces, JSON parsers, deployment metadata parsing, build-status parsing, crash summaries, overlay state modeling, and logging utilities.
Payload storage and generation control quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/...	Adds cumulative asset extraction, atomic payload persistence, fingerprint validation, quarantine and last-good fallback, generation ordering, boot probation, first-frame gating, and bounded stream reads.
API-specific resource swapping quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/..., quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/...	Adds API 30+ ResourcesLoader swapping, API 28/29 asset-path swapping, directory-backed asset providers, cache cleanup, SDK strategy selection, and matching JVM tests.
Payload loading and component creation quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/..., quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/...	Adds baseline and persisted classloader selection, atomic generation application, rollback snapshots, and payload-first Android component instantiation with fallback error handling and tests.
Runtime deployment and lifecycle orchestration quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/..., quickbuild/docs/reliability-gaps.md, settings.gradle.kts, quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/...	Adds Binder connection management, deployment handling, activity tracking, foreground reloads, restart handoffs, crash reporting, status overlays, keep-alive binding, guarded logging, module registration, reliability tracking updates, and coverage for lifecycle, persistence, parsing, loading, resources, restart synchronization, overlays, and offline API constraints.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9b76b

The runtime introduces live code, resource, and asset swapping, but unresolved edge cases can leave asset state inconsistent, hide useful failure details, incorrectly load components, or quarantine a valid generation after an unrelated crash. These issues should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge.

Poem

A rabbit hops through Binder light,
And guards each payload through the night.
New generations find their way,
While tests keep crashes far at bay.
The overlay now speaks with cheer,
And every swap lands clean and clear.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Quick Build runtime and its primary purpose: swapping code in a running app. The tracking identifier and stack position add useful context without making the title vag…
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quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java (1)

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Pass the throwable as the last log argument instead of concatenating it. These three sites build the message with + error, which logs only Throwable.toString() and discards the stack trace. The coding guidelines require the throwable as the last argument.

• quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java#L163-L165: change to RuntimeLog.w("CoGo rejected connect(); continuing standalone", error) using the existing w(String, Throwable) overload.
• quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java#L304-L305: change to RuntimeLog.d("unbindService failed", error) after you add the d(String, Throwable) overload proposed on RuntimeLog.java.
• quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/PayloadStore.java#L60-L61: change to RuntimeLog.w("cmdline data-dir derivation failed", error) using the existing w(String, Throwable) overload.

As per coding guidelines: "pass the throwable as the last arg (don't "$e")".

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In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java`
around lines 163 - 165, Update the three logging sites to pass the throwable as
the final argument so stack traces are preserved: QuickBuildClient.java lines
163-165 should use the existing w(String, Throwable) overload,
QuickBuildClient.java lines 304-305 should use d(String, Throwable) after adding
that overload to RuntimeLog, and PayloadStore.java lines 60-61 should use the
existing w(String, Throwable) overload. Remove throwable concatenation from all
three messages.

Apply the same fix in
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/RuntimeLog.java`
around lines 21 - 27.

