Sandbox::https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/64694

Copilot · 2026-10-08T16:31:22Z

Recursive generic types can produce a fresh array or tuple at every level, evading the type printer’s exact-cycle check. Printing them can overflow the stack or affect later type checking.

Change: Bound active array/tuple serialization depth independently of exact-cycle detection.
Coverage: Add regressions for noErrorTruncation diagnostics, declaration emit, and a subsequent diagnostic.

Fixes Type printer recurses without limit into nested array/tuple types (stack overflow; can leave later types any) #64683

Co-authored-by: RyanCavanaugh <6685088+RyanCavanaugh@users.noreply.github.com>

Jake Bailey (jakebailey) · 2026-10-09T21:56:05Z

I think this is probably fine; hopefully interacts fine with #64662 eventually.

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Jake Bailey (jakebailey) · 2026-10-09T21:58:48Z

I had my review session for #64662 look at this and it said:

The core approach looks sound as a focused crash fix: active container depth is independent of exact-cycle detection, the bound still applies with noErrorTruncation, and declaration emit uses the existing truncation diagnostic rather than silently emitting a successful declaration containing synthesized any.

Two coverage concerns before treating all of #64683 as resolved:

The later diagnostic does not exercise the reported cache poisoning. later: number = "oops" would still error if generic declarations first resolved during printing had become cached errors. A reduced regression should first print the problematic type, then instantiate a shared generic declaration and verify that the result has not become any. The reported API ordering, printing before querying another type, is also worth covering. This need not introduce an arktype dependency.
Cover the finite-depth boundary. The counter limits legitimate finite array/tuple nesting as well as runaway expansion. Tests below, at, and above the depth of 20, including tuple-focused cases, would make the intended behavior explicit and protect the boundary.

These are coverage gaps, not demonstrated failures of the proposed implementation.

typescript-automation · 2026-10-09T22:24:36Z

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typescript-automation · 2026-10-09T22:26:43Z

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Comparison Report - baseline..pr

