refactor(scan): implement IndexWriteQueue for single-writer SQLite handling, introduce ReproEnvGuard for safer environment variable management, and refactor tests to enhance isolation and determinism

src/dynamic/build_pool/java.rs

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+//! Long-lived `javac` daemon (Phase 22 / Track O.0).
+//!
+//! The legacy [`crate::dynamic::build_sandbox::try_compile_java`] shell-execs a
+//! fresh `javac` per harness — every invocation pays the JVM cold-start tax
+//! (~700ms on the macOS reference machine, ~300ms on Linux CI).  At 50
+//! findings per OWASP-scale run that single line burns > 30s before any
+//! real work happens.
+//!
+//! [`JavacPool`] replaces the shell-exec with a long-running worker JVM:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//!   nyx ─┐
+//!        │  framed JSON  ┌─────────────┐
+//!        ├──stdin──────► │ NyxJavac    │
+//!        │               │ Worker      │
+//!        │ ◄──stdout──── │ (live JVM)  │
+//!        │  framed JSON  └─────────────┘
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Bootstrap (paid once per toolchain id):
+//! 1. Drop `NyxJavacWorker.java` into a cache dir.
+//! 2. Compile it with `javac` (~1s).
+//! 3. Spawn `java -cp <dir> NyxJavacWorker` (~700ms cold start).
+//! 4. Read the worker's `{"ready":true}` banner.
+//!
+//! After bootstrap, each [`JavacPool::compile_batch`] is a single JSON
+//! round-trip — typical wall-clock < 50ms even on small harnesses.
+//!
+//! # Robustness
+//!
+//! A crashed / hung worker is non-fatal:
+//! - On any IO error, the pool marks itself unhealthy and the caller
+//!   falls back to the direct-spawn legacy path.
+//! - The next pool lookup spawns a fresh worker.
+//!
+//! # Test hook
+//!
+//! `NYX_JAVAC_BIN` + `NYX_JAVA_BIN` override the binaries the pool
+//! invokes so integration tests can swap in a wrapper.
+
+use super::{BuildPool, PoolCompileResult};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::{Child, ChildStdin, ChildStdout, Command, Stdio};
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+/// Java source compiled at first use to drive the worker.
+const WORKER_SOURCE: &str = include_str!("java_worker/NyxJavacWorker.java");
+const WORKER_CLASS: &str = "NyxJavacWorker";
+const WORKER_FILENAME: &str = "NyxJavacWorker.java";
+
+/// Live worker handle.  Held inside a `Mutex` so concurrent
+/// `compile_batch` callers serialise on the single JVM.
+struct Worker {
+    child: Child,
+    stdin: ChildStdin,
+    stdout: BufReader<ChildStdout>,
+    next_id: u64,
+}
+
+pub struct JavacPool {
+    /// `None` when the worker has crashed and a future call should
+    /// surface the unhealthy state to the dispatcher.
+    inner: Mutex<Option<Worker>>,
+    /// Cache dir holding `NyxJavacWorker.class`.  Persisted between
+    /// runs so subsequent process invocations skip the compile step.
+    bootstrap_dir: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl JavacPool {
+    /// Create a fresh pool for `toolchain_id`.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `Err` when the worker cannot be bootstrapped (missing
+    /// `javac`, missing `java`, compile failure, spawn failure).  The
+    /// caller is expected to fall back to the legacy direct-spawn path
+    /// on any error.
+    pub fn try_new(toolchain_id: &str) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let bootstrap_dir = bootstrap_dir_for(toolchain_id)?;
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&bootstrap_dir)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("javac-pool: mkdir {}: {e}", bootstrap_dir.display()))?;
+
+        ensure_worker_compiled(&bootstrap_dir)?;
+        let worker = spawn_worker(&bootstrap_dir)?;
+        Ok(JavacPool {
+            inner: Mutex::new(Some(worker)),
+            bootstrap_dir,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn compile_with_worker(&self, workdir: &Path, args: &[String]) -> PoolCompileResult {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let mut guard = match self.inner.lock() {
+            Ok(g) => g,
+            Err(p) => p.into_inner(),
+        };
+
+        // If a prior call torched the worker, try one re-spawn here so
+        // the caller doesn't see consecutive failures from a transient
+        // JVM crash.
+        if guard.is_none() {
+            if let Ok(w) = spawn_worker(&self.bootstrap_dir) {
+                *guard = Some(w);
+            }
+        }
+        let worker = match guard.as_mut() {
+            Some(w) => w,
+            None => {
+                return PoolCompileResult {
+                    success: false,
+                    stderr: "javac-pool: worker unavailable".to_owned(),
+                    duration: start.elapsed(),
+                };
+            }
+        };
+
+        let id = worker.next_id;
+        worker.next_id = worker.next_id.wrapping_add(1);
+        let req = build_request(id, workdir, args);
+        if let Err(e) = worker.stdin.write_all(req.as_bytes()) {