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Inline comments:
In `@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml`:
- Around line 30-32: Restrict QuickBuildKeepAliveService access so untrusted
installed apps cannot bind to it: define or reuse a signature-level permission
and declare it on the service, or enforce an equivalent CoGo caller check in
onBind(). Ensure only CoGo-authorized callers receive the binder while
preserving the service’s existing behavior for authorized callers.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/AssetExtractor.java`:
- Around line 102-108: The cumulative extraction flow in AssetExtractor must be
transactional: stage the merged assets in a separate temporary directory,
perform all ZIP entry extraction there, and replace the active current/provider
directory only after extract succeeds completely; leave the existing current
directory and baseline marker unchanged when any entry fails. Add a test
covering a valid entry followed by a failing entry and verify no partial changes
remain.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/LoaderRouter.java`:
- Around line 27-31: Update LoaderRouter to inspect the Class<?> returned by
payloadLoader.loadClass and return resolved.getClassLoader() for parent-resolved
classes, while preserving the defaultLoader fallback for ClassNotFoundException.
Add a LoaderRouterTest regression case using a parent-resolved component whose
constructor throws, verifying the factory does not retry it through the payload
loader.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/MiniJson.java`:
- Around line 280-286: Update readString to throw IllegalArgumentException when
a raw character in the U+0000–U+001F range is encountered before escape
processing; continue accepting these characters only when represented by valid
JSON escape sequences.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildAppComponentFactory.java`:
- Around line 98-105: Update all five component override catch blocks that
handle payload instantiation failures to rethrow fatal VirtualMachineError and
ThreadDeath instances before calling RuntimeLog.e or attempting default-loader
fallback. Preserve the existing logging and fallback behavior for recoverable
Throwable failures, including the existing rethrowPayloadFailure handling.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java`:
- Around line 143-148: Update the null-proxy branch in onServiceConnected to
call unbindQuietly() before scheduleRebind(), matching the other failure paths
and preventing stacked bindings for the same ServiceConnection.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/ResourceStore.java`:
- Around line 219-224: Update the provider swap logic in swapProvidersOnMain and
the related deploy path so candidate providers are assembled and passed to
setProviders before committing provider or assetsProvider state; only update
fields and close previous providers after installation succeeds. Propagate
installation failures through the main-thread completion result instead of
merely logging them, so deployment reports failure and later swaps cannot reuse
rejected providers.
- Around line 92-94: Update the extraction flow in ResourceStore so
AssetExtractor.extractCumulative writes to a new immutable staging directory
rather than the directory currently served by DirectoryAssetsProvider. Only call
refreshAssetsProvider after extraction completes successfully, passing the
staged directory, and retain the previous directory until its provider has been
detached.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/StatusOverlay.java`:
- Around line 121-125: Update the banner configuration in StatusOverlay so error
text can scroll vertically instead of being hard-capped by setMaxLines(6).
Remove the max-line restriction and enable scrolling on the banner while
preserving its existing padding and text sizing.

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Nitpick comments:
In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/QuickBuildClient.java`:
- Around line 163-165: Update the three logging sites to pass the throwable as
the final argument so stack traces are preserved: QuickBuildClient.java lines
163-165 should use the existing w(String, Throwable) overload,
QuickBuildClient.java lines 304-305 should use d(String, Throwable) after adding
that overload to RuntimeLog, and PayloadStore.java lines 60-61 should use the
existing w(String, Throwable) overload. Remove throwable concatenation from all
three messages.

Apply the same fix in
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/RuntimeLog.java`
around lines 21 - 27.

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Restrict access to QuickBuildKeepAliveService.

onBind() returns its binder to every caller, and the manifest declares no permission. Any installed app can bind to the service and keep the proxy process out of the cached-app freezer. Authorize only CoGo with a permission or caller check.

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In `@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml` around lines 30 - 32,
Restrict QuickBuildKeepAliveService access so untrusted installed apps cannot
bind to it: define or reuse a signature-level permission and declare it on the
service, or enforce an equivalent CoGo caller check in onBind(). Ensure only
CoGo-authorized callers receive the binder while preserving the service’s
existing behavior for authorized callers.

[fryanpan]

Not taking it. The exposure is real but bounded at keeping a developer's own proxy app unfrozen, and the returned object is a bare Binder with no transactions. Both remedies are unavailable: Binder.getCallingUid() inside onBind() returns this app's own uid, and a signature permission cannot work because CoGo is release-signed while the proxy app uses the on-device debug keystore. onUnbind returns false, so handing a caller null would poison the cached binding and break the keep-alive outright.

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The Android AppComponentFactory and Java ClassLoader mechanisms work together to manage class loading and component instantiation through a standard delegation pattern. AppComponentFactory Implementation The AppComponentFactory is a system-level hook introduced to allow applications to intercept the instantiation of core components (Activity, Application, Service, Provider, Receiver) [1][2]. The instantiateActivity(ClassLoader, String, Intent) method has a default implementation that simply delegates the instantiation to the provided ClassLoader: public Activity instantiateActivity(ClassLoader cl, String className, Intent intent) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException { return (Activity) cl.loadClass(className).newInstance; } By overriding this method in a custom AppComponentFactory, developers can inject custom logic—such as dependency injection or using a different ClassLoader—before the platform instantiates the component [1][2]. The associated instantiateClassLoader(ClassLoader, ApplicationInfo) method allows developers to replace or modify the ClassLoader hierarchy used by the entire application [3][4]. Java ClassLoader Parent Delegation The ClassLoader.loadClass(String name) method in Java follows a strict parent-delegation model [5][6][7]: 1. Check if the class has already been loaded by the current ClassLoader (via findLoadedClass) [5]. 2. Delegate the search to the parent ClassLoader [5][6]. 3. If the parent cannot find the class, the current ClassLoader invokes its own findClass(String name) method to locate and define the class [5]. This architecture ensures that core platform classes (like those loaded by the bootstrap or system class loaders) take precedence, maintaining security and class identity consistency within the JVM [6]. In Android, the ClassLoader passed to AppComponentFactory methods is typically a PathClassLoader, which is configured by the system to load the application's base or split APKs [3][2]. When loadClass is called, it propagates this request up to the system/bootstrap loaders according to the delegation rules [5][6]. Developers who require non-delegating (child-first) behavior must override loadClass in a custom ClassLoader subclass, as standard Android ClassLoaders adhere to the platform's delegation semantics by default [6][8].