_Metric	_baseline	_pr	_Delta	_Best	_Worst	_p-value
_{Compiler-Unions - native}
_Errors	₄₁	₄₁	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_115,276	_115,276	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_79,613	_79,613	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{135,322k (± 0.07%)}	_{135,267k (± 0.06%)}	_~	_135,033k	_135,468k	_{p=0.319 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{2,190,659 (± 0.01%)}	_{2,190,672 (± 0.00%)}	_~	_2,190,456	_2,190,926	_{p=0.945 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.040s (± 4.41%)}	_{0.040s (± 3.75%)}	_~	_0.037s	_0.045s	_{p=0.876 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.012s (±10.52%)}	_{0.013s (±16.69%)}	_~	_0.010s	_0.019s	_{p=0.887 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{0.493s (± 1.13%)}	_{0.495s (± 0.74%)}	_~	_0.487s	_0.507s	_{p=0.560 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{0.264s (± 2.53%)}	_{0.266s (± 2.07%)}	_~	_0.246s	_0.276s	_{p=0.523 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{0.816s (± 0.86%)}	_{0.819s (± 0.88%)}	_~	_0.796s	_0.839s	_{p=0.433 n=12}
_{angular-1 - native}
_Errors	₃	₃	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_{845,606 (± 0.06%)}	_{845,519 (± 0.05%)}	_~	_844,525	_847,396	_{p=0.410 n=12}
_Types	_{248,126 (± 0.00%)}	_{248,125 (± 0.00%)}	_~	_248,122	_248,135	_{p=0.398 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{764,631k (± 0.02%)}	_{764,604k (± 0.02%)}	_~	_764,337k	_764,908k	_{p=0.755 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{12,918,495 (± 0.02%)}	_{12,925,265 (± 0.09%)}	_~	_12,915,253	_12,984,963	_{p=0.443 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.017s	_0.017s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.257s (± 2.12%)}	_{0.260s (± 1.92%)}	_~	_0.248s	_0.275s	_{p=0.486 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.059s (± 3.45%)}	_{0.058s (± 1.05%)}	_~	_0.056s	_0.059s	_{p=0.131 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_0s	_0s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{1.578s (± 1.20%)}	_{1.558s (± 0.61%)}	_~	_1.529s	_1.585s	_{p=0.057 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{1.926s (± 1.18%)}	_{1.904s (± 0.46%)}	_~	_1.878s	_1.922s	_{p=0.103 n=12}
_{mui-docs - native}
_Errors	_11,405	_11,405	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_4,359,614	_4,359,614	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_1,376,379	_1,376,379	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{2,872,095k (± 0.05%)}	_{2,873,954k (± 0.05%)}	_~	_2,871,732k	_2,877,943k	_{p=0.128 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{32,824,912 (± 0.05%)}	_{32,849,034 (± 0.04%)}	_{+24,122 (+ 0.07%)}	_32,810,508	_32,887,290	_{p=0.033 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.017s	_{0.017s (± 1.07%)}	_~	_0.016s	_0.017s	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.500s (± 3.31%)}	_{0.492s (± 3.31%)}	_~	_0.456s	_0.531s	_{p=0.522 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_0.002s	_0.002s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{8.652s (± 0.55%)}	_{8.647s (± 0.58%)}	_~	_8.542s	_8.780s	_{p=0.989 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{0.465s (±12.25%)}	_{0.504s (±13.70%)}	_~	_0.419s	_0.671s	_{p=0.541 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{10.399s (± 0.47%)}	_{10.428s (± 0.50%)}	_~	_10.271s	_10.517s	_{p=0.325 n=12}
_{strada-build-src - native}
_Errors	₀	₀	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_1,390,229	_1,390,229	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_441,498	_441,498	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{1,650,435k (± 1.09%)}	_{1,642,603k (± 0.73%)}	_~	_1,627,168k	_1,681,566k	_{p=0.799 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{92,190,711 (± 0.19%)}	_{92,138,149 (± 0.17%)}	_~	_91,759,635	_92,469,796	_{p=0.443 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_{0.004s (± 9.04%)}	_{0.003s (± 9.29%)}	_~	_0.003s	_0.004s	_{p=0.414 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.199s (± 3.82%)}	_{0.195s (± 5.73%)}	_~	_0.169s	_0.227s	_{p=0.434 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_0.000s	_{0.000s (±217.90%)}	_~	_0.000s	_0.001s	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{1.789s (± 0.83%)}	_{1.798s (± 0.75%)}	_~	_1.750s	_1.824s	_{p=0.259 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{0.292s (± 4.83%)}	_{0.299s (± 4.84%)}	_~	_0.261s	_0.333s	_{p=0.487 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{23.223s (± 0.55%)}	_{23.387s (± 0.87%)}	_~	_22.974s	_23.770s	_{p=0.259 n=12}
_{strada-compiler - native}
