feat: compile-check replays a changed-files check whose inputs did not change

[hatayama]

Summary

• Running compile-check again on the same edit no longer checks the same changed files a second time. When an assembly's inputs, its baseline and the worker build are all the ones the previous changed-files check saw, the run reports that check's result without starting the worker.
• The output says so: FastChecks[].Reused is true for a check that was replayed.

User Impact

• Before: every run re-checked each fast-checked assembly through the worker, even when nothing had changed since the last run. That happens often when an agent fixes another assembly or simply runs the command again to confirm. Each repeat cost about as much as the first check.
• After: a repeat of the same edit is answered from the record of the last check. The --full reminder and UncheckedCodes still show, because the replayed assembly stays among the fast-checked ones.
• On a large project (561 assemblies, one method body edited in a large assembly), the second run over the same edit took 0.48 s against 1.93 s for the run that checked it (medians of three edits), a quarter of the time. Details under Verification.

Changes

• When a check is replayed. Three keys must match the record: the input key, the baseline's input key and the worker build key. The record is looked up inside the check, after every condition the check itself needs has passed: the baseline is usable, the non-source inputs and generator output are unchanged, 1 to 30 files changed, and the worker build matches the baseline. A check is therefore replayed only where it would have run, for the inputs it ran on. --full and --all never reach it.
• What is recorded. A fresh check that the run uses is recorded through the record store added in the previous PR. Recorded: success, the merged diagnostics, the changed files, the unchecked codes, and whether generators were not rerun.
• Edits during a check. Before recording, the input key is computed again. The worker reads the sources while it checks, so an edit made during the check would otherwise be recorded under the key of the bytes before it. Putting those bytes back would then replay what the edited file reported. When the key moved, the result still answers this run, but nothing is recorded, and the next run checks again. An edit that is made and then undone within one check still cannot be told apart; seeing it would need the worker to report hashes of what it read.
• A failed write fails the run, as a compile result that cannot be recorded already does. This record exists for the next run, like the compile result.
• Output. UnitResult.FastCheckReused is new and maps to FastChecks[].Reused. The replay deliberately does not set UnitResult.Reused. That flag moves an assembly to ReusedAssemblies, which would drop it from FastChecks and hide the --full reminder and UncheckedCodes.
• Changed test expectation. TestFastPathCleanResultKeepsBaselineFiles used to require that a clean check leave every file the check keeps for the assembly untouched. A check now adds its own record. The test therefore requires every earlier file to keep its hash and exactly one file to be added. It still does not name the record, so the package stays unaware of the store's file names.
• The compile-check doc, the skill and ADR 0015 describe the record, the replay and Reused.

Verification

• New tests:

  • a second run over the same edit replays: no worker call, every reported field the same, with an error so a wrong Succeeded shows;
  • another edit checks again and replaces the record;
  • a changed worker build falls back instead of replaying;
  • missing generator output falls back instead of replaying;
  • a --full compile leaves no record of the earlier check;
  • a record that cannot be written fails the run;
  • an edit during the check leaves no record, so reverting it checks again;
  • the dispatcher marks a replayed check and keeps it fast-checked, with the --full reminder.

• Mutations, each restored afterwards:

  Mutation	Fails
  Look up before the worker check, with the baseline's worker key	the worker-build test
  Look up right after the baseline loads	the worker-build and generator-output tests
  Ignore a failed write	the failed-write test
  Set Reused instead of FastCheckReused	the replay test and the another-edit test
  Never set FastCheckReused	the replay test and the another-edit test
  Never record	the replay, another-edit, failed-write and clean-check tests
  Record without UncheckedCodes	the replay test
  Record without GeneratorsNotRerun	the replay test
  Replay without the changed files	the replay test
  Forget keeps the record	the --full test and the store's test
  Skip recomputing the key before recording	the edited-during-check test
  Dispatcher leaves Reused unset	the dispatcher test

• cli/dispatcher:

  • golangci-lint fmt --diff is empty; go vet ./... passes; golangci-lint run and the complexity config both report 0 issues.
  • go test ./... and go test -race ./internal/compilecheck/... pass.
  • Coverage with the CI exclusions: 94.24% (baseline 94.2).

• The compile-check package source has no name of the record (git grep -P for the record type, its constants and its file name returns nothing).

• check-skill-size passes. The skill is 6,818 bytes. scripts/sync-tool-docs.sh --check reports no drift.

• cli/release-automation: go test ./... passes. The file-length check passes.