Citations:

• 1: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AppComponentFactory
• 2: https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/app/AppComponentFactory
• 3: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/core/java/android/app/AppComponentFactory.java
• 4: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/main/core/java/android/app/AppComponentFactory.java?autodive=0%2F
• 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2642606/java-classloader-delegation-model
• 6: https://mdsanwarhossain.me/blog-java-classloader-deep-dive.html
• 7: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/ClassLoader.html
• 8: https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/dalvik/system/DexClassLoader

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Return the default loader for parent-resolved classes.

PayloadStore creates the payload loader with the APK loader as its parent. When payloadLoader.loadClass(className) resolves an APK class, resolved.getClassLoader() is the default loader. Current code still selects payloadLoader, so a constructor failure can cause the factory to invoke the same constructor again through the default loader. Select the loader from the resolved class and update LoaderRouterTest with a parent-resolved throwing component regression case.

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In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/LoaderRouter.java`
around lines 27 - 31, Update LoaderRouter to inspect the Class<?> returned by
payloadLoader.loadClass and return resolved.getClassLoader() for parent-resolved
classes, while preserving the defaultLoader fallback for ClassNotFoundException.
Add a LoaderRouterTest regression case using a parent-resolved component whose
constructor throws, verifying the factory does not retry it through the payload
loader.

[fryanpan]

Not taking it. PayloadStore builds the payload loader parent-first, so for an APK-resident class both loaders return the identical Class object, and pick's result only ever feeds super.instantiate*. The double construction comes from the factory's unconditional retry, not from the router, and the change would contradict the invariant LoaderRouterTest.payloadWinsWhenBothLoadersServeTheClass pins.

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Reject raw control characters in JSON strings.

readString accepts unescaped control characters, including raw newlines. This violates the parser contract that malformed JSON throws IllegalArgumentException. Reject characters from U+0000 through U+001F unless they arrive through a valid escape sequence.

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In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/MiniJson.java`
around lines 280 - 286, Update readString to throw IllegalArgumentException when
a raw character in the U+0000–U+001F range is encountered before escape
processing; continue accepting these characters only when represented by valid
JSON escape sequences.

[fryanpan]

Not taking it. There is no untrusted producer: the three call sites read metadata this class wrote to app-private storage, or JSON that CoGo builds with Gson, which already escapes U+0000-U+001F on the way out. Adding rejection only creates a new way for a future payload to be refused at the proxy app.

[dara-abijo-adfa]

Most of the new files in this PR are Java files. Is there a reason they are not Kotlin files?

[itsaky-adfa]

Review at effort high. Read every main-source hunk in the new :quickbuild:runtime module (30 files); 10 findings inline, each verified against the source at 65ea465.

Two worth resolving before merge:

• PayloadPersistence.markGood lacks the quarantine guard its counterpart quarantine() has, so a crash racing the mark-good thread ends with the whole persisted store deleted on the next boot -- the regression good.json was added to prevent.
• QuickBuildClient's RemoteException branch rebinds without unbinding, so the framework silently drops the reconnect and the client is stuck with a null host.

The rest are one correctness gap each in the resource-swap and ack paths, plus three nits.