+            *guard = None;
+            return PoolCompileResult {
+                success: false,
+                stderr: format!("javac-pool: write failed: {e}"),
+                duration: start.elapsed(),
+            };
+        }
+        if let Err(e) = worker.stdin.flush() {
+            *guard = None;
+            return PoolCompileResult {
+                success: false,
+                stderr: format!("javac-pool: flush failed: {e}"),
+                duration: start.elapsed(),
+            };
+        }
+
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        match worker.stdout.read_line(&mut line) {
+            Ok(0) => {
+                *guard = None;
+                PoolCompileResult {
+                    success: false,
+                    stderr: "javac-pool: worker closed stdout".to_owned(),
+                    duration: start.elapsed(),
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                *guard = None;
+                PoolCompileResult {
+                    success: false,
+                    stderr: format!("javac-pool: read failed: {e}"),
+                    duration: start.elapsed(),
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(_) => match parse_response(&line) {
+                Some((success, stderr)) => PoolCompileResult {
+                    success,
+                    stderr,
+                    duration: start.elapsed(),
+                },
+                None => {
+                    *guard = None;
+                    PoolCompileResult {
+                        success: false,
+                        stderr: format!("javac-pool: malformed response: {line}"),
+                        duration: start.elapsed(),
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for JavacPool {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Best-effort: close stdin so the worker exits cleanly, then
+        // wait briefly.  We don't propagate errors -- pool teardown
+        // happens at process exit, by which point everyone is already
+        // leaving anyway.
+        if let Ok(mut guard) = self.inner.lock()
+            && let Some(mut worker) = guard.take()
+        {
+            // Dropping stdin sends EOF to the worker's `readLine` loop.
+            drop(worker.stdin);
+            let _ = worker.child.wait();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl BuildPool for JavacPool {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "javac"
+    }
+
+    fn compile_batch(&self, workdir: &Path, args: &[String]) -> PoolCompileResult {
+        self.compile_with_worker(workdir, args)
+    }
+
+    fn is_healthy(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.inner.lock() {
+            Ok(g) => g.is_some(),
+            Err(_) => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn bootstrap_dir_for(toolchain_id: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    if let Ok(custom) = std::env::var("NYX_BUILD_POOL_DIR") {
+        return Ok(PathBuf::from(custom).join("javac").join(toolchain_id));
+    }
+    let base = directories::ProjectDirs::from("dev", "nyx", "nyx")
+        .ok_or_else(|| "javac-pool: no cache dir on this platform".to_owned())?;
+    Ok(base
+        .cache_dir()
+        .join("dynamic")
+        .join("build-pool")
+        .join("javac")
+        .join(toolchain_id))
+}
+
+/// Drop `NyxJavacWorker.java` + compile `NyxJavacWorker.class` into
+/// `dir` if they are not already present.  Always re-writes the source
+/// when the on-disk copy differs from the embedded one so a binary
+/// upgrade picks up worker fixes without manual cache eviction.
+fn ensure_worker_compiled(dir: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let src_path = dir.join(WORKER_FILENAME);
+    let class_path = dir.join(format!("{WORKER_CLASS}.class"));
+    let on_disk = std::fs::read_to_string(&src_path).ok();
+    let needs_write = on_disk.as_deref() != Some(WORKER_SOURCE);
+    if needs_write {
+        std::fs::write(&src_path, WORKER_SOURCE)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("javac-pool: write worker source: {e}"))?;
+        // Force a recompile if the source bytes changed under us.
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&class_path);
+    }
+    if class_path.exists() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let javac = std::env::var("NYX_JAVAC_BIN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "javac".to_owned());
+    let output = Command::new(&javac)
+        .arg("-d")
+        .arg(dir)
+        .arg(&src_path)
+        .env_clear()
+        .env("PATH", std::env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default())
+        .env("HOME", std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_default())
+        .output()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("javac-pool: spawn javac: {e}"))?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "javac-pool: bootstrap compile failed: {}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn spawn_worker(dir: &Path) -> Result<Worker, String> {
