Keep checked browser runtime versions independent of authority upgrades

src/execution-world/candidate.ts

@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ import {
   type CandidateMetadataScope,
 } from "./metadata.js";
 const rootPattern = /^\/nix\/store\/[a-z0-9]{32}-[^/\s]+$/;
-async function readJson(root: string, file: string, scope: CandidateMetadataScope): Promise<any> {
+async function readJson(root: string, file: string, scope: CandidateMetadataScope) {
   const input = await readCandidateMetadata(join(root, file), scope, 32 * 1024 * 1024);
   try {
-    return JSON.parse(new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true }).decode(input.bytes));
+    return {
+      value: JSON.parse(new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true }).decode(input.bytes)),
+      releaseTree: input.releaseTree,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    input.releaseTree();
+    throw error;
   } finally {
     input.releaseInput();
   }
@@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ export async function loadCheckedInstallationCandidate(
   if (!rootPattern.test(root) || !(await lstat(root)).isDirectory())
     throw Error("Candidate must be an immutable Nix output directory");
   const scope = (resources.budget ?? candidateMetadataBudget).acquire(resources.owner ?? root);
+  let releaseValidation = () => {};
   try {
     // Sequential reads avoid partially rejected Promise.all() work allocating
     // after the failed candidate's reservation has been released.
@@ -43,8 +50,13 @@ export async function loadCheckedInstallationCandidate(
       "kernel.json",
       "queries.json",
       "graph-execution.json",
-    ])
-      values.push(await readJson(root, file, scope));
+    ]) {
+      const parsed = await readJson(root, file, scope);
+      values.push(parsed.value);
+      // candidate.json duplicates the checked plan for validation. Nothing in
+      // the installed candidate retains this input tree after validation.
+      if (file === "candidate.json") releaseValidation = parsed.releaseTree;
+    }
     const [candidate, plan, artifacts, source, entryRequest, kernel, queries, graph] = values;
     const { executionContracts: _legacyContracts, ...workspace } = candidate;
     if (
@@ -149,6 +161,8 @@ export async function loadCheckedInstallationCandidate(
   } catch (error) {
     scope.release();
     throw error;
+  } finally {
+    releaseValidation();
   }
 }