Checked and clean: zip-traversal guards in AssetExtractor.extract/extractCumulative; MiniJson's depth cap and literal-shape checks (no path reaches charAt out of bounds); Generations/BootProbation/PersistedSelection gate arithmetic; RestartHandoff's two-phase wait and deadline math; rethrowPayloadFailure's addSuppressed self-reference guard; collectOrphans' referenced-set construction; and the AIDL -- no duplication against :quickbuild:protocol, and the append-only/oneway versioning contract holds.

The KDoc density throughout made the invariants easy to check against, and in two places (markLiveGenerationGood, swapProvidersOnMain) the docs are what surfaced the finding.

[itsaky-adfa]

SHOULD FIX The overtake guard is per-process and never lowers, so a host counter restart against a live process silences every later deploy -- with no report, by design.

The KDoc argues the per-process mark is safe because "a restarted host counter always arrives in a process that has published nothing yet - the store it finds was written by an earlier session or install". Nothing in this file enforces that, and the very next block (line 383-388) is written for the opposite case: it handles a good.json at or above the incoming generation because "the host's generation counter restarted (its project state was wiped while the app stayed installed)". If the app can stay installed across a counter restart, the question is only whether its process survives -- and nothing here or in PayloadStore resets highestPersistedGeneration; attachPersistence only constructs a store when persistence == null.

If that process does survive, the failure mode is the worst-shaped one available: persist(1, ...) throws StalePayloadException, handlePayload catches it and returns deliberately unreported ("must stay silent"), so no reportReloaded, no reportCrash, no banner. Generations 2, 3, 4 are all below 10 too, so every save for the rest of the process lifetime is dropped with the screen showing stale code and the user given nothing to act on.

Either verify and state why the process cannot outlive a counter restart (a proxy-app reinstall in that path would do it, and belongs in this KDoc), or make the guard distinguish the two: an incoming generation below the mark and below what meta.json on disk already claims is an overtake; one below the mark but not present on disk is a restarted sequence and must be adopted.

[fryanpan]

Confirmed: nothing enforces the KDoc's premise, and the next block is indeed written for the opposite case. We are deferring this one to a follow-up ticket rather than patching it here: the store cannot locally tell an overtake from a restarted sequence (disk meta is high in both), so the honest fix is either a guarantee from the provisioning path that a counter restart always reinstalls the proxy app (then stated in this KDoc), or a restart signal carried from the host. We will make that call outside this stack.

[itsaky-adfa]

Accepting the deferral -- the reasoning holds, the store genuinely cannot tell an overtake from a restarted sequence locally, and picking between the provisioning guarantee and a host-carried restart signal is not a call to make inside this stack.

What is missing is the ticket. Please file it and put the ID in the KDoc at line 356, so the paragraph documents a known gap with somewhere to follow rather than an argument that reads as settled. Leaving this thread open until it exists.

[itsaky-adfa]

MINOR: still no tracking ticket anywhere in this module - but this paragraph is the wrong place to ask for one, and I was wrong to point here.

The highestPersistedGeneration doc (PayloadPersistence.java:195-199) reads as a deliberate design decision presented as correct, not as an acknowledged gap, so a ticket ID would sit oddly in it. The grep half of the point does hold: there is no ADFA- reference anywhere under quickbuild/runtime/src/main. The comment that actually needs one is QuickBuildRuntime.java:328, "the relaunch goes unreported (gap #91's shape)" - that defers to an external planning document, which this repo's comment rules forbid outright, and it is the one place a reader is sent somewhere they cannot follow.

Replace the gap #91 reference with a filed ticket ID, or state the gap directly in the comment.

[fryanpan]

Fixed on this branch, taking your redirect. The QuickBuildRuntime comment now states the gap in words — the crash guard only watches while a reload is pending — and cites ADFA-5466, filed today for the unreported organic crash; the gaps table in quickbuild/docs carries the same key. The highestPersistedGeneration doc stays as the design note you read it as.