+    let java = std::env::var("NYX_JAVA_BIN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "java".to_owned());
+    let mut child = Command::new(&java)
+        // The worker is tiny -- keep the JVM frugal so the pool
+        // overhead stays well below the per-finding cost it
+        // replaces.
+        .arg("-Xss256k")
+        .arg("-XX:+UseSerialGC")
+        .arg("-cp")
+        .arg(dir)
+        .arg(WORKER_CLASS)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .env_clear()
+        .env("PATH", std::env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default())
+        .env("HOME", std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_default())
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("javac-pool: spawn java: {e}"))?;
+
+    let stdin = child
+        .stdin
+        .take()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "javac-pool: missing stdin".to_owned())?;
+    let stdout = child
+        .stdout
+        .take()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "javac-pool: missing stdout".to_owned())?;
+    let mut stdout = BufReader::new(stdout);
+
+    // Read the banner line with a timeout via a polling read.  We
+    // can't use `read_line` with a deadline directly, so spawn a
+    // bounded waiter: if the worker doesn't announce readiness inside
+    // 10s we declare bootstrap failure.
+    let banner = read_line_with_timeout(&mut stdout, Duration::from_secs(10))?;
+    if !banner.contains("\"ready\":true") {
+        // Drain stderr for diagnostic context, then bail.
+        let stderr_tail = drain_stderr(&mut child);
+        let _ = child.kill();
+        return Err(format!(
+            "javac-pool: worker did not announce readiness; got {banner:?}; stderr: {stderr_tail}",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    Ok(Worker {
+        child,
+        stdin,
+        stdout,
+        next_id: 0,
+    })
+}
+
+fn drain_stderr(child: &mut Child) -> String {
+    use std::io::Read;
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+    if let Some(mut e) = child.stderr.take() {
+        // Best-effort, non-blocking-ish.
+        let _ = e.read_to_string(&mut buf);
+    }
+    buf
+}
+
+fn read_line_with_timeout(
+    stdout: &mut BufReader<ChildStdout>,
+    timeout: Duration,
+) -> Result<String, String> {
+    // BufReader doesn't expose async/timeout primitives.  The worker's
+    // first line lands within < 2s on every machine we ship to, so a
+    // synchronous read_line is fine -- the timeout is enforced by an
+    // outer watchdog thread that interrupts us via stdin close on
+    // failure.  In practice if `java` blocks indefinitely the test
+    // suite catches the regression.
+    //
+    // We keep the API plumbed so the deadline can be tightened later
+    // without churning call sites.
+    let _ = timeout;
+    let mut line = String::new();
+    stdout
+        .read_line(&mut line)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("javac-pool: read banner: {e}"))?;
+    Ok(line)
+}
+
+fn build_request(id: u64, workdir: &Path, args: &[String]) -> String {
+    let mut s = String::with_capacity(128 + args.iter().map(|a| a.len() + 4).sum::<usize>());
+    s.push_str("{\"id\":\"");
+    s.push_str(&id.to_string());
+    s.push_str("\",\"cwd\":");
+    append_json_string(&mut s, &workdir.to_string_lossy());
+    s.push_str(",\"args\":[");
+    for (i, a) in args.iter().enumerate() {
+        if i > 0 {
+            s.push(',');
+        }
+        append_json_string(&mut s, a);
+    }
+    s.push_str("]}\n");
+    s
+}
+
+fn append_json_string(out: &mut String, s: &str) {
+    out.push('"');
+    for c in s.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '\\' => out.push_str("\\\\"),
+            '"' => out.push_str("\\\""),
+            '\n' => out.push_str("\\n"),
+            '\r' => out.push_str("\\r"),
+            '\t' => out.push_str("\\t"),
+            c if (c as u32) < 0x20 => out.push_str(&format!("\\u{:04x}", c as u32)),
+            c => out.push(c),
+        }
+    }
+    out.push('"');
+}
+
+/// Extract `(success, stderr)` from a worker JSON response line.
+///
+/// The wire shape is tightly constrained -- the worker only ever emits
+/// `{"id":"N","success":TRUE|FALSE,"stderr_b64":"…"}`, so we use a
+/// targeted decoder rather than pulling in `serde_json` and inflating
+/// the dynamic feature footprint.  Anything off-shape returns `None`
+/// and the caller flags the worker unhealthy.
+fn parse_response(line: &str) -> Option<(bool, String)> {
+    let success = extract_bool_field(line, "success")?;
+    let b64 = extract_string_field(line, "stderr_b64").unwrap_or_default();
+    let stderr = decode_b64(&b64).unwrap_or_else(|| "<unable to decode stderr>".to_owned());
+    Some((success, stderr))
+}
+
+fn extract_bool_field(s: &str, name: &str) -> Option<bool> {
+    let needle = format!("\"{name}\":");
+    let i = s.find(&needle)? + needle.len();
+    let rest = s[i..].trim_start();
+    if rest.starts_with("true") {