• Measured on a large Unity project (561 assemblies), with one method body edited in a large assembly. This build and the previous integration-branch build ran alternately on the same output directory, over three different edits:

  Run	Median real time
  Previous build, checking (6 runs)	1.79 s
  This build, first run on an edit (checks and records)	1.93 s
  This build, second run on the same edit (replays)	0.48 s

  • Recomputing the key before recording does not show above the noise: against the previous build's run just before it on the same edit, the first run differed by -270, -70 and +40 ms.
  • The JSON output of every replay matched the run that checked the edit, apart from FastChecks[].Reused; so did a replay of an edit with a type error. The first run's output matched the previous build's.
  • The binary was built from the head of the stacked follow-up (fix: compile-check does not record a compile whose inputs changed while it ran #3330), which changes only how a full compile records its result; the changed-files check is the code in this PR.

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📝 Walkthrough

The compile-check fast path now records eligible check results and replays them when the assembly, inputs, baseline, and worker build match. The response includes a Reused field, and tests and documentation describe replay and fallback conditions.

Changes: Fast-check result replay

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record and replay fast-check results cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/compiler.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/input_key.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_fixture_test.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_replay_test.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_test.go	The fast path replays a recorded result when the assembly, input key, baseline, and worker build match. It records a new result only if the input key remains unchanged. Tests cover replay, invalidation, and recording failures.
Report reuse status cli/dispatcher/internal/dispatcher/compile_check.go, cli/dispatcher/internal/dispatcher/compile_check_fast_path_test.go, Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools~/CompileCheck/Skill/SKILL.md, docs/adr/0015-compile-check-checks-only-changed-files-after-a-full-compile.md, docs/compile-check.md	The dispatcher reports whether a fast-check result was reused. The tests and documentation describe the response field and replay conditions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Dispatcher
  participant Compiler
  participant fastPathRunner
  participant ReusableFastCheck
  participant Worker
  Dispatcher->>Compiler: request fast check
  Compiler->>fastPathRunner: run check with unit input key
  fastPathRunner->>ReusableFastCheck: look up matching recorded result
  ReusableFastCheck-->>fastPathRunner: matching result or no match
  alt matching result
    fastPathRunner-->>Compiler: return result marked reused
  else no match
    fastPathRunner->>Worker: run fast check
    Worker-->>fastPathRunner: return check response
    fastPathRunner->>Compiler: verify input key before recording
    fastPathRunner-->>Compiler: return fresh result
  end
  Compiler-->>Dispatcher: return fast-check result

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0b768

If a changed file is edited while the check worker starts, a repeated check can report the previous diagnostics instead of checking the current code. Recheck the inputs before reusing a result before merging.

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0b768

Concurrent file edits can cause repeated checks to report diagnostics for different source bytes, including preserving an incorrect success across later runs. The demonstrated exposure concerns validation results within the affected project; no privilege escalation or cross-project access is established.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · inferred: Replay and recording do not bind diagnostics to the source bytes actually analyzed. A source edit during Worker.Ensure can leave the earlier key matching a stored result, which is returned without the fresh worker read that occurred at the PR base. On a fresh check, an A-to-B-to-A edit can also pass keyStillHolds even though the worker analyzed B, recording B's diagnostics under A's key. Later unchanged runs can then repeat an incorrect success or failure, extending the error beyond the racing run. Atomic writes and the project advisory lock do not establish source-snapshot identity; the added edit-during-check test covers an edit that remains changed at the recording guard, not this restoration interleaving.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated interleavings require source-write access or concurrent editing and affect an assembly's reported diagnostics within a project/output-directory store. Broader authorization, tenant or service compromise is not established by the inspected path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The project lock is an advisory lock on a dedicated compile-check lock file, held around planning and execution. It coordinates cooperating runs; it does not lock source files or provide the immutable input snapshot needed to exclude concurrent edits.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Bind stored outcomes to an immutable input snapshot or identities of the bytes actually analyzed, rather than endpoint equality alone. Revalidate input identity at replay admission after worker preparation, and exercise both edits during preparation and edit-then-restore sequences.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Passed checks: 5 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 90.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 20 functions across 8 files. (3 skipped: 3 …
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replaying a changed-files compile check when its inputs are unchanged.
Description check		The description directly explains the replay behavior, matching conditions, output changes, recording rules, tests, and performance impact described in the changeset.

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• Packages/src/Editor/CliOnlyTools~/CompileCheck/Skill/SKILL.md
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/compiler.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_fixture_test.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_replay_test.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/fast_path_test.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/compilecheck/input_key.go
• cli/dispatcher/internal/dispatcher/compile_check.go
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Recheck the input key before replaying a result.

If a source changes after keyResult is computed but during Worker.Ensure, this lookup can still match the old key. The run then reports the previous diagnostics without checking the current source. Recompute the input key before returning the recorded result. If it changed, restart input selection or fall back to a full compile; a fresh check using the old changed list can also miss the edit.

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In the fast-path reuse branch around ReusableFastCheck, recompute the input key
immediately before returning the recorded result and compare it with the key
used for lookup. If it changed, restart input selection or fall back to a full
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