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Inline comments:
In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/AssetExtractor.java`:
- Line 123: Update AssetExtractor.extractCumulative() to extract into a
generation-specific staging directory instead of directly into the shared
current/assets directory. Publish or atomically promote the staging generation
only after extract completes successfully, then refresh DirectoryAssetsProvider
from the published directory so failed or overlapping extractions cannot expose
partial or mixed generations.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/FirstFrameGate.java`:
- Line 12: Track the relaunch lifecycle associated with FirstFrameGate.pending
so a generation is disarmed when recreate succeeds but no matching activity can
resume and draw, preventing later crashes from being attributed to it. Do not
release pending from ordinary onActivityDestroyed callbacks, since normal
recreate destroys the currently armed activity; use explicit relaunch state to
release only when no matching activity can still produce a frame.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/LegacyResourceSwapSweepTest.java`:
- Around line 49-51: Update the permission-based test around
LegacyResourceSwap.deleteStaleApks to guard against privileged workers that can
still delete files after tempDir.setWritable(false). Probe deletion of a
separate temporary file and skip the test when deletion succeeds, or use a
deterministic delete-failure seam; do not rely on
System.getProperty("user.name") as the privilege check.

In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/test/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/PayloadPersistenceAtomicSetTest.java`:
- Around line 182-185: Update the thread-wait assertions in
PayloadPersistenceAtomicSetTest so each deploy thread is asserted not alive
immediately after its 30-second join, before checking failure.get(). Keep the
existing failure assertion afterward and ensure both dexDeploys and
resourceDeploys timeouts fail the test.

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[coderabbitai]

🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Release a pending generation when its recreate cannot produce a frame.

If a recreate succeeds but never resumes, pendingGeneration remains armed. QuickBuildRuntime.java:802-820 then uses this value to quarantine and report that generation for an unrelated later crash. A working payload can be rejected on the next boot.

Track the relaunch lifecycle. Disarm only when no matching activity can still draw. Do not use ordinary activity destruction as that signal.

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In
`@quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/FirstFrameGate.java`
at line 12, Track the relaunch lifecycle associated with FirstFrameGate.pending
so a generation is disarmed when recreate succeeds but no matching activity can
resume and draw, preventing later crashes from being attributed to it. Do not
release pending from ordinary onActivityDestroyed callbacks, since normal
recreate destroys the currently armed activity; use explicit relaunch state to
release only when no matching activity can still produce a frame.

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[fryanpan]

Half-real. The mechanism is real and FirstFrameGate.java:12 already documents it, including that onActivityDestroyed is not the fix. What your comment adds is the sharper consequence: the stale pending value is read at QuickBuildRuntime.java:805 and quarantined at :811, so a working payload is refused at the next cold boot. Agreed.

Declining the prescribed fix, with the reason. The natural substitute for the destroy signal — "the app has zero started activities" — is transiently true during every normal recreate(), since the old instance stops and is destroyed before the new one is created. A disarm keyed on it would fire on every foreground reload and disable the guard entirely. The guard exists because of a measured A56 crash-loop with no in-app escape (BootProbation.java:6), and the blame asymmetry is deliberate (BootProbation.java:10): over-blaming costs a log line, under-blaming costs the user's last working code.

A correct relaunch-lifecycle token depends on lifecycle ordering under recreate() across OEMs, which needs a device. No device this round, so it is ADFA-5524 rather than a reasoned-only change to the crash guard.

The adjacent case is already covered: no live activity at recreate time disarms and acks (QuickBuildRuntime.java:1020).

Not verified: the load-bearing claim here — that zero-started-activities is transiently true during recreate() — is reasoned from the documented Android lifecycle, not observed on a device.

[coderabbitai]

@fryanpan, thanks for the precise analysis.

I agree that the failure mode is real. I also agree that a zero-started-activity transition is not a safe disarm signal during normal recreate().

Deferring the lifecycle-token design to ADFA-5524 is appropriate. The fix needs device validation before it changes crash attribution. I will keep this finding open because the stale pending value can still quarantine a working generation in this PR.

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✏️ Learnings added

Learnt from: fryanpan
Repo: appdevforall/CodeOnTheGo PR: 1716
File: quickbuild/runtime/src/main/java/com/itsaky/androidide/quickbuild/runtime/FirstFrameGate.java:12-12
Timestamp: 2026-09-06T20:00:43.148Z
Learning: In `quickbuild/runtime`, `FirstFrameGate.pending()` intentionally remains armed across normal `Activity.recreate()` because the old activity can stop and be destroyed before the replacement activity is created. Do not disarm solely when the app has zero started activities or from ordinary `onActivityDestroyed`, because either signal disables the crash guard during normal foreground reloads. The remaining stale-pending edge case requires an explicit relaunch-lifecycle token and device validation across OEM lifecycle ordering; it is tracked by ADFA-5524.

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