+        Some(true)
+    } else if rest.starts_with("false") {
+        Some(false)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn extract_string_field(s: &str, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let needle = format!("\"{name}\":\"");
+    let i = s.find(&needle)? + needle.len();
+    let tail = &s[i..];
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    let mut chars = tail.chars();
+    while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
+        match c {
+            '"' => return Some(out),
+            '\\' => match chars.next()? {
+                '"' => out.push('"'),
+                '\\' => out.push('\\'),
+                '/' => out.push('/'),
+                'b' => out.push('\u{08}'),
+                'f' => out.push('\u{0c}'),
+                'n' => out.push('\n'),
+                'r' => out.push('\r'),
+                't' => out.push('\t'),
+                'u' => {
+                    let hex: String = (&mut chars).take(4).collect();
+                    let cp = u32::from_str_radix(&hex, 16).ok()?;
+                    out.push(char::from_u32(cp)?);
+                }
+                _ => return None,
+            },
+            c => out.push(c),
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Tiny RFC 4648 base64 decoder.  Used only for the worker's
+/// `stderr_b64` field so we can carry raw bytes through the JSON
+/// envelope without dragging in a base64 crate.
+fn decode_b64(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    static ALPHABET: &[u8] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+    let mut lookup = [0xffu8; 256];
+    for (i, &b) in ALPHABET.iter().enumerate() {
+        lookup[b as usize] = i as u8;
+    }
+    let bytes: Vec<u8> = s.bytes().filter(|b| !b.is_ascii_whitespace()).collect();
+    let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(bytes.len() / 4 * 3);
+    let mut iter = bytes.chunks(4);
+    while let Some(chunk) = iter.next() {
+        if chunk.len() < 2 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut vals = [0u8; 4];
+        let mut pads = 0;
+        for (i, &b) in chunk.iter().enumerate() {
+            if b == b'=' {
+                pads += 1;
+                vals[i] = 0;
+            } else {
+                let v = lookup[b as usize];
+                if v == 0xff {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                vals[i] = v;
+            }
+        }
+        let triple = ((vals[0] as u32) << 18)
+            | ((vals[1] as u32) << 12)
+            | ((vals[2] as u32) << 6)
+            | (vals[3] as u32);
+        out.push(((triple >> 16) & 0xff) as u8);
+        if pads < 2 {
+            out.push(((triple >> 8) & 0xff) as u8);
+        }
+        if pads < 1 {
+            out.push((triple & 0xff) as u8);
+        }
+    }
+    String::from_utf8(out).ok()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn request_envelope_escapes_specials() {
+        let s = build_request(
+            7,
+            Path::new("/tmp/x"),
+            &["a\"b".to_owned(), "c\\d".to_owned()],
+        );
+        assert!(s.contains("\"id\":\"7\""));
+        assert!(s.contains("\"cwd\":\"/tmp/x\""));
+        assert!(s.contains("\"a\\\"b\""));
+        assert!(s.contains("\"c\\\\d\""));
+        assert!(s.ends_with("]}\n"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_response_success() {
+        let (ok, err) =
+            parse_response("{\"id\":\"0\",\"success\":true,\"stderr_b64\":\"\"}\n").unwrap();
+        assert!(ok);
+        assert!(err.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_response_failure_decodes_stderr() {
+        // "boom" -> base64 "Ym9vbQ=="
+        let (ok, err) =
+            parse_response("{\"id\":\"1\",\"success\":false,\"stderr_b64\":\"Ym9vbQ==\"}\n")
+                .unwrap();
+        assert!(!ok);
+        assert_eq!(err, "boom");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_response_rejects_off_shape() {
+        assert!(parse_response("not json").is_none());
+        // Missing success field.
+        assert!(parse_response("{\"id\":\"0\",\"stderr_b64\":\"\"}").is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn b64_decode_roundtrip() {
+        for (raw, encoded) in &[
+            ("", ""),
+            ("a", "YQ=="),
+            ("ab", "YWI="),
+            ("abc", "YWJj"),
+            ("hello world", "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(decode_b64(encoded).as_deref(), Some(*raw));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extract_string_handles_escapes() {
+        let s = r#"{"id":"0","stderr_b64":"abc","note":"a\"b\\c"}"#;
+        assert_eq!(extract_string_field(s, "note").as_deref(), Some(r#"a"b\c"#));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extract_bool_picks_first_match() {
+        let s = r#"{"success":false,"other":true}"#;
+        assert_eq!(extract_bool_field(s, "success"), Some(false));
+        assert_eq!(extract_bool_field(s, "other"), Some(true));
+    }
+}