_Errors	₀	₀	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_334,953	_334,953	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_197,616	_197,616	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{302,645k (± 0.03%)}	_{302,662k (± 0.04%)}	_~	_302,278k	_302,897k	_{p=0.551 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{4,623,124 (± 0.01%)}	_{4,623,144 (± 0.01%)}	_~	_4,622,013	_4,624,189	_{p=0.843 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.001s	_0.001s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.111s (± 4.82%)}	_{0.119s (± 4.13%)}	_{🔻+0.008s (+ 7.50%)}	_0.100s	_0.132s	_{p=0.011 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{1.037s (± 0.60%)}	_{1.042s (± 0.50%)}	_~	_1.027s	_1.055s	_{p=0.138 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{0.132s (±10.54%)}	_{0.130s (±12.03%)}	_~	_0.096s	_0.167s	_{p=0.766 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{1.335s (± 1.14%)}	_{1.345s (± 0.95%)}	_~	_1.305s	_1.375s	_{p=0.272 n=12}
_{ts-pre-modules - native}
_Errors	₈₇	₈₇	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_303,834	_303,834	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_181,663	_181,663	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{263,552k (± 0.02%)}	_{263,546k (± 0.02%)}	_~	_263,413k	_263,667k	_{p=0.855 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{1,615,955 (± 0.01%)}	_{1,616,035 (± 0.01%)}	_~	_1,615,526	_1,616,546	_{p=0.541 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.098s (± 3.65%)}	_{0.099s (± 4.64%)}	_~	_0.089s	_0.114s	_{p=0.897 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.038s (±11.44%)}	_{0.037s (±12.49%)}	_~	_0.028s	_0.050s	_{p=0.488 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{0.813s (± 0.70%)}	_{0.816s (± 0.65%)}	_~	_0.801s	_0.831s	_{p=0.560 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{0.963s (± 0.69%)}	_{0.966s (± 0.83%)}	_~	_0.946s	_0.991s	_{p=0.468 n=12}
_{vscode - native}
_Errors	₃₉₅	₃₉₅	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_11,242,258	_11,242,258	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_3,727,089	_3,727,089	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{6,766,065k (± 0.01%)}	_{6,768,299k (± 0.01%)}	_{+2,234k (+ 0.03%)}	_6,766,423k	_6,771,530k	_{p=0.003 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{55,296,678 (± 0.01%)}	_{55,299,061 (± 0.01%)}	_~	_55,286,823	_55,328,584	_{p=0.291 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_{0.075s (± 0.33%)}	_{0.075s (± 0.54%)}	_~	_0.075s	_0.077s	_{p=0.068 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{1.792s (± 3.59%)}	_{1.930s (± 3.10%)}	_{🔻+0.138s (+ 7.71%)}	_1.723s	_2.010s	_{p=0.001 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.657s (±20.60%)}	_{0.516s (±17.44%)}	_~	_0.444s	_0.854s	_{p=0.057 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{14.522s (± 1.17%)}	_{14.714s (± 0.86%)}	_~	_14.275s	_14.876s	_{p=0.128 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_{5.311s (±10.60%)}	_{4.503s (± 9.34%)}	_~	_4.153s	_5.935s	_{p=0.160 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{22.449s (± 2.11%)}	_{21.821s (± 1.55%)}	_~	_21.478s	_22.965s	_{p=0.291 n=12}
_{webpack - native}
_Errors	₅₈₄	₅₈₄	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_1,306,646	_1,306,646	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_618,489	_618,489	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{967,073k (± 0.01%)}	_{967,225k (± 0.02%)}	_~	_966,855k	_967,801k	_{p=0.410 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{6,628,196 (± 0.02%)}	_{6,627,910 (± 0.01%)}	_~	_6,625,627	_6,631,080	_{p=0.755 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.009s	_0.009s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.285s (± 2.84%)}	_{0.295s (± 3.03%)}	_~	_0.268s	_0.312s	_{p=0.066 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.084s (±16.35%)}	_{0.077s (±15.70%)}	_~	_0.063s	_0.111s	_{p=0.269 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{1.969s (± 0.49%)}	_{1.989s (± 0.53%)}	_{+0.020s (+ 1.03%)}	_1.955s	_2.018s	_{p=0.008 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{2.384s (± 0.37%)}	_{2.406s (± 0.51%)}	_{+0.021s (+ 0.89%)}	_2.375s	_2.436s	_{p=0.007 n=12}
_{xstate-main - native}
_Errors	₀	₀	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Symbols	_1,055,452	_1,055,452	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_Types	_386,738	_386,738	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Memory Used}	_{570,799k (± 0.02%)}	_{570,840k (± 0.03%)}	_~	_570,413k	_571,349k	_{p=0.590 n=12}
_{Memory Allocs}	_{4,860,253 (± 0.08%)}	_{4,862,127 (± 0.05%)}	_~	_4,855,995	_4,867,088	_{p=0.319 n=12}
_{Config Time}	_0.003s	_0.003s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Parse Time}	_{0.145s (± 2.60%)}	_{0.140s (± 4.62%)}	_~	_0.129s	_0.158s	_{p=0.162 n=12}
_{Bind Time}	_{0.048s (±18.00%)}	_{0.051s (±18.24%)}	_~	_0.033s	_0.070s	_{p=0.614 n=12}
_{Check Time}	_{1.119s (± 0.40%)}	_{1.122s (± 0.49%)}	_~	_1.112s	_1.142s	_{p=0.485 n=12}
_{Emit Time}	_0.000s	_0.000s	_~	_~	_~	_{p=1.000 n=12}
_{Total Time}	_{1.324s (± 0.73%)}	_{1.325s (± 0.48%)}	_~	_1.310s	_1.345s	_{p=0.899 n=12}

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