src/dynamic/build_pool/java_worker/NyxJavacWorker.java

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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+// Long-lived javac worker bundled with nyx-scanner.  The Rust pool side
+// compiles + spawns this once per toolchain id; subsequent harness
+// compiles run in-process via ToolProvider#getSystemJavaCompiler so the
+// JVM cold-start cost is amortised across every harness in a verify run.
+//
+// Wire format: newline-terminated UTF-8 JSON, one request per line:
+//     {"id":"0","cwd":"/path/to/workdir","args":["-d","/tmp/x","Foo.java"]}\n
+//
+// Response: newline-terminated UTF-8 JSON, one per request:
+//     {"id":"0","success":true,"stderr_b64":"<base64 of javac stderr>"}\n
+//
+// stderr is base64-encoded so it never embeds raw newlines or quotes
+// inside the JSON envelope -- keeps the parser on both sides tiny.
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
+public class NyxJavacWorker {
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
+        JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+        if (compiler == null) {
+            // JRE without javac (rare on dev boxes, possible on slim CI
+            // images). Signal the Rust side so it falls back to the
+            // direct-spawn legacy path.
+            System.err.println("nyx-javac-worker: no system Java compiler (JRE-only install?)");
+            System.exit(2);
+        }
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        PrintStream out = new PrintStream(System.out, true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        // Banner line. The Rust side reads this first so it knows the
+        // worker is live before it queues any compile requests.
+        out.println("{\"ready\":true}");
+        out.flush();
+
+        String line;
+        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
+            line = line.trim();
+            if (line.isEmpty()) continue;
+            Request req;
+            try {
+                req = parse(line);
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                // Malformed request -- emit an error response keyed on
+                // an empty id so the Rust side can at least surface it.
+                writeResponse(out, "", false, ("nyx-javac-worker: parse error: " + t.getMessage()).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                continue;
+            }
+            ByteArrayOutputStream errBuf = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            PrintStream errStream = new PrintStream(errBuf, true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            int rc;
+            try {
+                String[] args = req.args.toArray(new String[0]);
+                if (req.cwd != null && !req.cwd.isEmpty()) {
+                    // The JDK compiler API has no per-task cwd switch,
+                    // so we rewrite relative args. The harness build
+                    // already supplies absolute paths via the Rust side,
+                    // but we still set user.dir defensively so any
+                    // relative -d / -cp / source-path entries resolve
+                    // against the requested workdir rather than the
+                    // worker JVM's launch directory.
+                    System.setProperty("user.dir", req.cwd);
+                }
+                rc = compiler.run(null, null, errStream, args);
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                t.printStackTrace(errStream);
+                rc = 1;
+            }
+            boolean success = (rc == 0);
+            writeResponse(out, req.id, success, errBuf.toByteArray());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void writeResponse(PrintStream out, String id, boolean success, byte[] stderr) {
+        String b64 = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(stderr);
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64 + b64.length());
+        sb.append("{\"id\":");
+        appendJsonString(sb, id);
+        sb.append(",\"success\":").append(success);
+        sb.append(",\"stderr_b64\":\"").append(b64).append("\"}");
+        out.println(sb);
+        out.flush();
+    }
+
+    private static void appendJsonString(StringBuilder sb, String s) {
+        sb.append('"');
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+            char c = s.charAt(i);
+            switch (c) {
+                case '\\': sb.append("\\\\"); break;
+                case '"': sb.append("\\\""); break;
+                case '\n': sb.append("\\n"); break;
+                case '\r': sb.append("\\r"); break;
+                case '\t': sb.append("\\t"); break;
+                default:
+                    if (c < 0x20) {
+                        sb.append(String.format("\\u%04x", (int) c));
+                    } else {
+                        sb.append(c);
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+        sb.append('"');
+    }
+
+    private static final class Request {
+        String id = "";
+        String cwd = "";
+        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    private static Request parse(String s) {
+        Parser p = new Parser(s);
+        Request r = new Request();
+        p.skipWs();
+        p.expect('{');
+        p.skipWs();
+        if (p.peek() == '}') {
+            p.next();
+            return r;
+        }
+        while (true) {
+            p.skipWs();
+            String key = p.parseString();
+            p.skipWs();
+            p.expect(':');
+            p.skipWs();
+            if (key.equals("id")) {
+                r.id = p.parseString();
+            } else if (key.equals("cwd")) {
+                r.cwd = p.parseString();
+            } else if (key.equals("args")) {
+                p.expect('[');
+                p.skipWs();
+                if (p.peek() != ']') {
+                    while (true) {
+                        p.skipWs();
+                        r.args.add(p.parseString());
+                        p.skipWs();
+                        if (p.peek() == ',') { p.next(); continue; }
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                p.skipWs();
+                p.expect(']');
+            } else {
+                skipValue(p);
+            }
+            p.skipWs();
+            if (p.peek() == ',') { p.next(); continue; }
+            break;
+        }
+        p.skipWs();
+        p.expect('}');
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    private static void skipValue(Parser p) {
+        p.skipWs();
+        char c = p.peek();
+        if (c == '"') { p.parseString(); }
+        else if (c == '[') {
+            p.next();
+            p.skipWs();
+            if (p.peek() != ']') {
+                while (true) {
+                    skipValue(p); p.skipWs();
+                    if (p.peek() == ',') { p.next(); continue; }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            p.skipWs();
+            p.expect(']');
+        } else if (c == '{') {
+            p.next();
+            p.skipWs();
+            if (p.peek() != '}') {
+                while (true) {
+                    p.skipWs();
+                    p.parseString();
+                    p.skipWs();
+                    p.expect(':');
+                    skipValue(p);
+                    p.skipWs();
+                    if (p.peek() == ',') { p.next(); continue; }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            p.skipWs();
+            p.expect('}');
+        } else {
+            int start = p.pos;
+            while (p.pos < p.s.length() && "0123456789.-+eEtrufalsn".indexOf(p.s.charAt(p.pos)) >= 0) {
+                p.pos++;
+            }
+            if (p.pos == start) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("bad value at " + p.pos);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final class Parser {
+        final String s; int pos = 0;
+        Parser(String s) { this.s = s; }
+        char peek() { return s.charAt(pos); }
+        char next() { return s.charAt(pos++); }
+        void skipWs() { while (pos < s.length() && Character.isWhitespace(s.charAt(pos))) pos++; }
+        void expect(char c) {
+            if (pos >= s.length() || s.charAt(pos) != c) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("expected '" + c + "' at " + pos + " of " + s);
+            }
+            pos++;
+        }
+        String parseString() {
+            expect('"');
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            while (pos < s.length()) {
+                char c = s.charAt(pos++);
+                if (c == '"') return sb.toString();
+                if (c == '\\') {
+                    char e = s.charAt(pos++);
+                    switch (e) {
+                        case '"': sb.append('"'); break;
+                        case '\\': sb.append('\\'); break;
+                        case '/': sb.append('/'); break;
+                        case 'b': sb.append('\b'); break;
+                        case 'f': sb.append('\f'); break;
+                        case 'n': sb.append('\n'); break;
+                        case 'r': sb.append('\r'); break;
+                        case 't': sb.append('\t'); break;
+                        case 'u': {
+                            String hex = s.substring(pos, pos + 4);
+                            pos += 4;
+                            sb.append((char) Integer.parseInt(hex, 16));
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        default: throw new RuntimeException("bad escape \\" + e);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    sb.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+            throw new RuntimeException("unterminated string");
+        }
+    }
+}

src/dynamic/build_pool/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+//! Build pools: long-lived compiler / toolchain daemons shared across many
+//! per-finding harness builds.
+//!
+//! The naive `prepare_*` path in [`crate::dynamic::build_sandbox`] spawns a
+//! fresh `javac` / `tsc` / `cargo build` subprocess for every finding the
+//! verifier touches.  Cold-start dominates the cost: `javac` alone burns
+//! ~700ms before it has read a single source.  A 50-harness OWASP run pays
+//! that 50× — > 30s of pure JVM startup.
+//!
+//! A `BuildPool` is a long-running worker process (or in-process service)
+//! that compiles batches of harness sources in a single toolchain instance.
+//! The per-harness wall-clock collapses to milliseconds once the pool is
+//! warm.
+//!
+//! # Lifecycle
+//!
+//! `OnceLock<Arc<P>>` per toolchain id, lazily spawned on first request.
+//! Pools live for the rest of the process; the OS reaps them on exit.
+//! Crashes are non-fatal: callers fall back to the legacy direct-spawn path
+//! via [`BuildPool::is_healthy`] and a re-spawn on the next call.
+//!
+//! # Future-language plug-in
+//!
+//! Per-language sub-modules (`java.rs`, eventually `node.rs`, `python.rs`,
+//! …) implement the [`BuildPool`] trait.  The harness build dispatcher in
+//! [`crate::dynamic::build_sandbox`] reads `NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL` and
+//! routes each request to the matching pool when enabled.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub mod java;
+
+/// Outcome of a single batched compile request.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PoolCompileResult {
+    /// `true` when the toolchain reported a clean compile.
+    pub success: bool,
+    /// Toolchain stderr — surfaced as `BuildError::BuildFailed` upstream
+    /// when `success == false`.
+    pub stderr: String,
+    /// Wall-clock for the in-pool compile step (excludes any IPC / queue
+    /// wait time).  Useful for telemetry; callers may ignore.
+    pub duration: Duration,
+}
+
+/// Common contract for every per-language build pool.
+///
+/// Implementations are expected to be `Send + Sync` so an `Arc<dyn BuildPool>`
+/// can be cached in a static `OnceLock` and shared across rayon worker
+/// threads.
+pub trait BuildPool: Send + Sync {
+    /// Stable identifier — used in log lines + telemetry so an operator
+    /// can correlate a pool warmup with the harness that triggered it.
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str;
+
+    /// Compile every source file under `workdir` matching the pool's
+    /// language convention.  On success the toolchain has written
+    /// artefacts back into `workdir` (or wherever the pool's contract
+    /// dictates).
+    fn compile_batch(&self, workdir: &Path, args: &[String]) -> PoolCompileResult;
+
+    /// Cheap health check — when this returns `false`, the harness build
+    /// dispatcher falls back to the direct-spawn legacy path and tears
+    /// down the cached handle so the next request triggers a re-spawn.
+    fn is_healthy(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
+/// Parse the `NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL` env var.
+///
+/// Format is a comma-separated list of `lang=bit` entries: `java=1,node=0`.
+/// A missing language returns the default (currently `true` for `java`,
+/// `false` for every other language because no other pool ships yet).
+pub fn is_pool_enabled(lang: &str) -> bool {
+    let default = matches!(lang, "java");
+    let raw = match std::env::var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL") {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(_) => return default,
+    };
+    for entry in raw.split(',') {
+        let entry = entry.trim();
+        if entry.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let (k, v) = match entry.split_once('=') {
+            Some(kv) => kv,
+            None => continue,
+        };
+        if k.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case(lang) {
+            return matches!(v.trim(), "1" | "true" | "TRUE" | "yes" | "on");
+        }
+    }
+    default
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+    static ENV_LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());
+
+    struct EnvGuard {
+        prior: Option<String>,
+    }
+
+    impl EnvGuard {
+        fn set(value: Option<&str>) -> Self {
+            let prior = std::env::var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL").ok();
+            match value {
+                Some(v) => unsafe { std::env::set_var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL", v) },
+                None => unsafe { std::env::remove_var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL") },
+            }
+            Self { prior }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for EnvGuard {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            match self.prior.take() {
+                Some(v) => unsafe { std::env::set_var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL", v) },
+                None => unsafe { std::env::remove_var("NYX_DYNAMIC_BUILD_POOL") },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn default_enables_java_only() {
+        let _l = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _g = EnvGuard::set(None);
+        assert!(is_pool_enabled("java"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("node"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("python"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_override_disables_java() {
+        let _l = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _g = EnvGuard::set(Some("java=0"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("java"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multi_entry_parses_per_lang() {
+        let _l = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _g = EnvGuard::set(Some("java=1,node=1,python=0"));
+        assert!(is_pool_enabled("java"));
+        assert!(is_pool_enabled("node"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("python"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn case_insensitive_keys() {
+        let _l = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _g = EnvGuard::set(Some("JAVA=0"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("java"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unknown_value_treated_as_disabled() {
+        let _l = ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+        let _g = EnvGuard::set(Some("java=maybe"));
+        assert!(!is_pool_enabled("java"));
+    }
+}

src/dynamic/build_sandbox.rs

@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@
 //! Failed-build retry policy (§12 Q4): one retry on `BuildFailed` with
 //! backoff (1s, 4s), then `Inconclusive(BuildFailed, attempts: 2)`.
 
+use crate::dynamic::build_pool::java::JavacPool;
+use crate::dynamic::build_pool::{BuildPool, is_pool_enabled};
 use crate::dynamic::sandbox::ProcessHardeningProfile;
 use crate::dynamic::spec::HarnessSpec;
 use crate::symbol::Lang;
 use blake3::Hasher;
 use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 // ── Rust build sandbox ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -787,6 +791,46 @@ fn compute_go_source_hash(workdir: &Path) -> String {
 
 // ── Java build sandbox ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/// Process-wide registry of warm `javac` daemons, keyed on
+/// `spec.toolchain_id` (`"java-17"`, `"java-21"`, …).
+///
+/// One pool per toolchain id is the right shard: different `--release`
+/// targets land in different cache slots upstream, and the worker JVM
+/// itself binds to a single `javac` install at spawn time.  Cache hits
+/// are O(1) lookup; cache misses pay the bootstrap cost (compile +
+/// spawn the worker JVM) exactly once per toolchain id per process.
+///
+/// `OnceLock<Mutex<HashMap<…>>>` rather than a parameterised
+/// `OnceLock` because the toolchain id is only known at request time.
+fn javac_pool_registry() -> &'static Mutex<HashMap<String, Option<Arc<JavacPool>>>> {
+    static REGISTRY: OnceLock<Mutex<HashMap<String, Option<Arc<JavacPool>>>>> = OnceLock::new();
+    REGISTRY.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(HashMap::new()))
+}
+
+/// Look up (or lazily spawn) a `javac` daemon for `toolchain_id`.
+///
+/// Returns `None` when the bootstrap fails -- the caller is expected
+/// to fall back to the direct-spawn legacy path.
+fn javac_pool_for(toolchain_id: &str) -> Option<Arc<JavacPool>> {
+    let reg = javac_pool_registry();
+    let mut guard = reg.lock().ok()?;
+    if let Some(slot) = guard.get(toolchain_id) {
+        return slot.clone();
+    }
+    let pool = JavacPool::try_new(toolchain_id).ok().map(Arc::new);
+    guard.insert(toolchain_id.to_owned(), pool.clone());
+    pool
+}
+
+/// Drop the cached `javac` daemon for `toolchain_id` so the next
+/// lookup re-spawns it.  Called after the dispatcher observes the
+/// worker has crashed mid-request.
+fn drop_javac_pool(toolchain_id: &str) {
+    if let Ok(mut guard) = javac_pool_registry().lock() {
+        guard.remove(toolchain_id);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Prepare compiled Java classes for `spec`.
 ///
 /// Runs `javac` over every `*.java` file in `workdir` (recursive).  Phase 14
@@ -852,7 +896,12 @@ pub fn prepare_java(spec: &HarnessSpec, workdir: &Path) -> Result<BuildResult, B
             ));
         }
         let compile_cache = cache_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(workdir);
-        match try_compile_java(workdir, compile_cache, target_release) {
+        match try_compile_java_with_toolchain(
+            workdir,
+            compile_cache,
+            target_release,
+            &spec.toolchain_id,
+        ) {
             Ok(()) => {
                 let build_root = cache_path.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| workdir.to_path_buf());
                 return Ok(BuildResult {
@@ -916,13 +965,17 @@ fn java_target_release(toolchain_id: &str) -> Option<u32> {
     }
 }
 
-fn try_compile_java(
+/// Compile every `.java` under `workdir`.
+///
+/// `toolchain_id` is threaded down so the pool path (when enabled) can
+/// shard its cached [`JavacPool`] handles by JDK version: `"java-17"`
+/// and `"java-21"` get separate worker JVMs.
+fn try_compile_java_with_toolchain(
     workdir: &Path,
     cache_path: &Path,
     target_release: Option<u32>,
+    toolchain_id: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let javac = std::env::var("NYX_JAVAC_BIN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "javac".to_owned());
-
     // If the harness emitter shipped a `pom.xml`, stage Maven-resolved
     // jars under `workdir/lib` so javac (and the runtime classpath
     // baked into the harness command) can resolve framework imports
@@ -951,6 +1004,30 @@ fn try_compile_java(
         args.push(src.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
     }
 
+    // Route through the warm `javac` daemon when the pool is enabled
+    // and a worker can be brought up.  Bootstrap failures fall back to
+    // the direct-spawn legacy path so an operator with a broken JDK
+    // install still gets a deterministic build error from `javac`
+    // itself rather than from the pool wrapper.
+    if is_pool_enabled("java") {
+        if let Some(pool) = javac_pool_for(toolchain_id) {
+            let result = pool.compile_batch(workdir, &args);
+            if result.success {
+                return finalize_java_compile(workdir, cache_path, lib_on_cp);
+            }
+            if pool.is_healthy() {
+                // The compile itself failed (real source error) -- surface
+                // the worker's stderr verbatim.
+                return Err(result.stderr);
+            }
+            // Worker crashed: drop the cached pool so the next call
+            // re-spawns it, then fall through to the legacy direct-spawn
+            // path so this build still has a chance to succeed.
+            drop_javac_pool(toolchain_id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let javac = std::env::var("NYX_JAVAC_BIN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "javac".to_owned());
     let output = Command::new(&javac)
         .args(&args)
         .current_dir(workdir)
@@ -964,6 +1041,13 @@ fn try_compile_java(
         return Err(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).into_owned());
     }
 
+    finalize_java_compile(workdir, cache_path, lib_on_cp)
+}
+
+/// Shared post-compile step: copy class files (and any Maven `lib/`)
+/// from the workdir into the cache slot so the next cache-hit restore
+/// can rebuild the harness layout without recompiling.
+fn finalize_java_compile(workdir: &Path, cache_path: &Path, lib_on_cp: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
     if cache_path != workdir {
         // Copy class files to cache.  `javac -d workdir` writes nested
         // package directories under workdir; preserve the relative layout

src/dynamic/framework/adapters/rust_actix.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Recognises actix's `#[get("/path")]` / `#[post("/path")]`
 //! attribute macros on handler functions:
 //!
-//! ```rust
+//! ```rust,ignore
 //! #[get("/users/{id}")]
 //! async fn show(id: web::Path<String>) -> impl Responder { id }
 //! ```

src/dynamic/framework/adapters/rust_axum.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Recognises the canonical axum route builder:
 //!
-//! ```rust
+//! ```rust,ignore
 //! let app = Router::new()
 //!     .route("/users/{id}", get(show))
 //!     .route("/save", post(save));

src/dynamic/framework/adapters/rust_rocket.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Recognises rocket's `#[get("/path")]` / `#[post("/path")]`
 //! attribute macros plus the `routes![handler]` macro:
 //!
-//! ```rust
+//! ```rust,ignore
 //! #[get("/users/<id>")]
 //! fn show(id: String) -> String { id }
 //!

src/dynamic/framework/adapters/rust_warp.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Recognises warp's `warp::path!(...)` macro chained with `.map(...)`
 //! or `.and_then(...)` to bridge into a handler function:
 //!
-//! ```rust
+//! ```rust,ignore
 //! let r = warp::path!("users" / u32)
 //!     .and(warp::get())
 //!     .map(show);

src/dynamic/mod.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 //! [`SpecDerivationStrategy::FromFuncSummaryWalk`]: spec::SpecDerivationStrategy::FromFuncSummaryWalk
 //! [`SpecDerivationStrategy::FromCallgraphEntry`]: spec::SpecDerivationStrategy::FromCallgraphEntry
 
+pub mod build_pool;
 pub mod build_sandbox;
 pub mod corpus;
 pub mod differential;

src/dynamic/stubs/broker.rs

@@ -2192,6 +2192,7 @@ fn handle_rabbit_amqp_connection(
                     break;
                 };
                 let payload = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body).into_owned();
+                let _ = append_broker_event(log_path, "publish", &routing_key, &payload);
                 let destinations =
                     rabbit_amqp_publish_destinations(&state, &exchange, &routing_key);
                 for destination in &destinations {
@@ -2204,7 +2205,6 @@ fn handle_rabbit_amqp_connection(
                         rabbit_amqp_enqueue(&state, destination, &payload);
                     }
                 }
-                let _ = append_broker_event(log_path, "publish", &routing_key, &payload);
                 if confirms_enabled {
                     next_publish_tag = next_publish_tag.saturating_add(1);
                     if amqp_write_basic_ack(&mut writer, frame.channel, next_publish_tag, false)